Mixi Gets Less Anonymous

[Mulboyne]

Yomiuri: Data leaked on mixi game users / Glitch leads to personal details of 4,200 becoming viewable online
A system bug in a popular farming game on the mixi social networking site led to personal details of as many as 4,200 users being leaked online, it has been learned. Phone numbers and e-mail addresses of users who made credit card purchases of special items in the Sunshine Bokujo (Sunshine stock farm) game were leaked between Oct. 21 and 23, according to mixi...Mixi plans to review the screening system of the game, which has about 2.3 million users on platforms such as personal computers and cell phones. "We're dealing seriously with the problem," a mixi spokesman said. Chinese video game company Rekoo Media Ltd. developed and operates the game...A bug in the payment system is believed to have caused the problem..."At this point in time, we've had no reports of this personal information being abused," a mixi spokesman said. "We believe there's next to no chance that ordinary users accidentally viewed this information"...more...