What started as a bizarre day for the Rainbow Six Siege gaming community has quickly spiraled into a much larger conversation about cybersecurity. A major security breach has reportedly hit Ubisoft, even forcing the company to shut down the game servers. Initially looking like a chaotic in-game glitch—with Rainbow Six Siege players receiving trillions in free credits—things quickly evolved into a much more serious (and massive) hack-related situation, involving the potential compromise of Ubisoft’s internal servers and sensitive source code by a multi-group attack.
Ubisoft hack: Rainbow Six Siege players get millions in free credits
The disruption began when players suddenly found their accounts flooded with nearly $340 trillion worth of R6 credits. They also got rare developer skins and cosmetic items, with no apparent explanation. While some users celebrated the sudden windfall, others were hit with mysterious account bans. These bans were accompanied by hijacked log messages mocking Ubisoft’s leadership. This reflected that the attackers gained deep access to the game’s management services.
Ubisoft quickly took the servers and the marketplace offline to investigate. Later, the company announced a massive rollback to undo the damage. While the company confirmed that players wouldn’t be banned for spending the illegal currency, the incident was clearly just the tip of the iceberg.
Four hacker groups and a major data breach
According to a report from Vx-Underground, Ubisoft may be facing a multi-front attack from up to four different hacker groups. The first group focused on disrupting the game and gifting currency. Meanwhile, other groups appear to have targeted the company’s core infrastructure.
The source says that one group used a flaw in a database to get into an internal Git repository. They say that this breach let them steal a huge amount of Ubisoft’s internal source code, going back to the 1990s and up to now. This information includes software development kits and multiplayer services that are very important to the company’s whole library of games.
A third group, claiming to have stolen sensitive user data, further complicates the situation. This group reportedly moved to extort the company. Meanwhile, a fourth group claimed that the source code breach isn’t new and that hackers have had access to Ubisoft’s internal systems for quite some time, using the high-profile Siege hack as a distraction to leak the data.
How players should respond
Ubisoft is working to make its systems safer right now. But the community is still very on guard. Famous content creators and security experts tell players to stay offline until the problem is completely resolved. Beyond waiting for the servers to return, it is recommended that users change their passwords and temporarily remove payment details from their Ubisoft accounts as a precaution. Also, be wary of emails claiming to be from “Ubisoft Support” asking for your password or payment details.
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