In the court between the cheat providers and Bungie, things are getting wild. At first, AimJunkies was to be held accountable, but now it does not look good for the Destiny-2 developers. According to the charges, Bungie itself allegedly hacked Guardians and the cheaters are now using this to their advantage.
What happened? The drama surrounding the lawsuits between Bungie and the cheat manufacturer “AimJunkies” continues. While Bungie had to come up with a new strategy, as their lawsuit against the manufacturer failed, AimJunkies is now filing a counter lawsuit. The cheat company claims:
- Bungie purchased their software and experimented with it.
- A Guardian allegedly was unknowingly and unlawfully hacked by Bungie in Destiny 2 in 2019 to obtain evidence for their case.
- Bungie is said to have knowingly initiated this act of “breaking in.”
AimJunkies refers to evidence that Bungie has accumulated over the years. This evidence has been used by the loot shooter developer to support its own lawsuit against the cheat developers. Now, however, the roles are reversed and Bungie must defend itself in court against its own evidence.
Bungie is now on the defendant’s bench
What is Bungie being accused of? AimJunkies was not intimidated by Bungie’s witch hunt and is now even going against the developers. The evidence in the case against the loot shooter team concerns the Guardian “James May.” He is said to have been hacked and monitored by Bungie itself to gather evidence for future cases.
Destiny Bulletin also reports on the incident:
The problem, however, is that Bungie had no right to do this. At the beginning of 2019, Guardians had to agree to a licensing agreement. This, however, did not empower Bungie at the time to rummage through your data, as it does now in 2022 for anti-cheat reasons.
Nonetheless, the loot shooter team took the liberty to unlawfully access James May’s data and collect evidence for its future prosecution. However, Bungie did not realize that this very evidence could be used against them, as is now the case in AimJunkies’ counterclaim.
But that is not the only thing the team is being accused of. According to AimJunkies, Bungie allegedly purchased cheat software from the provider under the alias “Martin Zeniu.” The loot shooter team then used this to experiment with it and reverse-engineer it. However, this again violates the agreement of the cheat provider that one must agree to upon purchase.
One may purchase the software, but not modify, hack, decompile, disassemble, reverse-engineer, derive source code from, or create derivative works of their software. However, Bungie apparently did just that, and that is what they are now being held accountable for in court.
The counterclaim demands a jury trial as well as damages to “James May” and Phoenix Digital. Furthermore, they demand the destruction of everything Bungie has recovered during its access to May’s computer and AimJunkies’ software.
It is astonishing to see how quickly the wind has turned in the court proceedings and how evidence is now directed against Bungie itself. However, it remains to be seen how and whether Bungie can extricate itself from this predicament. AimJunkies, in any case, seems to have not yet resigned and hopes to turn the situation to their advantage through direct confrontation with counter-evidence.
What do you think about the drama? Do you think Bungie should not have done this to illicitly gather evidence in court? Or do you say that in the fight against cheaters, such means are legitimate? Let us know in the comments how you feel about it!
