Rainbow Six Siege Hacked, Players Given Billions of Free Credits

Despite featuring heavy anti-cheat technology, Rainbow Six Siege was recently the victim of a major hacking which saw players bag endless streams of free credit.

In recent weeks, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has gone from strength to strength with developer Ubisoft aiming to enter the new year with the tactical shooter at its peak.

With 10-year anniversary celebrations underway, Ubisoft has been rewarding players by allowing them to experience Operation Tenfold Pursuit in style thanks to wildcard modifiers, offering limited-time daily drops and even teaming up with the community to introduce artist bundles for operators Smoke and Valkyrie.

Not only that, but Ubisoft also recently teamed up with Attack on Titan in a collaboration that saw Amaru don a Mikasa Ackerman-style garb whilst Oryx received an Armoured Titan skin.

Things had been going well for Rainbow Six Siege up until 27 December when players started noticing some strange occurrences.

On this day, players began to report some strange events such as bizarre in-game messages, Credits being added to their accounts and even some developer-only cosmetics being made available to their Operators.

Although this sounds more like a holiday, things soon took a turn for the worst when some players reported getting banned out of the blue and it was not long before developers were made aware of the situation.

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Not a Bad Result For Players

After posting an official update to the Rainbow Six Siege Twitter account, the game and its Marketplace was taken offline for maintenance.

It took the team five hours but eventually, the game returned later that day with yet another statement from Ubisoft.

Although the word “hack” was not officially used, Ubisoft revealed that players would not be reprimanded for spending any Credits that were added to their account and any messages received during this time were not from the studio and should be ignored.

With Rainbow Six Siege being regarded as one of the best online games when it comes to anti-cheat technology, it just goes to show that anything is possible but since the events on 27 December, it is deemed safe to return to your normal gameplay and in-game purchases.

If you were lucky enough to receive free Credits, they are yours to keep as Ubisoft will be taking no action but in the future, it is worth being aware of any bank details you have connected to Rainbow Six Siege in case the “hack” happens again.