Ubi.com hacked by Skidrow

[RupeeClock]

Revenge of the crackers

Saturday evening publisher Ubisoft's website Ubi.com was hacked by cracking group Skidrow, and replaced by a signature and message a crack would soon be released (presumably for Assassin's Creed II, the most high profile release amidst the DRM debacle). Cracks, for those unfamiliar, allow legitimate users to bypass inconvenient protection schemes on their PC games, like disk checks and online authentication.

Whether or not this is a secondary effort against Ubisoft's new methods (read: constant Internet connection for play), we can only speculate, but it does give the theory more backing.

In any case, this is the latest in a series of messages sent to Ubisoft from gamers who want to play titles on reasonable terms. While the company is decreasing the value of their titles for many with this scheme, other publishers are finding great success with free DLC, optional online features and no DRM.

Regarding the recent server downtime, Ubisoft plans to compensate gamers soon and reminds you to keep checking your e-mail. Details soon.

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Wow, pirates really are sticking it to Ubisoft lately.
The hacking is over now, and Ubi.com is back to normal.
At the very least, Ubisoft is compensating for these attacks by giving back to the customers.

 

[Jamstruth]

Well their latest DRM really does stick it to the consumer, especially if the game gets fully cracked.

 

[soulfire]

that must have hurt to ubisoft damn to do something like that is just genius

 

[injected11]

Now that's ballsy. I like it.

 

[mrfatso]

to hackers

but still... i wonder, will ubisoft use this as an excuse to implement more ridiculous DRM?

 

[thebuddybud]

Idiots. Doing this will further wither the already dying amounts of game releases on the PC.

 

[Trygle12]

Idiots. Doing this will further wither the already dying amounts of game releases on the PC.

Not really. I really don't pirate a PC game unless I am really on the fence about it or I can't get a demo.

Things like these really put me off as a consumer though.

DRM, if any, shouldn't inconvenience the consumer.

 

[f3ar000]

Oh man... this is the best news i have heard in a looong time
so funny!

 

[Guild McCommunist]

DRM was just a terrible idea. Games have suffered lower scores because of it and it's already riddled with problems. Once it gets cracked, you'll basically just have a shitty system that does nothing. Not even repel pirates. There's much better ways to stop piracy.

Congrats to Skidrow. Always nice to give Ubisoft a slap in the ballsack.

 

[coolbho3000]

I think this is fake

 

[Elritha]

The sooner Ubisoft realises this was a mistake the better. There was two games I was intending to buy. Assassins Creed 2, and the new Settlers game coming out this month. Both have this crappy DRM, so Ubisoft won't be getting my money now.

 

[Bladexdsl]

settlers 7 is out next week hope they can crack that!

 

[JelDeRebel]

look at the arrow in the url bar. obviously fake image

http://i.imgur.com/qaEmJ.jpg

 

[Hadrian]

Are they the same Skidrow that cracked Amiga games?

 

[Zerousen]

WE PIRATES HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!

 

[Deleted_171835]

look at the arrow in the url bar. obviously fake image

*tonistylesnip*]

Get off your high horse.

That doesn't prove anything. You can change the look of Firefox, y'know.

 

[DarkWay]

look at the arrow in the url bar. obviously fake image
-snip-

remove the link please you've blindy posted something thats not allowed on this forum

 

[JelDeRebel]

ah ic, sorry for that. I hadn't noticed, got the link from Gamefaqs

 

[Hadrian]

ah ic, sorry for that. I hadn't noticed, got the link from Gamefaqs

I feel like modding this post to save your reputation.

 

[JelDeRebel]

my reputation is my concern


anyway, the ubi website wasn't hacked. image is still a fake