As if the game didn’t have enough bugs and server problems, apparently hackers everywhere are trying to hack Pokemon GO. There was a bit of controversy when the game first came out when the app inadvertently gave Niantic total control over your google account. That error has now been dealt with and Niantic who didn’t even realize this happened apologized for the mistake.
Now, hackers and hacker groups from all over the world are trying to “hack” Pokemon GO. Over the last weekend the servers experienced a mass failure and the app was spotty at best throughout North America. A hacker group called OurMine has taken credit for the attack saying “No one will be able to play this game till Pokemon Go contact us on our website to teach them how to protect it!”
OurMine has already grown in infamy by hacking into the Twitter and Vine accounts of many tech leaders and celebrities like Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey. They hack into various accounts and then use that opportunity to advertise their “security services.” In fact, one has reached out to news outlets like TechCrunch and said they are a three person team of teenagers that want to make the net a safer place through more aware security. Of course they charge for their services; anywhere between $30 to $5,000 for their security expertise.
OurMine has said, “We don’t want other hackers attack their servers, so we should protect their servers.” Though that doesn’t seem to be working because another hacker group called PoodleCorp has already claimed they have hacked Pokemon GO similarly.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”in” dir=”ltr”>PokemonGo <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Offline?src=hash”>#Offline</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PoodleCorp?src=hash”>#PoodleCorp</a></p>— PoodleCorp (@PoodleCorp) <a href=”https://twitter.com/PoodleCorp/status/754298236093857792″>July 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Most likely, these groups are hacking Pokemon GO by creating a massive surge of false player data. This jams up the servers and can even cause them to crash and fail. Either way, Niantic’s servers are ill prepared even on their best day. Users report that they can’t go more than an hour or two without some type of glitch or crash regardless of hackers. Niantic’s primary goal should be to upgrade their servers to handle the massive user base (which other apps can only dream of) before they even consider anything else.
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