2 years ago

Category: Business, Database, Security, Data, android, encryption

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, https://www.vpnmentor.com/ research team discovered a data breach belonging to Chinese mobile gaming company EskyFun. Furthermore, by not securing the data, EskyFun potentially exposed over 1 million people to fraud, hacking, and much worse. Company EskyFun Headquarters China Industry Mobile gaming Size of data in gigabytes 134 GB Suspected no. of records 365,630,387 No. of people exposed Potentially 1M+ (based on total downloads of EskyFun games on Android) Date range/timeline June 2021 – Present Geographical scope Global Types of data exposed PII data; tracking and analytics data; device permissions Potential impact Phishing; Fraud; Corporate espionage; Hacking Data storage format Elasticsearch EskyFun users must be aware of a data breach that exposes so much of their sensitive data. Our ethical security research team has discovered and disclosed some of the most impactful data breaches in recent years.