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Several days ago Riot Games announced they were victim to a "social engineering attack". They stated they were being extorted for $10,000,000. Riot Games refused to pay the ransom

The source code to League of Legends is now up for sale online

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We are currently speaking with the individual responsible for the breach on Riot Games.

They have informed us they have also stole Riot Games anti-cheat, Packman. Packman is the anti-cheat for both Valorant and League of Legends.

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The individual responsible for the Riot Games breach has given us more information

  • Social engineered an employee via SMS
  • Initial goal was stealing Vanguard
  • They pivoted through the network, was unable to get Domain Controller
  • SOC detected them in approx. 36 hours
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- They did not deploy any malware to the network
  • Managed to escalate privileges by social engineering a company director
  • They stated they would not give us more information at this time, more information will be shared in the following days
  • There is your free DFIR report

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    "Overemphasis on social media manipulation risks both distracting from and reinforcing two notions in need of greater scrutiny: first, that platforms are neutral conduits, co-equal victims with their users of external forces largely beyond their own control; second, and far more importantly, that online influence operations necessarily work in the first place.”


    https://mstdn.social/@gavinwilde/109749723284620870

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