Riot changed the password of many of my accounts simultaneously and now I can't login

Cathanne·5/29/2019, 4:55:52 AM·1 votes·3,316 views

I just had multiple accounts "banned" by having the passwords changed with no email history of the password changed and the username/password recovery not working at all. Even accounts I had not logged on in over a year were all simultaneously changed password.

I am guessing Riot for whatever reason initiated some kind of password reset for security reasons. Why they did this instead of locking the accounts for security purposes I have no idea.

I guess it is technically possible I got hacked, but not all my accounts and none of my other info was compromised and my accounts have different emails and passwords.

Is this a known thing where Riot resets your password so you can't login? I have never heard of this up until now.

EDIT:

Apparently after doing some searching, I can find at least one example of this happening to another user, but it seems to be incredibly rare:

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/7hY7mjg5-riot-ip-banned-all-40-of-my-accounts

So no, I was not actually "hacked" this is just apparently something Riot does when they don't want to let you know the account is lockedor banned and they just want you to be paranoid that you are keylogged or something.

45 Comments

rujitra5/29/2019, 5:52:18 AM12 votes

Your post basically:

I can't accept I got hacked so I'll blame everyone else.

Seriously, it's not hard to go through account recovery, just recover your accounts and make sure you don't use phishing sites in the future.

GentlemanTrap5/29/2019, 8:21:55 AM5 votes

Apparently the guy you provided the link of was issued an IP ban due to heavy hate speech. I don't see a correlation between the two issues.

Lucian Waifu5/29/2019, 8:14:08 PM4 votes

This sounds like paranoid delusions.

General Esdeath 5/29/2019, 8:44:48 PM3 votes

So you have multiple accounts that you wouldn't know are connected unless the person had access to your personal information, but you think it was Riot?

lol

Kei1435/29/2019, 11:15:29 AM2 votes

I know you said you figured out what happened and looking for a remedy, but what happens when you try to do an account recovery?

Can't log in support website? Can't remember details of the account? Something else?