Riot Games to pause updates after social engineering attack

Video game developer and esports organizer Riot Games was affected by a social engineering cyberattack last week, the company announced on January 20.

The attack, which compromised multiple systems, affects the company’s ability to release content, as well as other operations at the company, including patching. A senior official at Riot Games clarified that the latest update scheduled for this week will still go out but other changes will be held. 

Unfortunately, this has temporarily affected our ability to release …

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