Rainbow Six Siege Servers Reopen After Major Marketplace Breach
In a dramatic turn of events for the gaming community, Ubisoft has successfully reopened the servers of Rainbow Six Siege after a significant security breach left players grappling with inflated in-game credits, ultra-rare weapon skins, and various account issues. On Sunday, December 28, the game’s status page still indicated ongoing outages across all platforms, including PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.
Earlier in the day, Ubisoft announced they had completed their testing of a crucial update, allowing players back into the game. However, while the transaction rollback was finalized, the Marketplace remained temporarily unavailable as a precaution.
The chaos began on Saturday, December 27, when Ubisoft acknowledged on social media that they were addressing an incident affecting Rainbow Six Siege. As the hours passed, widespread user reports surfaced, revealing players with erratic credit balances—some reporting billions of credits—rare skins in their inventory, and accounts being erroneously banned or restored.
Ubisoft quickly reassured the community that players who had utilized their unexpected windfall wouldn’t face penalties, but a rollback of all transactions made since 6 AM ET that day would commence to restore balance.
By Sunday afternoon, Ubisoft updated players that they were in the process of reversing transactions. They emphasized that thorough quality control tests would be conducted to ensure account integrity and maintain gameplay effectiveness. Due to the sensitive nature of the situation, they could not provide a definitive timeline for when normal operations would resume.
As of December 29, the servers are back online, inviting players to dive back into the action, albeit without access to the Marketplace for the moment. Fans are hopeful that this incident will reinforce security measures, ensuring fair play for all in the future.