{"id":210548,"date":"2023-01-24T11:10:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T10:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=210548"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:07:18","slug":"riot-games-has-been-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/riot-games-has-been-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot Games hacked: Valorant and other games updates delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Riot Games, th company that brought us, League of Legends, Valorant<\/a>, and many others, has been hacked<\/strong>. While the developers at Riot Games are still in the process<\/strong> of investigating the effects of the hack, they\u2019ve let players know that there may be delays<\/strong> with patches and updates across many of their games.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Riot Games announced the hack on Friday<\/strong> evening via Twitter. Along with the announcement, the team also assured players that they\u2019ll keep them up to date<\/strong> concerning the investigation. The security breach occurred in their production and development environment, hence one of the reasons for delays in rolling out new updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The team also announced that no player information was lost<\/strong> or accessed during the attack. The hack affected production, however, which is affecting the creation of new upgrades and improvements<\/strong>. While the team is still investigating what games have been affected, it\u2019s clear that League of Legends<\/a> and Valorant will see delays. This hack affects updates introducing new elements, as well as patches to fix bugs and vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another game that also has confirmed delays is Teamfight Tactics<\/a><\/strong>. Players were expecting an update with balance changes for battle<\/strong>. However, Riot Games announced that the release of this patch will also be delayed due to the recent hack. The developers are working on a hotfix to address the most meaningful modification until they\u2019re able to release the full patch.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riot Games also admitted to players that they don\u2019t have all the answers<\/strong> yet, but that they want to keep everyone affected in the loop with what is happening following the breach. This is a nice change of pace compared to other businesses that want to hide a breach or hack for as long as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unfortunately, this has temporarily affected our ability to release content. While our teams are working hard on a fix, we expect this to impact our upcoming patch cadence across multiple games.<\/p>— Riot Games (@riotgames) January 20, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>