Chinese Developers Reveal Android Gamers’ Data

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A vpnMentor investigation found that a 134 GB server owned by EskyFun is exposed and user data was leaked for game titles such as Metamorph M, The Three Kingdoms Legend, Adventure Story, Rainbow Story, and Fantasy MMORPG.

The aforementioned games were downloaded 1.6 million times, whereas the leaked information had more than 365 million records. An intriguing aspect is that developers increased the amount of analytics, monitoring and authorization options available for the games, some needing more permissions even before they were installed.

Data disclosed includes IP and IMEI numbers, mobile device event logs, device information, phone numbers, EskyFun network passwords, current operating system, rooted or otherwise rooted phones, player acquisition and transaction reports, mailing, and support requests. Various data points were also used to identify profile individuals as well as tw…

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