Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege (R6) suffered a breach that allowed hackers to abuse internal systems to ban and unban players, manipulate in-game moderation feeds, and grant massive amounts of in-game currency and cosmetic items to accounts worldwide.
According to multiple player reports and in-game screenshots shared online, the attackers were able to:
Ban/unban Rainbow Six Siege players
Display fake ban messages on the ban ticker.
Grant all players approximately 2 billion R6 Credits and Renown
Unlock every cosmetic item in the game, including developer-only skins
R6 Credits are a premium in-game currency sold for real money on Ubisoft's store. Based on Ubisoft's pricing, 15,000 R6 Credits cost $99.99, placing the value of 2 billion credits at roughly $13.33 million worth of in-game currency distributed for free.
At 9:10 AM on Saturday, the official Rainbow Six Siege account on X confirmed the incident, stating that Ubisoft was aware of an issue affecting the game and that teams were working to resolve it.
Shortly afterward, Ubisoft intentionally shut down Rainbow Six Siege and its in-game Marketplace, stating they were still working on the issue.
"Siege and the Marketplace have been intentionally shut down while the team focuses on resolving the issue," reads a post on X.
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