Initial reports said that about 90,000 smartphones users were infected with a virus lurking in applications they downloaded, but later they found that developers stole more than 10 million pieces of personal information from users mobile.
Even the application has been uploaded to Google Inc.'s official store for free and downloaded 270.000 times until the end of March 2012
The free apps were marketed to customers by affixing the phrase "The Movie" to existing popular game titles. When the apps are downloaded and activated, they can automatically transmit personal data. The stolen information found on the server has not been used by the malware developers but the police is investigating the motive of the crime.
Violators face up to three years in prison or fines of up to 500,000 yen (S$7645). Creating viruses for computers and smartphones was criminalized under the revised Penal Code that was enacted in July last year.
