Ubisoft has gamedistributieplatform Uplay for the pc will be taken offline after Russian hackers were able to a not yet published game download. While Ubisoft a solution works continues to Uplay or online for other platforms.
Using software he wrote himself knew the hackers the Uplay-launcher so as to manipulate that they games could download without having to purchase, reports Gameranx. This worked not only for games that are already on sale, but also for games that are already in the downloadwinkel, but are not yet available. It had to be hackers, for example, to a copy of the game Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon download, whose release is scheduled for early may. Shortly after the hack was published a copy of the game on torrentsites and newsgroups.
Ubisoft has released the pc-part of the downloadplatform taken offline for the vulnerability to repair. Users can Uplay still use on other platforms, such as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. According to Ubisoft, the hackers not had access to personal data of other users.
This is not the first time that Uplay with the problems it faces. Mid 2012 came out that the browser plugin of Uplay easily abused could be arbitrary code to run. Through that road could be, for example, malware can be installed on a system.
Update 13.45: Ubisoft has uPlay for pc owners fri night again made available.