A major California-based game developer has admitted that a serious cyberattack on its systems has halted all updates.
Tencent-owned Riot Games, which produces popular titles such as League of Legends and Valorant, briefly explained what happened in a series of tweets on Friday.
“Earlier this week, a system in our development environment was compromised by a social engineering attack. We would like to inform you as soon as possible.” said.
“Unfortunately, this is temporarily impacting our ability to release content. I anticipate.”
The company asked customers to be patient while it resolved the issue and promised more updates soon.
One of the titles affected by cyberattacks is League of Legends.
“This may affect the delivery date of patch 13.2. League teams are working to push the boundaries of what can be hotfixed in order to deliver the majority of planned and tested balance changes on time. I’m here.” I warned you on Twitter.
“Others like Ahri ASU may need to move to patch 13.3 (February 8th), but we’ll keep you updated while we work on this.”
Gaming companies and their customers have become increasingly popular targets for cybercriminals.
The notorious threat group Lapsus is believed to be behind an attack on Rockstar Games last September that resulted in the leak of in-development footage from the upcoming version of Grand Theft Auto.
According to Akamai data released in August 2022, attacks against this sector surged 167% year over year. This points to a doubling of web application attacks and the fact that the industry now accounts for more than his third (35%) of his DDoS traffic worldwide.
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