Rainbow Six Siege hacked a second time and this one is a 6-7 reference

It’s only been a week since Rainbow Six Siege was hacked, and the servers are already back down after players were met with random bans.

During the week after Christmas, Ubisoft shut down the Rainbow Six Siege servers following a security breach which saw hackers take control of the game’s systems, allowing them to abuse the ban system and hand out millions of pounds worth of in-game currency to players.

Ubisoft eventually rolled back any and all transactions and opened up the servers so people could start playing again on December 29.

However, just one week later, players are already being forced off the game again thanks to a second hack; one which is banning people from playing for 67 days.

Word of the incident broke yesterday evening on December 4, with social media awash with warnings alongside screenshots and video clips of players receiving bans.

Said bans are reportedly and consistently 67 days long, which is likely a reference to the ‘six seven’ meme that grew popular last year. Nobody can seem to agree what it actually means, with even Dictionary.com (which labelled six-seven as 2025’s Word of the Year) describing the phrase as ‘meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical.’

Like any viral trend, it was eventually referenced in video games such as Fortnite and Overwatch 2, and has become widespread enough for prime minister Keir Starmer to quote it.

Is Rainbow Six Siege back online?

At the time of writing, Rainbow Six Siege’s official service status website is reporting ‘unplanned issues’ and outages across all platforms, meaning even those who haven’t received a ban can’t access the game.

The website does add that ‘some issues are being investigated,’ but Ubisoft has yet to issue an official statement on the matter on its social media platforms.

There hasn’t been a new post to the Rainbow Six Siege X account since December 29 following last week’s hack and Ubisoft’s efforts to resolve things.

At the time, the company warned that the in-game marketplace would be closed until further notice and that a small percentage of players may lose access to some owned items though corrections would be issued over the next two weeks.

It’s also unclear if this and last week’s hack are the work of the same person or group, but hopefully this one hasn’t threatened players’ privacy. There were concerns that last week’s hack saw those responsible access players’ information, but this was reportedly false and no such data was accessed.

In other Ubisoft news, fans believe they’ve found further evidence that the company will be releasing an Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag remake this year. On X, TheHiddenOneAC said they found a web domain had recently been registered for an Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced.

The link obviously doesn’t work, but the name lines up with a listing on the PEGI (Pan European Game Information) age ratings board, which was spotted last month before being swiftly deleted.

A remake of Assassin’s Creed 4 has been consistently rumoured for years so it’s only a matter of time until Ubisoft formally announces it, especially since it’s apparently meant to be launching this March.

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