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Kudos for transparency. On the other hand it reads the same as any other breach press statement I've read. It seems to be clearly carved to not include a single

• jwestbury 4y ago
  They did say they'll have a full report with more technical details forthcoming. Having been involved in a few incidents which had substantial public post-mortems, they need to go through a LOT of revision and approvals. They generally take more than a week to release, especially when they have security implications.
• neoncontrails 4y ago
  The timeline of events might explain why they're proceeding with caution. Last Wednesday, 46 people were let go[1]; that Friday, Riot tweets that their development systems were compromised "earlier in the week." Insider job, perhaps? I wonder. [1] https://www.eurogamer.net/riot-games-reportedly-making-layoffs https://www.eurogamer.net/riot-games-reportedly-making-layof...
• PradeetPatel 4y ago
  > Wish these were written by security people instead of a PR/Compliance/legal taskforce. Additional transparency is always better for the consumer. However, one must ask - what would that achieve for the business? Providing technical details may open them up to additional scrutiny from the general public, and potentially regulatory bodies. Another additional risk is that the more information disclosured, the harder it is to control the narrative. As someone who used to work in reputation management, ensuring a cohesive and correct narrative in mainstream & social media is an essential component of reputation damage control.
• Zetobal 4y ago
  Most of their clients are not even adults...