League of Legends is a supremely popular (and casual) title, with a playerbase consisting of millions upon millions of players. Naturally, such a following makes the game a prime target, and, well... it looks like Riot got (account) bank ganked.
LoL
So yeah, FYI, if you play League (or have played in the past), your account information may be in jeopardy. Changing your password may not be such a bad idea. Or not. I mean, maybe you like to live dangerously. Who am I to judge?
Man, what a mess. I guess what they say is true - MOBA, mo' problems.
The EscapistRiot Games has reported that a portion of North American League of Legends account information was recently compromised. Usernames, email addresses, salted password hashes, and some first and last names were accessed. Riot claims that "salted password hashes" are unreadable, but players with easily-guessed passwords may have their accounts compromised. As a precaution, all North American players will soon be prompted to reset their passwords.
Additionally, Riot is investigating a theft of approximately 120,000 transaction records from 2011 that contained hashed and salted credit card numbers. Again, Riot assures us that salted credit card numbers are "unreadable", that the payment system involved with these records hasn't been used since July of 2011, and that this type of payment card information hasn't been collected in any Riot systems since then.
Riot says it is taking the necessary steps to notify and safeguard affected players, but it wouldn't hurt to keep an eye on your credit card transactions in the near future if you have ever bought Riot Points from the League of Legends store.
LoL
So yeah, FYI, if you play League (or have played in the past), your account information may be in jeopardy. Changing your password may not be such a bad idea. Or not. I mean, maybe you like to live dangerously. Who am I to judge?
Man, what a mess. I guess what they say is true - MOBA, mo' problems.