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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Aleks Krotoski

Hackers beware

Games company Tecmo, publishers of the terribly tasteful Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball, have filed a suit under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act against a website for distributing hacks. While the owner of Ninjahackers.net protests his innocence and ignorance of the illegal activity (the name alone should have tipped a few Feds off), he has been accused of allegedly allowing Xbox gamers to download nudie skins for the characters of the XBox title.

Hundreds of fanboys who lovingly created "naked Lara" cheats for their Tomb Raiders are currently quaking under their duvets.

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