#Uplay Hack Update Their Uplay

Uplay Hack Update Their Uplay

An updated version of the Uplay PC installer with the patch also is available from Uplay.com.Ubisoft takes security issues very seriously, and we will continue to monitor all reports of vulnerabilities within our software and take swift action to resolve such issues.”We’ll likely never know whether or not this vulnerability was just that or an intentional rootkit. This will allow the plug-in to update correctly. We recommend that all Uplay users update their Uplay PC application without a Web browser open. Hit the jump for Ubisoft’s response and how to fix the gaping hole in your PC’s security.“We have made a forced patch to correct the flaw in the browser plug-in for the Uplay PC application that was brought to our attention earlier today.

The issue was from a browser plug-in that Uplay PC utilizes which suffered from a coding error that allowed unintended access to systems usually used by Ubisoft PC game developers to make their games. Right?UPDATE: Ubisoft has denied that this was an intentional rootkit embedded in the Uplay service and has explained the origins of this vulnerability:“The Uplay application has never included a rootkit.