Rainbow Six Siege hacked, taken offline by Ubisoft

The game is back online, and the publisher has rolled back changes made by hackers.

Rainbow Six Siege was hacked over the weekend, with players receiving large amounts of in-game currency, exclusive items, and skins as a result. In response, Ubisoft took the game offline and has also rolled back accounts to pre-hacked statuses.

On Saturday, the game’s Twitter account confirmed that, “[w]e’re aware of an incident currently affecting Rainbow Six Siege. Our teams are working on a resolution,” before later confirming that “Siege and the Marketplace have been intentionally shut down while the team focuses on resolving the issue.”

The game remained offline for most of Sunday in North American timings.

Following Ubisoft’s confirmation, players took to social media to report that they found either zero or billions of in-game R6 Credits in their accounts, coupled with new rare skins and more. In other cases, users reported they’d been banned, or unbanned, as a result of the hack.

Also on Sunday, Ubisoft confirmed that the game had been compromised, adding that, “[n]obody will be banned for spending credits received,” as a result of the hack. The publisher also confirmed that, “[a] rollback of all transactions that occurred since 11 AM (UTC time) is underway.”

The rollback is complete at the time of writing, with Ubisoft adding that players, “may experience a queue when connecting, as our services ramp up.”

Siege‘s marketplace will remain closed as Ubisoft continues an investigation into the hack. It also added that, “[a] small percentage of players may temporarily lose access to some owned items.”

Rainbow Six Siege is currently available on Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS4, PS5, and Amazon Luna.

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