Rainbow Six Siege players logging in today were met with absolute chaos after hackers compromised the game, triggering a bizarre chain of events that ranged from sudden account bans to eye-watering amounts of free in-game currency. Some players discovered their accounts had been credited with billions of credits, while others couldn’t even access the game at all, finding themselves temporarily banned, only to have those bans mysteriously reversed later.
Things became even stranger when the game’s live ban tracker began displaying unexpected messages. Instead of standard moderation notices, observant players spotted Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” lyrics appearing in the ban section, turning what could have been a frustrating situation into a surreal MJ-themed Easter egg. Hackers had effectively gone full Billie Jean on the player base, moonwalking their way through Rainbow Six Siege’s systems.
Ubisoft quickly responded. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), the official Rainbow Six Siege account confirmed that no players will be punished for spending the massive amounts of credits received during the incident, and that a full rollback of all affected transactions is currently underway. While it’s a case of slightly delayed Christmas chaos for R6 players, at least fans of the King of Pop can appreciate the unexpected lyrical cameo. For now, it may be best to step away, let the dust settle, and — as always — remember to think twice.
Just a last-minute thought: Ubisoft was also the company that released Michael Jackson: The Experience in 2010, coincidence?
