update · May 10, 2024
Rainbow Six Siege May 2024 Anti-Cheat Update Details Data Bans and MouseTrap Changes
Ubisoft details anti-cheat improvements for Rainbow Six Siege, including machine learning data bans, MouseTrap updates for console spoofers, and temporary crash exploit penalties.
Ubisoft released an anti-cheat status update for Rainbow Six Siege detailing updates to data bans, the QB security system, and MouseTrap detection methods.
Data Bans and Machine Learning
The Data Ban system now utilizes a machine learning model analyzing a vastly increased number of performance data points. This change increased cheater detections and sanctions. Sanctions now run more frequently, cutting the time to ban detected players in half. New Distributed Denial of Service detections are also active to penalize players abusing those services, while developers work on improved idle bot detection.
MouseTrap and Console Matchmaking
The Y9S1.3 update expands MouseTrap's ability to recognize spoofing devices used to play with a mouse and keyboard on consoles while minimizing false positives. Looking ahead to the Y9S4 update, players detected using a spoofing device three times will be automatically placed into the PC matchmaking pool for 90 days via the updated crossplay system.
Crash Exploits and Penalties
While investigating a community-reported crash exploit, the team retroactively reduced abandon penalties to a 5-minute duration for all newly issued and existing penalties. The Y9S1.3 patch deployed on May 2 also temporarily mitigated rising cheating reports while long-term hardening measures continue under the QB system.
Why this patch matters
Rainbow Six Siege uses machine learning automation, console input restrictions, and code hardening to combat exploiters.