Only five days into 2026, Ubisoft is already facing trouble, this time due to another hack whose consequences reference a viral meme. Several streamers have received 67-day suspensions in Rainbow Six Siege, a clear nod to the so-called “6-7” or “Six-Seven” phenomenon.

Ubisoft has not started 2026 on the right foot. A few days ago, we reported that a group of hackers had infiltrated the Rainbow Six Siege system and distributed around 13 million euros worth of credits to players. This was followed by a major server outage from which the French company has yet to fully recover. Now the situation appears to be repeating itself with a new and surprising move: meme-referencing bans.

Essentially, a wave of suspensions has hit Rainbow Six Siege over the past few hours. According to notifications received by those affected, the system has applied 67-day bans, a highly unusual duration in video games, but one that seemingly alludes to the “6-7” or “Six-Seven” meme that has recently gained popularity among younger internet users.

If this is your first time hearing about the 6-7 meme, it originated from a song titled “Doot Doot (6 7)” by Skrilla, released in December 2024. Throughout 2025, the community began using these numbers in videos featuring professional basketball players, generally as a reference to their height. This was only the beginning, as the meme quickly spread beyond sports into all kinds of situations, provoking laughter and loud reactions. For this reason, many consider 6-7 to be one of the many offshoots of the so-called brain rot.

Be that as it may, and although it has not spread to the same extent in every region, the meme has become popular enough that Ubisoft hackers decided to reference it in Rainbow Six Siege. While many outlets report that the ban wave is affecting hundreds of players, everything suggests the maneuver is primarily targeting streamers and content creators. Examples include VarsityGaming and JessGOAT, both of whom received notifications of their 67-day suspensions.

At the same time, hackers are also modifying the original Rainbow Six Siege interface to display humorous messages. Content creator Kudos shared a screenshot of this and later explained: “The only people affected have been us streamers; they’re banning us, disconnecting us, etc. The player base hasn’t been touched.”

The community has also been affected by the overall state of Rainbow Six Siege. According to the game’s official website, issues are currently impacting PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S. Ubisoft reports problems with connectivity, authentication, the in-game store, and matchmaking. As shown on the Wayback Machine, these technical issues were already present during the first hack.

Rainbow Six Siege’s Second Problem in Less Than a Month

As mentioned at the beginning of this article, Ubisoft has recently fallen victim to another Rainbow Six Siege hack. Before the end of 2025, the French company suffered a massive security breach, leaving the game’s servers offline for several hours. This led to hundreds of posts from users claiming, without verifiable evidence, that attackers had accessed up to 900 GB of data, including source code and internal tools. So much misinformation circulated that the hackers themselves eventually stated the claims had been exaggerated.

In response, Ubisoft performed a rollback to reverse the actual changes made to Rainbow Six Siege, and this move will likely be repeated for content creators affected by the 67-day bans. For now, this remains an assumption, as the company has yet to comment on the latest hack, and the game’s Xbox account has not posted anything since December 29. Even so, current indications suggest that the vast majority of users are not affected.

Source: 3djuegos