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Rainbow Six Siege hacked as players get billions of credits and random bans

https://www.shanethegamer.com/esports-news/rainbow-six-siege-hacked-global-server-outage/
63•erhuve•4h ago

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dvh•2h ago
It's not random bans, the nicknames are words from longer text. It's lyrics from Shaggy - It wasn't me.
ZeWaka•2h ago
Global game messages being used to meme - reminds me of Team Fortress 2 rings.
Levitz•2h ago
Saw a video earlier today with the lyrics of Billie Jean by Michael Jackson too.
purkka•1h ago
Per the tweet linked in the article there were also random bans in addition to the ban feed shitposting.

https://x.com/KingGeorge/status/2004902566434668686

vogtb•57m ago
The line "How could I forget that I had given her an extra key?" comes to mind. Maybe someone left an API key laying around somewhere? Although I could be giving the hackers too much credit...
Scaevolus•47m ago
https://x.com/vxunderground/status/2005008887234048091

Here's the word on the internet streets:

- THE FIRST GROUP of individuals exploited a Rainbow 6 Siege service allowing them ban players, modify inventory, etc. These individuals did not touch user data (unsure if they even could). They gifted roughly $339,960,000,000,000 worth of in-game currency to players. Ubisoft will perform a roll back to undo the damages. They're probably annoyed. I cannot go into full details at this time how it was achieved.

- A SECOND GROUP of individuals, unrelated to the FIRST GROUP of individuals, exploited a MongoDB instance from Ubisoft, using MongoBleed, which allowed them (in some capacity) to pivot to an internal Git repository. They exfiltrated a large portion of Ubisoft's internal source code. They assert it is data from the 90's - present, including software development kits, multiplayer services, etc. I have medium to high confidence this true. I've confirmed this with multiple parties.

- A THIRD GROUP of individuals claim to have compromised Ubisoft and exfiltrated user data by exploiting MongoDB via MongoBleed. This group is trying to extort Ubisoft. They have a name for their extortion group and are active on Telegram. However, I have been unable to determine the validity of their claims.

- A FOURTH GROUP of individuals assert the SECOND group of individuals are LYING and state the SECOND GROUP has had access to the Ubisoft internal source code for awhile. However, they state the SECOND GROUP is trying to hide behind the FIRST GROUP to masquerade as them and give them a reason to leak the source code in totality. The FIRST GROUP and FOURTH GROUP is frustrated by this

Will the SECOND GROUP leak the source code? Is the SECOND GROUP telling the truth? Did the SECOND GROUP lie and have access to Ubisoft code this whole time? Was it MongoBleed? Will the FIRST GROUP get pinned for this? Who is this mysterious THIRD GROUP? Is this group related to any of the other groups?

Group_B•42m ago
Can’t help but laugh a bit. Not a great day for Ubisoft. Hopefully this didn’t ruin the holidays for too many employees. That would absolutely suck to get a call in for this.
adzm•33m ago
> Will the SECOND GROUP leak the source code? Is the SECOND GROUP telling the truth? Did the SECOND GROUP lie and have access to Ubisoft code this whole time? Was it MongoBleed? Will the FIRST GROUP get pinned for this? Who is this mysterious THIRD GROUP? Is this group related to any of the other groups?

Find out in the next episode of... Tales from Cyberspace!

pjc50•26m ago
This has the air of a parody spy caper where the various people who have broken in keep tripping over each other.

The source leak is really interesting, though. We don't often get to see game source, and it often has surprises in.

navigate8310•42m ago
It's a shame this game has to pander to eSports fanatics rendering it into a completely hollowed out soulless experience. From the early days of Operation Chimera to selling half of your stake and IPs to Tencent, Ubisoft has seen it all.
reactordev•27m ago
Ubisoft kept making garbage and sacrificed their IP’s for the sake of keeping the company alive…

It was doomed.

lysace•41m ago
A 9 year old random FPS game. Go to some subreddit.

Also wtf happened to non-shooter games. I am so bored of these FPS variations.

dmbche•38m ago
Maybe check out game awards finalists
lysace•28m ago
I checked them out. I guess I just miss a time when Falcon 3.0 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_Island sold really well.
tyre•17m ago
Play Hades 2!

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Rainbow Six Siege hacked as players get billions of credits and random bans

https://www.shanethegamer.com/esports-news/rainbow-six-siege-hacked-global-server-outage/
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