| Risk | Consequence | |------|--------------| | | Keyloggers, ransomware, or crypto miners embedded in “crack.exe” | | Legal liability | Bentley actively pursues copyright violations; fines can exceed $150,000 per seat (US Copyright Act) | | No updates | No bug fixes, no code updates, no IS code revisions | | Project failure | Cracked versions often corrupt solver results or crash on large models |
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