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Rainbow Six Siege Returns Online After Massive Breach as Ubisoft Keeps Marketplace Closed

Ubisoft reopened servers following a rollback, with quality checks completed to protect account integrity.

Overview

  • Attackers gained access to backend tools on December 27, triggering fake ban-ticker messages, random bans and unbans, unlocking all cosmetics, and crediting accounts with approximately 2 billion R6 Credits and Renown.
  • Ubisoft intentionally shut down Rainbow Six Siege and its Marketplace, confirmed a rollback of all transactions from 11:00 UTC on December 27, and said players would not be punished for spending the illicit credits.
  • Following testing, Ubisoft completed the rollback and brought servers back online via a soft launch before fully reopening, warning that login queues may occur as services scale up.
  • The rollback applies to players who logged in between December 27 at 10:49 UTC and December 29, and a small percentage may temporarily lose access to some owned items while fixes are applied over the next two weeks.
  • The Marketplace remains closed during the investigation, and separate third‑party claims of a broader Ubisoft breach via a MongoDB flaw and possible source code or data theft remain unverified.