Game developer Ubisoft has filed a lawsuit against a company selling cheats for their game Rainbow Six Siege. The 17-year-old managing director allegedly made thousands of dollars.
What kind of company is this? The cheat provider markets itself under the name “MizuSoft” and is run by a 17-year-old man. The company sells cheats for a lot of money that give the player significant advantages in a round.
Ubisoft is suing because they spend “enormous sums” each month to mitigate the damage caused by cheat software.
Ubisoft seeks damages
This is what the lawsuit looks like: Because Ubisoft has incurred this damage, they demand entitlement to all profits of the company or at least $25,000 in damages, reports the US magazine dotesports.
Ubisoft itself states that the cheat developer has committed to “creating, selling, distributing, managing, supporting, and updating malicious software products specifically designed (and have no other purpose) to enable their users to cheat in Rainbow Six Siege, at the expense of Ubisoft and its legitimate customers.”
In addition to the 17-year-old managing director, three other individuals are being sued. They allegedly provided technical and customer support for the software. Also involved is the defendant’s mother, who is said to be handling the company’s finances.
This is the background of the lawsuit: In September, the BBC released a documentary about the cheat seller. There, the boy appeared masked on camera and stated that he earns several thousand dollars per month from his sales.
Ubisoft is relentless: This lawsuit shows once again that the developers are very strict about rule violations. Since 2016, Ubisoft has consistently banned users caught cheating even once.
Recently, numerous ban waves have been reported, which have also affected supposedly secure cheaters. Also in the in-game chat, one can be quickly. Those who are particularly toxic there will be quickly banned.
A Twitch streamer was also recently banned. However, he doesn’t understand the reason:
