▲ This photo, provided by Netflix, shows survival drama "Squid Game." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- Global streaming entertainment giant, Netflix announced to edit several scenes from "Squid Game" that exposed people's personal phone numbers, which has previously caused controversy.

"The production company and Netflix are making every effort to resolve the situation smoothly, and we have decided to replace scenes with people's phone numbers," Netflix explained on Tuesday.

"We politely ask fans to refrain from sending prank calls or messages," Netflix added.

After an 8-digit phone number was shown in scenes from "Squid Game," the owner of the phone number as well as others who have similar numbers complained to be receiving endless calls all day. In addition, a bank account number actually used by one of the production crew was exposed, causing some fans to actually transfer money to the account.

The nine-episode thriller follows a group of people entering life-and-death survival games to win a 45.6 billion won prize money and has maintained the No. 1 spot for twelve days as the world's most popular Netflix TV show.

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