Is it safe to buy plug-ins and play on behalf of the "sheep for a sheep" game? 【Beware of leaking personal information when using "plug-ins" to purchase proxy services at risk】
Recently, the mini-program game "Sheep and Sheep" has become popular online. This elimination mini-game, which claims to have a clearance rate of less than 0.1%, has made many netizens ask for "clearance secrets".
Yesterday, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily found that there were sellers online selling customs clearance tutorials and plug-in documents for the mini-game, with prices ranging from 3 yuan to 30 yuan.
However, such plug-ins and proxy games have certain security risks.
Small program games become popular
Recently, a small elimination game called "Sheep's Goat" with a clearance rate of less than 0.1% has become popular.
Like most elimination games, this game can be eliminated by gathering 3 identical elements. When the game encounters a bottleneck or fails, you can get the opportunity to use props or resurrect by watching the 30-second advertisement, but each level can use props The number of times is limited.
Many netizens who were stumped at the second level asked, "Tell me how to pass the second level."
Some netizens said that they played until 3 a.m., watched a lot of advertisements and still did not clear the level. Some netizens even ridiculed that the third level has not been completed yet?
After the game became popular, during the two days from September 13th to 14th, the server of the "Sheep and Goat" game experienced three exceptions, resulting in some players being unable to log in normally, and the discussion of the game among netizens became more and more enthusiastic.
The operation team urgently checked and repaired this, and even released the news of urgent recruitment of back-end server developers on September 14, and rewarded 5,000 yuan to those who recommended or self-recommended.
There are sellers online sales customs clearance tutorial
On September 15, a reporter from the Beiqing Daily noticed that some sellers had started selling the "Sheep Luck" customs clearance tutorial online.
A 3 yuan customs clearance tutorial includes an explanation video and a "plug-in" file.
A reporter from Beiqing Daily noticed that the seller sold more than 30 such customs clearance tutorials on September 15 alone.
"Plugins" generally refer to cheating programs or software that modify game data for the benefit of players.
The Tencent Game Security Center has previously reminded that the use of plug-ins has certain risks, especially when using plug-ins that damage the fairness of the game in non-stand-alone games, the account may be banned.
In addition, the Beiqing Daily reporter also noticed that in addition to selling plug-in documents, there are many sellers who provide agency services and customs clearance services, and the fees vary from more than ten yuan to 30 yuan each time. One of the sellers sells more than 200 orders per month. .
Some sellers said that the game requires the seller to log in to the buyer's WeChat account by scanning the code or SMS verification code to play the game on behalf of the buyer.
Game "playing on behalf of" beware of information leakage
A reporter from Beiqing Daily noticed that players need to enter their name and ID number when entering the game "Sheep and Goat", and log in to their WeChat account. If they purchase a proxy service, letting the seller log in to their WeChat account to play on behalf of them may lead to Information disclosure.
Previously, some fraud gangs used the guise of "free booster" to defraud an online tactical competitive game player's WeChat account and password, and then sent messages to their relatives and friends to commit fraud.
Regarding the situation of some players seeking to use illegal means to clear customs, the official Weibo account of "Sheep Liao A Sheep" recently also posted that it was recently discovered that some players have modified some game data such as the customs clearance time through improper means. For behaviors that undermine the fairness of the game, We will resolutely crack down and strengthen protection to ensure a fair social gaming environment for all players.
Text / Daily reporter Dai Youqing