Gaming Companies Flag 'Highly Skilled Hackers' as Emerging Piracy Threat

torrentfreak.com Gaming Companies Flag 'Highly Skilled Hackers' as Emerging Piracy Threat * TorrentFreak

Entertainment Software Association, which represents several major gaming companies, compiled an overview of Notorious 'pirate' Markets.

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I find it funny that they specifically refer to the past year for a large increase in piracy. Remind me when it was that companies started consistently charging even more for the base package of their games...

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- Or when they popularized the concept of "base" and "complete" editions as a means of turning a $60 game into a $90 game.
  
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  *$70 game
  
  *$120 complete
  
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  This is precisely why I've always waited for the GOTY version to release (or whatever other subtitle they slap on the box) but through all of their BS I find I'm less and less willing to part with my money. Certain companies have become a no-fly zone for me and that list is only growing longer.
  
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Were the hackers before not highly skilled? Moderately skilled hackers, perhaps?

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- Without reading the article, I'm going to guess that crackers have gotten more skilled and the greedy as fuck leeches destroying what is still one of the most profitable industries in the world are especially freaking out about there being others than just a single megalomaniac cracking Denuvo now.
  
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  Tbh I’m fine with hackers wrecking the stupid micro transaction companies.
  
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Well public relations 101 is that you refer to anyone who breaches your security as “highly skilled “

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- I worked at one of the majors pre-Microsoft acquisition. “Highly skilled” is actually a relative comparison to the security teams at gaming companies, not an industry benchmark comparison. The bar for highly skilled plummets once you include things like social platforms, launchers, and telemetry.
  
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- A highly skilled hacker guessed that our admin password was "admin2019“
  
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- Wasn't the guy who hacked Rockstar a kid?
  
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Once qbittorrent has stable I2P support, then blocking sites like megaup and 1fichier will be completely useless. People will just download I2P and qbittorent, find a tracker on the darknet, and start downloading.

Wouldn't surprise me if we were to see the rise of emule,DC++, and similar stuff over I2P.

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- ELI5?
  
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  I2P, the invisible internet protocol allows for anonymous torrenting (getting movies, games, etc. without paying). It's fairly old and robust, but lacks actual people using it. Now a program that many people already use has included the option to use this.
  This alone may increase the usage of this system, and make it more useful.
  
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- I miss DC++
  
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I'm confused, normally threats happen before the thing it's threatening... Have I been imagining piracy all these years?

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The number of active Denuvo crackers would say otherwise...

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I think they misheard them and they said "amazing piracy threat".

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They forgot to flag the 1000s of script kiddies with access to the internet.

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Emerging?

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Well, thanks for all the resources!!!! So many links....

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