Ubisoft’s in-game currency system breached in $13M hacker exploit

Ubisoft, a French video gaming giant, was forced to halt its Rainbow Six Siege live service during the weekend after a security breach occurred on its servers. The breach allowed hackers to distribute $13.33 million in credits to gamers’ accounts. According to an update shared on X during the weekend by the Ubisoft Rainbow Six Siege team, gamers’ accounts were flooded with up to 2 billion R6 Credits, which is the game’s premium currency. Following the incident, Ubisoft was forced to shut down all servers and the marketplace, initiating a rollback plan for all the breached transactions. Ubisoft pledges not to ban accounts for spending unauthorized credits According to Ubisoft’s pricing structure, packs of 15,000 R6 Credits retail for $99.99. This means that for a gamer to achieve the 2 billion R6 Credits, they would have to spend roughly $13.33 million. In addition to the in-game credit issued, the hackers...

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