It seems that there is a bug going around through a Rainbow Six Siege PC Message Exploit. The exploit is a simple javascript which can force an image to load full screen over the game and forces the user to leave the game and restart it. The most malicious use of the script has users who just open the chat window be surprised with a pornographic image and while the process is fairly easy to replicate, it could mean trouble for Twitch streamers.
UPDATE: We have received reports that the uPlay bug has now been fixed. Let us know in the comments section if you are still facing the bug.
Rainbow Six Siege PC Message Exploit – Turn on DnD on your uPlay Chat
According to a few threads on the Steam Community and on the Rainbow Six Siege subreddit, there are reports of users who have gotten chats with a simple Javascript in them. Once you receive the chat message, your entire game screen for Rainbow Six will be replaced with the image as an overlay to your game.
You can see the incidents reported here:
The message will appear something like this (don’t worry, this is a random image of a cat).
<html><script>window.location=”https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Cat03.jpg/1200px-Cat03.jpg”</script></html>
You don’t even have to click on the link for it to trigger, and while it is debated that whether or not opening the chat window triggers the image to completely fill the screen. This will force users to turn off the game and restart their game.
Here is a video of the exploit in action:
The relevant parts of the video take place in 4:05 and 7:05. The bug has been reported on Ubisoft’s official R6Fix portal where hopefully Ubisoft will roll out a fix for this ASAP.
How to protect yourself?
All you can do is be alert on the messages you receive. If you see any body of text that contains <html> at the beginning, we advise you turn your game off immediately if you are streaming or in a place where your screen is visible to others. Once you exit the game, delete/remove/block the friend who sent you the link and relaunch the game.
You can also turn off Do Not Disturb mode but better safe than sorry, right?
We will follow the story and will update once we know uPlay has rolled out a fix for the issue.