Bungie was awarded $63k, but most importantly won under the argument that reverse engineering Destiny 2 violated their copyright.
Reverse engineering has historically being protected under US law, with the DMCA making exceptions to allow it for interoperability.
This could signal that any form of reverse engineering, even clean room reverse engineering, could be deemed illegal and punished as a copyright violation.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/bungie-wins-lawsuit-against-cheat-maker-aimjunkies
Possibly one of the few times I'd end up agreeing with the actions of a big studio because these cheaters are rampant and they definitely ruin the experience for everyone else. It would be one thing if they were just fucking around with the co-op grind which would be more hilarious but like in GTA V for example they actively fuck with other peoples' accounts in order to get them banned.
Edit: Had to re-read to double check but I get peoples' concerns just to clarify, it's baffling they couldn't simply go "This is hacking and they're fucking up the end user experience", a classic example of why boomers shouldn't be regulating tech.
The defense was "it's not hacking it's reverse engineering" and the judge said "how about no"