From PC Mag:
Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends and Valorant, suffered a hack last week that’s forcing the company to delay game updates.
The hacker infiltrated the company’s development systems through a “social engineering attack,” Riot Games tweeted(Opens in a new window). That means the culprits likely tricked an employee into either giving up their corporate login information or installing malware on their computer to achieve access.
The good news is that Riot Games has so far uncovered no evidence that user data was compromised during the intrusion. “We don’t have all the answers right now, but we wanted to communicate early and let you know there is no indication that player data or personal information was obtained,” the company said.
However, the intrusion did disrupt the company’s ability to release game updates. “While our teams are working hard on a fix, we expect this to impact our upcoming patch cadence across multiple games,” the studio said.
Read more: Hackers Hit Riot Games, Forcing It to Halt Game Updates
Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends and Valorant, suffered a hack last week that’s forcing the company to delay game updates.
The hacker infiltrated the company’s development systems through a “social engineering attack,” Riot Games tweeted(Opens in a new window). That means the culprits likely tricked an employee into either giving up their corporate login information or installing malware on their computer to achieve access.
The good news is that Riot Games has so far uncovered no evidence that user data was compromised during the intrusion. “We don’t have all the answers right now, but we wanted to communicate early and let you know there is no indication that player data or personal information was obtained,” the company said.
However, the intrusion did disrupt the company’s ability to release game updates. “While our teams are working hard on a fix, we expect this to impact our upcoming patch cadence across multiple games,” the studio said.
Read more: Hackers Hit Riot Games, Forcing It to Halt Game Updates
