Security News > 2021 > December > ‘Appalling’ Riot Games Job Fraud Takes Aim at Wallets
Riot Games, the developer behind League of Legends, has filed a California lawsuit against scammers, whose identities aren't yet known, for ripping off job seekers with the promise of a gig with the company.
Usually early in their careers and eager for a chance with a gaming company like Riot, job hunters are either targeted by a cybercriminal posing as a recruiter or with fake ads on popular employment sites like Indeed, Riot's filing explained.
Riot wasn't the only prominent gaming company used to lure in victims, Polygon reportedly heard from people approached by fake representatives of Rockstar Games and Manticore Games, according to its report.
Riot Games representatives said in an interview with Polygon that the company isn't exactly sure how many people have already been victimized by the phishing campaign.
From Grinchbots scooping up vast swaths of the latest hardware inventory to last month's back-to-back PlayStation 5 breaches and malicious gaming apps lurking in marketplaces, this latest fake job fraud is just another way criminals are trying to exploit the enthusiasm of gamers.
Now Riot hopes to use this lawsuit as a way to track down the cybercriminals and make it clear the company was not behind the scam, according to Riot attorney Dan Nabel.