Ubisoft has been hit with a massive data breach, wherein unidentified individuals have managed to extract Terabytes of confidential data. This devastating news emerged earlier this week, and its consequences have only been revealed a few hours earlier, which do appear to be quite damning for the video game giant.
Terabytes of Internal Source Code Forcibly Acquired From Ubisoft in Recent Data Breach
Ubisoft has allegedly lost control over its internal source code, which has been accessed by an unknown group of malicious individuals, resulting in the ‘loss’ of a lot of confidential data and information.
Interestingly enough, this was preceded by a rather strange series of occurrences in Rainbow Six Siege. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is a first person, tactical shooter with an emphasis on environmental destruction.
It’s also one of the most criminally underappreciated FPS titles out there, and also one of the most neglected games from the publisher, Ubisoft. The game has since seen a slew of negative reviews on Steam, and player sentiment is at an all time low.
Rainbow Six Siege players suddenly found their accounts ‘gifted’ with a massive amount of Credits, which was shortly followed by the inclusion of rare, developer skins (among other cosmetics) into their accounts.
However, many found their accounts facing mysterious bans, which was then accompanied by a series of messages that mocked Ubisoft and their leadership and/or management efficiency.
Ubisoft responded to the same by taking the game’s servers and marketplace offline, while they go ahead and investigate the matter. As of the time of writing this article, the official Rainbow Six Siege X account has reiterated that they are in the midst of a rollback, and that no bans will be added for spending these credits.
However, the official Ubisoft accounts are yet to acknowledge the breach, making one question the exact depth of the data loss. This could be a whole lot deeper than we’re really being told, and things might be for the worse (for Ubisoft, anyway).
As of now, players should remain vigilant and probably avoid playing Rainbow Six until the issue is addressed.
