Rainbow Six Siege servers were temporarily shut down after hackers took control of the game’s systems, including the marketplace.
Insomniac, Rockstar, and PlayStation have all been targeted by hackers to varying degrees over recent years, and now Ubisoft has been affected by a security breach.
On Saturday (December 27), Ubisoft confirmed Rainbow Six Siege had been compromised and shut down the game’s servers and marketplace to investigate the issue. According to players on X, hackers managed to take control of the game’s systems, including the ban system, and gave out two billion of in-game currency, roughly worth £9.9 million.
Ubisoft confirmed some of these issues in an update on X, stating it is rolling back all transactions which have taken place in Rainbow Six Siege since 11am UTC on December 27.
‘Nobody will be banned for spending credits received,’ the game’s X account wrote. ‘A rollback of all transactions that occurred since 11am (UTC time) is underway.’
Over 24 hours later on Monday (December 29), Ubisoft completed the rollback and opened the servers back up to all players. However, the Rainbow Six Siege marketplace is still down ‘until further notice’, as investigations continue into the incident.
Ubisoft hasn’t confirmed if the hack has impacted other aspects of the company, but rumours claim 900GB of internal data has been accessed as well, including source code, internal tools, and development materials for old and upcoming games.
Four groups are alleged to have been involved, but according to sources at Insider Gaming, the hacks have been ‘blown way out of proportion’ and the aforementioned internal data breach is untrue.
GameCentral has reached out to Ubisoft for comment.
While it’s unclear how widespread the hack is, it comes at a turbulent time for Ubisoft. Earlier this year, the company opened a new subsidiary with Chinese conglomerate Tencent, Vantage Studios, which houses Ubisoft’s main franchises: Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six. This is part of a shift to streamline operations, and offset debt, in the wake of falling share prices.
Ubisoft recently described Assassin’s Creed Shadows as ‘overperforming’ in its latest financial results, but it’s unclear whether the title has moved the needle in any significant way for the company.
In the first half of 2026, Ubisoft is apparently set to release remakes of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time, but dates for these are both yet to be confirmed.
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