Video game firm Riot Games hacked, now it faces problems to release content

Video game developer and publisher Riot Games announced that it will delay the release of game patches after a security incident.

Riot Games is an American video game developer, publisher and esports tournament organizer known for the creation of the popular games League of Legends and Valorant.

Last week threat actors hacked the company’s systems in its development environment, Riot Games announced it will delay the release of game patches after the security breach.

The cyberattack temporarily impacted the ability of the company to release content, inclusing the patches for its titles.

The League team confirmed the difficulties in releasing Patch 13.2.

The head of League Studio, Andrei van Roon, confirmed that Patch 13.2 would not be canceled despite the problems the company is facing.

Gaming firms are privileged targets for threat actors. In June 2021, hackers compromised the network of the gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) and claimed to have stolen approximately 780 GB of data.

In January 2021, the threat intelligence firm Kela reported the availability for sale of the credentials in multiple hacking forums and criminal marketplace. Over 500,000 credentials for the top two dozen leading gaming firms, including Ubisoft, were leaked online.

In September 2022, a hacker used 2K Games’ support desk to send malware to the gamers.

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Pierluigi Paganini

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.