Info from official r6 reddit:
This evening, all players that were banned were a part of two lists. One list contained players that were taking advantage of a method that can be used to hack the rate at which Renown is gained in Situations, up to the 50,000 Renown daily limit. This first group makes up the majority of the players banned this evening. The second group consists of those who participated in a scam to purchase Renown from a third party through the use of a different hack. This group consists of approximately 100 players. There appear to be some players that have been victimized by this second hack, and we are in the process of reverting these 100 bans pending further investigation.
Both of these methods of Renown acquisition violate the following section of the Code of Conduct, found here.
Any attempt to edit, corrupt or change game or server code is strictly prohibited. Any such behavior will result in the immediate cancellation of the account, and may even give rise to personal liability and/or penal penalties.
We have identified those that took part in this, and they have been banned in accordance with the Code of Conduct.
A variety of methods for how to deal with the issue were discussed by the team, and removing Renown gains from any game mode that is not hosted on a dedicated server was the solution that has the smallest impact on your Renown gain. To be clear, this will only impact Lone Wolf and Situations. Renown gains will be removed in a future patch, but we do not currently have an ETA.
You will notice that Terrorist Hunt was not included in the game modes that are not hosted on dedicated servers. We are excited to announce that, as part of our ongoing effort to improve your Rainbow Six experience, we will be moving Terrorist Hunt and Custom matches to dedicated servers. We will have more information available at a later date in a TTS update blog.
This evening, all players that were banned were a part of two lists. One list contained players that were taking advantage of a method that can be used to hack the rate at which Renown is gained in Situations, up to the 50,000 Renown daily limit. This first group makes up the majority of the players banned this evening. The second group consists of those who participated in a scam to purchase Renown from a third party through the use of a different hack. This group consists of approximately 100 players. There appear to be some players that have been victimized by this second hack, and we are in the process of reverting these 100 bans pending further investigation.
Both of these methods of Renown acquisition violate the following section of the Code of Conduct, found here.
Any attempt to edit, corrupt or change game or server code is strictly prohibited. Any such behavior will result in the immediate cancellation of the account, and may even give rise to personal liability and/or penal penalties.
We have identified those that took part in this, and they have been banned in accordance with the Code of Conduct.
A variety of methods for how to deal with the issue were discussed by the team, and removing Renown gains from any game mode that is not hosted on a dedicated server was the solution that has the smallest impact on your Renown gain. To be clear, this will only impact Lone Wolf and Situations. Renown gains will be removed in a future patch, but we do not currently have an ETA.
You will notice that Terrorist Hunt was not included in the game modes that are not hosted on dedicated servers. We are excited to announce that, as part of our ongoing effort to improve your Rainbow Six experience, we will be moving Terrorist Hunt and Custom matches to dedicated servers. We will have more information available at a later date in a TTS update blog.
Originally Posted by MrCode5
