The details of the Uplay incident from earlier in the week are pretty clear by now: the browser plug-in that the service from publisher Ubisoft was adding by stealth during its installation process had a programming-caused security hole which could have allowed an attacker to take control of a user’s computer.
The security issue was fixed by Ubisoft in less than one day since it was exposed, while PC gamers have also found ways of disabling the browser add-on without restricting the functions of the Uplay service.
A lot of anger was directed at
Ubisoft for the mistake it made and it was all justified, given the problems that users were exposed to without even knowing about them.
