After Rainbow Six: Siege was hacked and tens of billions of in-game credits were credited to players, Ubisoft urgently shut down the servers and rolled back the game.

PANews, December 29—According to Cointelegraph, French gaming giant Ubisoft was forced to suspend the online services of its game Rainbow Six Siege after hackers infiltrated the game and distributed 2 billion R6 Credits (in-game currency) to every player. On December 27, the game team confirmed the exploit for the first time via the X platform, subsequently releasing a series of updates and suspending the game servers and marketplace the following day.

Reports from players on social media indicated that hackers managed to control key parts of the game's online system. Players said that upon logging in, everyone received 2 billion R6 Credits, as well as rare items such as skins and weapons. Additionally, according to screenshots shared by players, hackers also took control of the game's messaging and banning systems. The game sells 15,000 R6 Credits for $99.99, meaning players would need to spend approximately $13.33 million to accumulate 2 billion R6 Credits. On December 28, the Rainbow Six Siege team posted on the X platform that they were working to revoke R6 Credits obtained after 11:00 a.m. UTC (UTC+8). The game is currently being tested with a small group of players for relaunch.