League of Legends developers Riot Games have issued a statement detailing a recent breach of some of the companyâs servers, resulting in the theft of player information.
The EU West and EU Nordic & East databases were accessed in the intrusion, and Riot says that while no payment or billing info was taken, what was lost were email addresses, the name of a playerâs character, dates of birth and, in some cases, âfirst and last name and encrypted security question and answerâ.
Riot says the âspecific security issueâ hackers were able to exploit has been fixed, and is now notifying all affected. Because as many as half of the passwords stolen were basic enough to be âsimple enough to be at risk of easy crackingâ, theyâre recommending everybody change their passwords. And make it a little more complicated this time.
In terms of a response, Riot says it has âhired experts and are working with the relevant authorities to more thoroughly understand causes, culprits, and preventative measures to make future breaches less likely.â
Finally, Riotâs Marc Merrill Brandon Beck have apologised to players for the breach, saying âWe take your privacy and security seriously, and weâre working diligently to improve it for the better.â
League of Legends Account Security Alert [League of Legends]
