League of Legends players worldwide couldn't login for hours because Riot forgot to renew the client's SSL certificate—just like it did 10 years ago

The new year might mean wrestling with over-ambitious resolutions, the frustration of writing the previous year whenever ...
The Express Tribune

League of Legends offline after SSL certificate error repeats decade-old issue

League of Legends went offline on January 4 2026 due to error affecting logins worldwide, echoing similar 2016 outage ...
Dexerto

League of Legends gets turned off for everyone after 2016 error repeats 10 years later

League of Legends was unavailable for many players on January 4, 2026, after the game experienced issues linked to an expired ...
Security Boulevard

Sectigo New Public Roots and Issuing CAs Hierarchy [2025 Migration Guide]

The majority of certificate outages don’t begin with a breach alert. They are silent at first. One day, a browser warning ...

League of Legends was completely down yesterday unless you reset your system clock, because Riot forgot to update a security certificate

Many League of Legends players around the world found themselves unshackled from Riot's hit MOBA recently when it became ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Risks in Using Self-Signed SSL Certificates

A reader reported receiving a message in Google Search Console about a self-signed SSL certificate. Google has been sending warnings about this for years. A self-signed SSL certificate is one that is ...