Case Study: World’s Leading Multi-National Game Company protects millions in revenue with Arxan Technologies

Popular Mobile Collectable Card Game (CCG) Protects Millions in Revenue with Arxan Application Protectio

World’s Leading Multi-National Game Company launched a popular mobile collectable card game whose innovative battle and reward systems were quickly abused by hackers, causing measured losses in the millions of dollars from excessive server costs, lost customers, and a degraded player experience. To stop the attacks without sacrificing game features, the company engaged Arxan Technologies and deployed Arxan Code Protection and Arxan Cryptographic Key/Data Protection.

Arxan Technologies implemented lightweight, transparent protections—obfuscation, debugger and jailbreak detection, asset encryption, checksum guards, and whitebox cryptography to hide network keys—so the client could detect and block tampered clients and prevent automation, packet manipulation, and asset theft. The solution was quickly deployed and immediately improved the game’s revenue position: spam account creation and automation attacks subsided, server costs returned to expected levels, and millions in potential revenue were protected.