Researchers from Security Discovery and CyberNews have just revealed shocking information about the leak of 2.6 billion user records of the world's major technology platforms. The leaked information includes personal identities that can help criminals carry out targeted attacks.
VNG confirms leak of more than 160 million ZingID user data (Photo TL)
Notably, the list of 50 platforms with the most data leaks includes VNG's Zing with 164 million data. A VNG representative confirmed the incident.
“After verifying the information, the data mentioned in the report is from the 160 million ZingID incident that was reported by the press since 2018. This data is about created gaming accounts, not user data,” said a VNG representative.
Regarding the user information data leak, in 2018, information appeared that 163 million ZingID account data was leaked. This is the data of gaming accounts linked to more than 163 million Zing ID accounts. VNG also warned that 99% of the leaked ZingIDs had not been used for 1 year. And most of the related gaming accounts did not affect other VNG services.
Regarding the above data leak, some users tried to look up account information that had logged into Zing's system on Cyber News. The results showed that the account data had been leaked from Zing.vn.
Information about Zing's user data leak occurred just 1 day after VNG withdrew its application to list shares on the US stock market. At the same time, in the first 3 quarters of 2023, VNG also recorded not-so-bright business results with a loss of more than 400 billion VND. Compared to the 2023 plan, VNG is losing more than initially expected.
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