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League of Legends (LoL), a game developed by Riot Games, recently fell victim to a cyberattack. Threat actors allegedly gained access to the game’s source code and are now demanding a huge ransom.
Riot Games confirmed an attack in its development environment last January. The company also confirmed the source codes for League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics (TFT) and its legacy anti-cheat platform.
According to Kevin Purdy, senior technology reporter at Ars Technica, “The release of source code by the attackers, whether publicly or by sale, could have implications for cheat software, providing direct knowledge of the game’s mechanisms rather than relying on reverse engineering.”
Purdy noted that the company attributed the attack to social engineering and also may cause issues in the games in the future. However, Riot Games assured its players that no personal information was obtained.
In a reply tweet, Riot Games noted that “truthfully, any exposure of source code can increase the likelihood of new cheats emerging. Since the attack, we’ve been working to assess its impact on anti-cheat and to be prepared to deploy fixes as quickly as possible if needed.”
Lawrence Abrams, owner and editor-in-chief of BleepingComputer.com, reported, “Threat actors are auctioning the alleged source code.” Abrams also noted that vice.com supposedly gained access to the ransom note sent by the hackers to Riot Games.
The hackers are demanding a $10 million ransom, or they would sell the source code. According to VX-Underground, the hackers gained access to the source code after performing a social engineering attack over SMS on one of Riot Games’ employees.
Numerous reports claimed that the hackers began selling the source code on a popular hacking forum. The hackers are asking for $1 million for the source code of LoL and Packman. The post in the forum contained a link to a PDF file with a source code listing for software associated with Riot Games.
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