According to recent ESET report, a malicious gaming application has been found on the Google Play Store, claiming itself as the official source of “Pokemon Go”, while the game yet hasn’t released in India. While not yet available in China, conspiracy theories about the real goal of Pokemon have surfaced on Chinese social media sites.
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Downloading and playing “Pokemon Go” is free, but the developer makes money through the game’s in-app purchases. If Niantic drops rare Pokemon where people don’t often go, then some unwary player might wander into restricted areas. Pokémon GO is set to release in China, South Korea, and as mentioned earlier, Japan.
Launched about more than a week ago, the Pokemon Go has become a sensation around the world. The success of Pokemon Go is attributed primarily to the huge popularity of Pokemon, the fantasy monster characters which have been widely used on toys, T-shirts and other merchandise worldwide.
The game works by using your phone’s camera to superimpose Pokemon creatures into the real world.
In all, some 200 markets are on the map for the company to go after.
The alleged first reported attack by PoodleCorp took place just hours after the mobile game was released across multiple countries. The Pokemon phenomena turned into a lucrative one for Nintendo, and the company expanded it into a famously popular trading card game.
Because of other countries’ regulations and rules, going after the big fish could be more hard.
Pokemon Go has also now surpassed non-game apps in terms of daily usage such as Google Maps and Snapchat.
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Now, Pokemon’s latest iteration has people wandering around staring at their phones as the perky Pikachu and 135 other Pokemon lead them on a wild “Golduck” chase. Chief executive John Hanke said in an interview that it would be technically possible to launch the game in China, but noted a host of complex rules and restrictions.
