League of Legends source code stolen and held for ransom, Riot Games updates community

Riot Games has kept its pledge to update the League of Legends community after a social engineering attack compromised systems in its development environment. This has ultimately caused a ripple effect, causing future releases like Ahri ASU and Aurelion Sol rework to be further delayed.

After this, the company revised the summary by delving into the situation with League of Legends, TFT (Team Fight Tactics), and a legacy anti-cheat platform being exfiltrated.

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Riot Games delves into stolen source code, informs League of Legends community

In its official statement, Riot Games revealed that a ransom email was sent by the perpetrator. However, the company declined to make any monetary transactions.

It recognized that exposure to source code increases the possibility of new cheats appearing. Riot stated that the illegally obtained source code has several experimental features as well. While this may pose problems in the future, the team is certain that no player data or personal information has been compromised.

While it's expected that some of the new game modes and other updates will be made available to users, most of this material is still in prototype form, with no certainty of being published in the future.

Riot also mentioned that its security experts and internationally acknowledged external consultants are still assessing the assault and auditing the systems. Furthermore, it has alerted legal police and is actively cooperating in investigating the incident and the organization responsible.

Riot Games has expressed its commitment to transparency and will produce a comprehensive report documenting the attackers' strategies, areas where security procedures have failed, and reformative measures.

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Demand for ransom accelerates League's anti-cheat measures

Riot Games has admitted to League of Legends being at risk of facing additional cheating with the game source being compromised. Due to this, it's accelerating the process of updating its anti-cheat systems. This echoed the message at the start of the season devs video, claimed by Riot Meddler, the head of League of Legends studio.

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Riot Games hasn't updated the community on what the new anti-cheat system will look like for League of Legends, as the process has merely been expedited after the social engineering attack.

The updated cheat code is essential for its gaming products, such as TFT (Team Fight Tactics), as its source code was also breached.

The League community can expect more details in the near future as Riot Games devs look into this situation further.