'League of Legends' game maker says it won't pay ransom after hackers reportedly ask for $10 million and threaten to release source code

Wed, 01/25/2023 - 10:21

Cloud9's League of Legends team sat at their desks at staring at their monitors — Cloud9's "League of Legends" team, a game created by Riot Games, whose source code was stolen in a hack.
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Riot Games confirmed that hackers stole "League of Legends" source code that could make cheating easier.
The company also said that it received a ransom email from hackers: "Needless to say, we won't pay."
The ransom was for $10 million in exchange for not leaking the code, according to Vice's Motherboard.

Riot Games, the maker of the popular online multiplayer game "League of Legends," was hit by a cyberattack last week, and the company has said it won't pay a ransom to hackers.