‘Rainbow Six Siege’ bans totalled almost 170,000 in last 18 months

nme.com:

Ubisoft has revealed some statistics and anti-cheat information concerning Rainbow Six Siege, including total bans over the last 18 months.The official Rainbow Six Siege Twitter account detailed everything in a thread, with ban data for the game split between BattlEye and general data bans as well.

Since August 2020 it’s estimated that around 167,250 bans have taken place, or around 9,500 a month for 18 months.It’s also added that 3,114 idle bots were banned between November to January as well, with the data going right the way up to last month (January 2022).The thread also outlines that a few cheats have been permanently stopped in the last 18 months as well, like the ability to instantly kill a whole lobby, drones that crash matches, and drones that can do melee damage.We're committed to detecting and banning cheaters.

Here's a look at the bans that have been issued over the last 1.5 years.On top of this, we also banned 3,114 idle botters from November to January.

pic.twitter.com/mvI6ssyJED— Rainbow Six Siege (@Rainbow6Game) February 10, 2022On manual reports and sanctions, Ubisoft says it is “in the process of bringing in a team member who will be dedicated to investigating cheat reports shared outside of the game.