Riot Games cyber attack: Hackers steal game source codes, demand ransom – Times of India

Riot Games recently confirmed that the company has been hit by a cyber attack. The US-based video game studio took to Twitter to reveal that the hack is a “social engineering attack”. The company also assured users that no player data or personal information has been compromised in the security breach. Now, Riot has posted a new string of tweets that claim that the source codes for some of its popular video games too have been stolen in the cyber attack.
The company said that the source codes of popular video games including ‘League of Legends’ and ‘Teamfight Tactics‘ (TFT) have been stolen. Riot also said that hackers have also looted the code for one of its anti-cheat platforms. The company has assured that it will roll out an update for the players after its investigation of the attack is complete.

How this ransomware attack has affected Riot Games
Riot mentioned that the hackers behind this data breach have also sent a ransom email to the company which it has refused to pay. The company hasn’t officially mentioned the amount that hackers have demanded. However, a report by Motherboard claims that the hackers asked for $10 million from the video game publisher.

The company has also claimed that this attack has “disrupted” its “build environment” and that the data breach may cause issues in the upcoming days. Riot mentioned that the “exposure of source code can increase the likelihood of new cheats emerging.” The company has assured that it has been working to assess its impact on the anti-cheat platform since the attack. Riot also said that it even “prepared to deploy fixes as quickly as possible if needed.”

Riot Games added that it will release a full report in the future detailing the attackers’ techniques, the areas where Riot’s security controls failed, and the steps we’re taking to ensure this doesn’t happen again”.
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