Nokia employees 'hack' the game on the Windows Store

Justin Angel, a Nokia Windows Phone engineer, instructs users to edit the trial game to a full version and removes the ads in it.

Justin Angel, a Nokia Windows Phone engineer, instructs users to edit the trial game to a full version and removes the ads in it.

In addition, this person also instructs other operations such as taking free in-game items or putting JavaScript code to unlock new games for the game Cut The Rope.

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Nokia engineers' instructions will make Microsoft more cautious about the security of their applications.

According to The Verge, the steps are somewhat complicated for normal Windows 8 users. However, Justin Angel's guide has just shown that getting the game on the Windows Store for hackers is simple. In response to patches released by the game makers every year, Justin "stored encrypted data with algorithms in the machine and used hashing algorithm (hash algorithm) to solve security issues ".

The source said the website that instructed Justin Angel's hacked game had a lot of visitors so it was temporarily suspended with the message "Server offline". On the Microsoft side, a representative of the software company said it had "lots of solutions to help Windows 8 defend itself against hackers".

Update 25 May 2019
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