Top game developer Riot Games has suffered a cyber attack that forced them to delay the release of new content, it has been confirmed.
In a short Twitter thread (opens in a new tab) Leaving many questions unanswered, the company confirmed that an unidentified threat actor used social engineering to attack Riot Games employees and gain access to systems in the development environment. of the company.
As a result, the company was forced to delay the game patch for many games, including the globally popular online multiplayer arena – League of Legends (LoL).
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Fortunately, customers’ personal data remains safe, the company believes.
“We don’t have all the answers right now, but we would like to get in touch soon and let you know that there is no indication that player data or personal information has been collected,” the owner said. writing topic.
“Unfortunately, this has temporarily impacted our ability to publish content. While our teams are working hard to fix it, we expect this to affect the cadence. Our upcoming patch across multiple games.”
Individual game divisions have also confirmed violations, BleepingComputer has found. LoL’s team confirmed the delay in patching, but reassured players that wherever a release is planned, it will eventually be released.
“This may affect our distribution date for Patch 13.2. The Alliance team is working to expand the limits of what we can update to deliver the majority of the planned and tested balance changes on time,” the developers said. “Other things like Ahri ASU may have to move to patch 13.3 (February 8), but we will update you as we resolve this.”
Developers working on Teamfight Tactics (TFT), another Riot Games product, said players can expect a fix: “This issue may affect our ability to release the full version of the game.” set of balance changes are planned, but we are working to make the most of them possible through a hotfix at the time of our scheduled patching.”
Via: BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
