Empress_(cracker)
Empress (cracker)
Video game cracker
Empress (sometimes stylized EMPRESS) is a video game cracker who specializes in breaking anti-piracy software. While the identity of Empress is unknown, she refers to herself as a woman and Russian.[1][2] Empress has also released cracked games under the moniker C000005.[3]
Empress is known as one of the few crackers who can crack Denuvo. Her motivation is to remove the software license aspect of digital games in an effort to preserve them after developers drop support.[1] Empress also claims that removing digital rights management (DRM) increases performance in-game.[4]