Denuvo voices38 Anti-Piracy Lawsuit: Suing a Pirate With No Name

Denuvo, the anti-piracy software that PC gamers love to hate, has finally decided to fight back. On Sept. 14, 2026, the company filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against an anonymous hacker who goes by voices38. The internet responded the way you would expect.

The Anti-Piracy Lawsuit Names Nobody in Particular

Court documents say voices38 bypassed Denuvo’s anti-tamper protections in at least 26 games. The list reads like a Steam sale greatest hits collection: Hogwarts Legacy, Black Myth: Wukong, Resident Evil Requiem, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Stellar Blade, among others. Denuvo says voices38 did not just crack the games but also posted instructions so other people could do the same thing.

Here is the funny part. Denuvo is suing someone it cannot identify. The filing calls the defendant an “unknown individual or entity” and adds 10 John Does for good measure. It is like filing a noise complaint against a neighbor you have never seen, whose name you do not know, and whose address you are guessing at.

Denuvo claims it has leads: a Discord handle, a Reddit profile, and seven Steam accounts it believes belong to voices38. Valve, Discord, and Reddit are all expected to receive subpoenas seeking account data. Good luck with that.

The Pirate Responds With a Shrug

Voices38, who recently cracked Persona 3 Reload after it held out for 947 days, responded to the federal lawsuit the way you would respond to a parking ticket. The pirate wrote on Reddit: “All is fine. Everything will continue as normal.” The comment collected roughly 7,000 upvotes, because of course it did. Nothing says unbothered quite like promising to keep doing the exact thing you are being sued for.

The legal theory here is unusual. Denuvo does not own the games in question, which means a copyright claim is off the table. Instead, the company is leaning on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and its rules against circumventing digital protections.

Denuvo sells its software to publishers including EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, and Sony. The argument is that voices38 has hurt Denuvo’s business directly by defeating the product it sells. Whether a judge buys that is anyone’s guess, but you have to credit the creativity.

Jurisdiction Is Going to Be a Problem

The biggest obstacle for Denuvo is figuring out where voices38 actually lives. If the hacker is outside the United States, enforcing a judgment becomes a logistical nightmare. Russia has historically been a safe harbor for this kind of activity, though that is speculation and not confirmed. Even if a U.S. court orders something, getting it enforced over there is a different conversation entirely. Voices38 could be anywhere.

Despite the pirate’s casual tone, some replies to that Reddit comment show real worry from supporters. Several urged voices38 to be careful, which seems like reasonable advice when a company is actively trying to identify you.

Denuvo is chasing leads and has identifiers for a Discord account and seven Steam profiles it believes are connected to the hacker. No platform has handed over data yet. Even if the lawsuit falls apart, the investigation itself could cause problems for someone who has spent months tearing through the company’s protections.

The List Was Already Out of Date

The 26 games in the complaint were old news by the time Denuvo filed. About nine days earlier, voices38 had reportedly cracked Persona 3 Reload, Star Wars Outlaws, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Mortal Kombat 1, and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, all within roughly 24 hours. That last one came out in 2015, and a bypass of its Denuvo protection had already surfaced before the lawsuit. Denuvo’s legal team is going to need a bigger list.

What Happens Next Is Anyone’s Guess

This appears to be the first time Denuvo has sued an individual hacker in the United States, a detail first reported by TorrentFreak. That makes it noteworthy on its own. Whether it actually stops voices38 or turns them into an internet folk hero is another question entirely.

Denuvo’s software has been criticized for years for hurting performance in legitimate copies. Critics say the paying customers get the worse experience while pirates play smoother versions of the same games. If this lawsuit backfires and generates even more sympathy for the person cracking Denuvo’s code, the company might wish it had stayed quiet.

This article was edited with AI assistance.