It's not just the App Store which is suffering from problems at the moment. 

Bot farms, alleged app cloning and the suggestion Chinese games are at the centre of credit card fraud has quickly been followed by a new hot topic, this time impacting Japanese social gaming giant GREE.

As reported by AsiaJin, it's being claimed a bug in social card-game release Tanken Doriland - the #1 game of the platform - enabling users to copy in-game rare cards. The virtual items are then being sold on via auction sites for up to 30,000 yen, equal to around $377.

Glitchy game gagged

The site claims the glitch allows anyone playing the game using on two cellphones to send cards from one handset to the next.

To copy the card in question, users simultaneously press buttons on both handsets, with the resulting cloned card then sold on.



GREE has not offered any comment on the supposed scan, though Reuters has reported that Tanken Doriland has been "suspended" after the company discovered a "glitch [that] would have a limited impact on its earnings".

AsiaJin claims the scam was first spotted by users on Japanese social network forum 2-channel, though the going price for the cards has reportedly since fallen to below the 10,000 yen mark.

[source: AsiaJin]