Riot Games Confirms That League of Legends Source Code Was Stolen

Riot Games confirmed that hackers stole the source code for one of the world’s most popular online games, League of Legends, after breaking into their internal system.

They tweeted out that the source code for TeamFight Tactics (TFT) as well as computer code for a “legacy anticheat platform” were also stolen.

Today, we received a ransom email. Needless to say, we won’t pay.

While this attack disrupted our build environment and could cause issues in the future, most importantly we remain confident that no player data or player personal information was compromised.

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— Riot Games (@riotgames) January 24, 2023

Riot Games stated that this might lead to an increase in the amount of cheating software since hackers could exploit the stolen source code:

“Truthfully, any exposure of source code can increase the likelihood of new cheats emerging,” the company added. “Since the attack, we’ve been working to assess its impact on anticheat and to be prepared to deploy fixes as quickly as possible if needed.”

Due to the hacking attack, the company has temporarily halted game updates and assures that no user data appears to have been compromised by the attack.

They also added that “We’re committed to transparency and 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,”