According to security researchers at Proofpoint, people downloading unofficial copies of the games are opening themselves up to hackers who are circulating malicious versions of the Android APK. (a file format and extension used in the Android application package system)
https://thestack.com/security/2016/0...roid-backdoor/
https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/07/...droid-backdoor
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