The same hacker was previously associated with some major data breaches
If you play the popular online game called Words With Friends, you should probably change your password right now. A prolific hacker who goes by the name of ‘gnosticplayers’ claims to have stolen personal information of 218 million users of the app. The app is built by Zynga, a company famous for a bunch of popular interactive games including FarmVille, Draw Something, and OMGPOP. The hacker claims anyone who downloaded Word with Friends on both Android and iOS before September 2 is affected by the data breach.
Earlier last month, Zynga had revealed that some personal information of its users may have been accessed by ‘outside hackers’. However, the company did not reveal the exact extent of the damage or the number of players involved.
The Hacker News claims that the hacker confirmed to the publication about the data breach. Previously, the same hacker has been connected with two massive data dumps involving 747 million stolen accounts across 24 major websites and mobile apps.