Ubisoft Takes Down Rainbow Six Siege After a Hacker Plays Santa and Gives Away Billions of In-Game Currency and Items

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By Peter Brosdahl

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Rainbow Six Siege players encountered some post-holiday gifts the other day after a hacker compromised the online game to give away money and items. More often than not, when folks hear about a game or a database getting compromised, the issue at stake is normally user information being taken, but every now and then, the infiltrator may have another goal in mind. In this case, someone managed to access the Rainbow Six Siege game and marketplace to issue R6 credits along with other game items.

From player accounts to those of streamers, regardless of the platform being used, money and even exclusive items were being randomly received. Some shared images of their accounts having received billions in R6 credits, but it wouldn’t be long before some type of automated ban notices were sent to some users. However, Ubisoft was quick to let everyone know that their accounts would not be banned and to ignore any such messages, but the system would reset their account balances to what they were prior to this event.

The game and its marketplace were taken down so that Ubisoft could prevent further “gift exchanges” and begin its investigation. The game has been restored in a limited capacity, but the publisher has continued to keep the marketplace closed while it looks further into the matter and performs more testing. It also remains to be seen if any user data was extracted by the unknown hacker.

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Peter Brosdahl
As a child of the 70’s I was part of the many who became enthralled by the video arcade invasion of the 1980’s. Saving money from various odd jobs I purchased my first computer from a friend of my dad, a used Atari 400, around 1982. Eventually it would end up being a lifelong passion of upgrading and modifying equipment that, of course, led into a career in IT support.

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