In the past few hours Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege has been the victim of a hacker attack which saw some players obtain almost infinite credits, others receive a sudden and unjustified ban.
Eventually she had to intervene Ubisoft, which shut everything down: the game servers are currently offline, so as to allow the developers to understand exactly what happened and try to restore the situation before the attack.
The French company explained on social media that no user will be banned for spending the credits obtained due to the breach, but that a ban wave had actually been scheduled to coincide with the attack.
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At the end of the operations it will therefore be necessary to understand who was punished unjustly and who was not, as well as obviously identify vulnerabilities which allowed the hackers to carry out this offensive, perhaps also taking advantage of a moment of distraction linked to the Christmas holidays.
It’s not the first time this has happened
A few years ago Ubisoft sued the hackers responsible for a DDoS attack against Rainbow Six: Siege, but There were several violations committed so far against the French company and its games, including with ransom requests and leaks that have damaged the company.
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In this specific case Ubisoft has not yet spoken openly about a “hacker attack”limiting themselves to indicating what happened in the last few hours as an “accident” while waiting for the investigations to be completed.
However, it seems that someone already has a clear idea of what happened, specifically the cybersecurity collective Vx-Underground spoke of two attacks perpetrated by four different groups which allowed attackers to impose bans, modify inventories and distribute unlimited credits.
