update · February 15, 2024
Rainbow Six Siege February 2024 Update Details Anti-Cheat Strike Team and MouseTrap Changes
Ubisoft details its anti-cheat strategy for Rainbow Six Siege in February 2024, highlighting a dedicated Strike Team, over 19,000 recent bans, and updates to the MouseTrap console system.
Ubisoft has released an anti-cheat status update for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, outlining ongoing efforts by a newly formed Strike Team. The publisher reports over 19,000 bans issued over a rolling 30-day period ending in January 2024, alongside tightened console restrictions and encryption upgrades.
Strike Team and QB System
Ubisoft has established a dedicated Strike Team composed of multi-field experts to target high-priority cheats and exploits. Concurrently, the QB System on PC continues to complicate cheat creation, prompting the team to commit to regular system updates throughout Year 9.
Console MouseTrap Improvements
MouseTrap has received an update optimizing detection thresholds for mouse and keyboard adapters on consoles. The patch fine-tunes maximum latency penalties for the current season and prepares additional in-game warning feedback for detected users.
Data Bans and BattlEye Adjustments
Data Ban models are expanding to utilize more player data points and machine learning solutions to catch high-stat cheaters. Additionally, in-game text mentions of BattlEye have been removed to prevent cheat developers from gathering detection details.
Why this patch matters
Ubisoft's transparent breakdown points to aggressive measures against hardware spoofing and software cheats, though enforcement remains an ongoing battle against evolving workarounds.