Riot Video games fell sufferer to a social engineering assault this previous weekend which led to a breach in its growth methods and atmosphere. The studio, nonetheless, was fast to guarantee its recreation neighborhood that no consumer knowledge or private info was compromised in the course of the assault. What was affected although was Riot’s skill to launch new content material, and subsequently its replace cadence, for a number of titles.
Upon additional investigation, Riot reported that the hackers had been in a position to steal the supply code for League of Legends, Teamfight Ways, and a legacy anti-cheat platform. The studio reported that they acquired a ransom e mail from the perpetrators however had no intention of giving in to their calls for.
“Whereas this assault disrupted our construct atmosphere and will trigger points sooner or later, most significantly we stay assured that no participant knowledge or participant private info was compromised,” stated Riot.
“In truth, any publicity of supply code can enhance the probability of latest cheats rising,” the studio added. “For the reason that assault, we’ve been working to evaluate its affect on anticheat and to be ready to deploy fixes as shortly as attainable if wanted. The illegally obtained supply code additionally consists of numerous experimental options. Whereas we hope a few of these recreation modes and different adjustments ultimately make it out to gamers, most of this content material is in prototype and there’s no assure it would ever be launched.”
“Our safety groups and globally acknowledged exterior consultants proceed to guage the assault and audit our methods. We’ve additionally notified regulation enforcement and are in lively cooperation with them as they examine the assault and the group behind it. We’re dedicated to transparency and can launch a full report sooner or later detailing the attackers’ strategies, the areas the place Riot’s safety controls failed, and the steps we’re taking to make sure this doesn’t occur once more,” the studio concluded.
