THEM riot games explained the source code League of Legends and Team Fighting Tactics It was stolen last week, or rather January 20th. In the same statement released this Tuesday (24), the developer explains that it received a ransom note demanding $10 million to recover data, but would not pay.
“We received a ransom email today. Needless to say, we will not pay,” the company said on its official Twitter account. THEM rebel He also reassured the community that no player data or personal information was obtained, but pointing out that the attack should delay the release of future patches for some of its games and others planned may not even reach the launch phase.
We got a ransom email today. Needless to say, we will not pay.
While this attack disrupts our build environment and may cause problems in the future, most importantly, we continue to make sure that no player data or player personal information is compromised.
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— Riot Games (@riotgames) January 24, 2023
Finally, the company said it was working with law enforcement to investigate and expects its systems to be fully restored by the end of the week.
Wave of hacker attack on games
In case of riot games The latest in a wave of data breaches at major gaming companies. In September 2022, rockstar games GTA 6 suffered an attack that leaked development materials. More examples from recent years, CD red project and bandai namco.
It is worth noting that the hacker behind the Rockstar incident also claimed responsibility for an attack on Uber. Previously, the breach was attributed to the extortion group by the transportation platform. Lapsus$A number of high-profile companies such as Microsoft, Nvidia, and Ubisoft are known to invade their systems.
Source: Tec Mundo
