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The theft of Riot Games' source code for
League of Legends
,
TeamFight Tactics
, and an anti-cheat platform could have implications for future cheats and exploits. (credit: Riot Games)
Riot Games has confirmed that an
attack on its development environment last week
included the
theft of source code
for its
League of Legends
and
Teamfight Tactics
games, along with a "legacy anticheat platform." The company has received a ransom demand but states that it will not pay.
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. Riot acknowledged that the attack, attributed to "social engineering," "could cause issues in the future," but
added
that it was confident "no player data or player personal information was compromised."
"Truthfully, any exposure of source code can increase the likelihood of new cheats emerging," Riot
posted in a reply tweet
. "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." Riot
added
that the code "includes a number of experimental features," though it's mostly "in prototype and there's no guarantee it will ever be released."