Riot Games receives ‘ransom email’ for stolen source code following social engineering attack

Riot Games, the video game developer and esports organizer, said on Tuesday that it had received a ransom email following a social engineering attack last week.

“Needless to say, we won’t pay,” the company’s official Twitter account announced.

When the incident was disclosed, Riot Games said that multiple systems in its development environment had been compromised and said the incident had affected its ability to release new content.

In a series of tweets updating gamers, the company said …

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