PUBG Mobile India avatar Battlegrounds Mobile found sending data to servers in China

PUBG Mobile returned to India last week as Battlegrounds Mobile India but it looks like some other things also did.

Krafton’s worst fear about its PUBG Mobile India avatar, the Battlegrounds Mobile India, may have actually come true. And there is no one else but Krafton to blame for that. Battlegrounds Mobile India is allegedly sending data of Indian Android players to servers in China, including one that belongs to Tencent -- the publisher of PUBG Mobile. Among the servers that Battlegrounds Mobile India uses to communicate, China Mobile Communications emerged as one of the most-used ones. The PUBG Mobile India version also reportedly relays data between servers located in Hong Kong, Moscow, the US, and Mumbai. Per an IGN India report, citing some Battlegrounds Mobile India players as well claiming independent verification, Battlegrounds Mobile India does not fall in line with what Krafton said last year at the time of announcing PUBG Mobile India and then, again, last week when it released Battlegrounds Mobile for Android users in India. Folks at IGN India used a data packet sniffer app before playing a match on Battlegrounds Mobile India, only to find later that the game is indeed exchanging data with servers in China among some other ones that are not local. The log of the packer sniffer app shows several IP addresses that Battlegrounds Mobile India established a connection with for several things. On using the whois search (search engine to track the origin of an IP address), IGN India found out that there was one prominent IP address that Battlegrounds Mobile mostly used and it belonged to Chinese state-owned telecom operator China Mobile Communications Corporation. The server is located in Beijing, according to the report. And it also made a startling revelation that the game was sending the device data. There are screenshots to back this claim, and it seems like Krafton really goofed up here.