A fraudulent vendor suing Bungie has launched an extraordinary countersuit that claims Bungie hacked it.
The claim follows months of legal proceedings between cheat seller AimJunkies and Destiny developer Bungie, which has seen the former accused of trademark and copyright infringement.
AimJunkies has tried to shut down these claims before, but now goes one further. Report as torrentfreakThe fraudulent vendor has now launched a countersuit alleging that Bungie accessed its computers for anti-cheat purposes through “covert surveillance” — effectively, Bungie hacked it.
Specifically, the countsuit claims that Bungie accessed data on the computers of fraudulent developer James May (not this one) and Phoenix Digital, selling software to AimJunkies.
“Upon information and belief, Bungie, Inc., after fraudulently accessing Mr. May’s personal computer, used the information obtained to conduct further surveillance on parties including but not limited to Phoenix Digital and its principals,” the countersuit claims.
Confidential information was accessed for fraudulent purposes, the lawsuit continues.
Its enforcement hinges on the fact that the activity is covered by recent versions of Bungie’s Limited Software License Agreement — but not the older version May signed at the time.
Other claims include allegations that Bungie violated Phoenix Digital’s own terms of service by decompiling and reverse engineering the cheating group’s own software, which was developed separately for Destiny.
The AimJunkies group is now unspecified for compensation from Bungie.
Bungie has gone after several cheating groups this year — and found success elsewhere. In June, cheating company Elite Boss Tech agreed to pay Bungie $13.5m in damages after admitting its cheat software violated Destiny 2’s user agreement.
