This Game Developer Has A Unique Way To "Forced" People Play The Game

In one of the previous articles we briefly discussed one of the digital threats, namely ransomware. In general, ransomware is a form of malware or malicious programs that can attack digital devices and provide damage in certain forms. The damage meant here is that the device data that has been infected with the ransomware will be locked automatically and can only be opened by the attacker.

This is where the danger of ransomware lies. Many hackers then use the locking data to do extortion. For data owners who want their data to be accessible again, they must pay a sum of money or ransom in other forms.

But what's interesting is that recently one of the #game developers from Japan took advantage of their creation of ransomware to facilitate the marketing process of the games they made. How to?

Forced People Play the Game

As mentioned above, Japanese developer Touhou Project who created a game called Undefined Fantastic Object was recently known to be the mastermind behind the spread of ransomware in several locations. Touhou Project itself is one of the game development that is quite interested not only in its home country but also in several other countries.

But what's even more interesting is the way they introduce their game through the infusion of ransomware. The mode they do is first by creating ransomware that can infect prospective target computers.

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From there, victims whose computers have been infected with ransomware are automatically asked to play the Undefined Fantastic Object game if they want the data they have to be accessible again.

What is quite annoying is, the victims who were asked to play the game must successfully reach a certain level even with the most difficult game mode. Although the game is actually not a very complicated game, but still the "gunfight" UFO game takes time to be conquered.

Developer Fadness

The Undefined Fantastic Object game is one of 12 game series released by Touhou Project. Started to be introduced in 2009, the game is indeed not a very popular game. That's where game developers choose a pretty eccentric way to make other people want to play the game.

They created ransomware for fun purposes so that more people would want to play UFO games.

But after the issue of ransomware came up, the game developer then gave an explanation. In addition to apologizing to the victims, Touhou Project also provided solutions for victims who could not play the game.

This solution is to create a new program that can fool the ransomware so that later the person appears to have completed the mission that is required as a computer data redemption dowry.

From there the users who become victims can directly access the data they have. In addition, in the future these malicious programs can also be protected so as not to attack for the second time.

Looking back, what the Touhou Project game developer did was not too dangerous. This is one way for a business to run optimally. But sometimes, it is not uncommon to come home with more serious problems due to "different" steps like the Touhou Project did.

Can be a lesson for developers or those working in other fields, the business efforts that we implement indeed demand creativity. However, there is always a limit to that creativity. There are times when we have to realize what ways are not only effective but also right.

A little about ransomware, this malicious program has been a serious threat since it was first discovered in 2005. It is estimated that cyber crime armed with ransomware has been able to reap millions of dollars in victims every day.

Therefore, for us as lay people, especially those who often use digital devices must increase awareness and information related to digital security. This is not only to protect the data that we have but also limit so we become victims of even greater crime.