Ubisoft hits Rainbow Six Siege DDoS attackers with lawsuit
(Windows Phone Central)

Ubisoft takes Rainbow Six Siege`s top DDoS attackers to court. What you need to know Ubisoft has targeted individuals behind third-party Rainbow Six Siege distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services in a new lawsuit. The lawsuit claims the subscription services `are continuing to cause, serious and irreparable harm to Ubisoft,` amid ongoing efforts to tackle cheaters in the tactical shooter. It follows a prior initiative from Ubisoft, outlining gameplay, technical, and legal action, resulting in a 93 percent drop in DDoS attacks. Tom Clancy`s Rainbow Six Siege witnessed an uptick in network attacks throughout 2019, infamously marring the release of the Operation Ember Rise expansion with denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Flooding servers with requests with the aim of overload, it set to manipulate the game`s skill-based ranking system, with a significant upset to the game`s tactical multiplayer. The prevalence of attacks saw fast action...