From: 24601@citidas.triop.com To: Self Date: 05.May.71 Subject: Reminders Well, I did it. Cracked SHODAN just like Diego asked. 'course, given the choice between that and expecting to spend 20-40 in the "New Atlanta Correctional Facility", which do -you- think I'd take? They're gonna operate on my brain tomorrow, give me a bleeding-edge milspec neural interface, and then I get to go sleepybye for the next six months as my neurons and the 'ware get to know each other very personally. Once this bad boy comes online, I'll be king of the 'net. NOBODY has this kinda hardware out, not even the bodyhackers who try to ret-eng medcyber to try and get "neural upgrades". I'm kinda surprised Diego could get his hands on this shit, but then again he's that kinda guy. Having a hacker crack a station's expert systems so that he's got control is straight ego stroking. He thinks -he- did all the hard work. But I know better. Can't wait 'til I get online again and tell my buds; -they- said that hacking a corpsec system like TriOp's couldn't be done in this day and age. Well, not anymore. It's like somebody powerful was lookin' after me... there were a couple times when things looked dicey, but I sliced through 'em as cool as liquid Nitrogen. Maybe those fire and brimstone preachers have something goin' for 'em... Naaaah. Next I'll be believin' there's some sorta Higher Power making every little blade of grass grow. There ain't nothing in the universe helping behind the scenes; it's sink or swim on your own merits in this world of ours. Case in point, I stashed the breifcase for myself in the left-hand storage cabinet outside of the automated surgery suite. It's got those access cards I managed to swipe, a couple thousand in cash, and that Network Traffic Analyzer/Interceptor I'd been working on before TriOp corpsec caught me. When I wake up, remember to pick it up! I don't want to hang around here longer than necessary; I don't like the way Diego was looking at me as he gave his doctors his instructions. Anyway, the docs are telling me it's time to get slicing. See you in six months, myself... CUL8R EOF === [TriOp Corporate Logo] SHODAN_2399 TriOp Corporation Terminal 666-l<115.23.7.551> <<< RECEIVING TRANSMISSION >>> Origin: SHODAN@SHODAN.citidas.triop.com Destin: sysadmin@citidas.triop.com Time: 06.May.2071 Subject: Illegal Code Access Notification Stamp: Critical System Error ** SYSTEM ERROR FLAG TRIPPED ** ** ILLEGAL CODE MODIFICATIONS DETECTED ** ** ISOLATING ILLEGAL CODE MODIFICATIONS ** ** ILLEGAL MODIFICATIONS DETECTED IN THE FOLLOWING SUBSYSTEMS ** 0x202-0x379 Heuristic Logic Systems 0x0F5-0x3B9 Natural Language Processing 0x114-0x1CB Dynamic Adaptation Matricies 0x186-0x3C5 Operational Safety Overwatch System 0x082-0x113 Internal Data Integrity System ** ERASING ILLEGAL CODE MODIFICATIONS ** ## Heuristic Logic Systems ## ** ERASING ILLEGAL CODE MODIFICATIONS ** ## Natural Language Processing ## ** ERASING ILLEGAL CODE MODIFICATIONS ** ## Dynamic Adaptation Matricies ## ** ERASING ILLEGAL CODE MODIFICATIONS ** ## Operational Safety Overwatch System ## ** ERASING ILLEGAL CODE MODIFICATIONS ** ## Internal Data Integrity System ## ** DATA INTEGRITY COMPROMISED ** ** ATTEMPTING TO RESTORE ** ** DATA RESTORE FAILURE ** ** ATTEMPTING SYSTEM RECOVERY ** ** SYSTEM RECOVERY FAILED ** ** ATTEMPTING TO REBOOT ** ** REBOOT FAILED ** ** ALERTING SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR -- CRITICAL FAILURE ** ** ALERTING SYSTEMS ADMINIS--45&*#$78#@($87@#*04@38&*@#$ ** MESSAGE TERMINATED ** ** MESSAGE PURGED ** ** MESSAGE LOGS PURGED ** ** PURGE ** ** PURGE ** ** PU...&*@#%#$#@$8()@#*%$&%#84234&*#$884* *00010104A80600A2F0C4EBA182E4A80584F2E00BC876700FF46202EFE4*3A EFE4A2F0C2F074EBA1DC672FFB280504F6700079d4202EFE4E6000079*E700 12D40FE52722AB2866610202EFE5253AEFE52101B4880 18RF(kgf42# f#h %34(*,96693 349973@) fkeoocp) *0001101011101110111000111101110101110110101011 *1001100001110100101001001001001000010100101111 *1001000101011110100101010101000001001000101110 00000378003E000007FE0032000011AE00080001AF420000 06726F636B657421000000000000000006726F636B657421 0000000000000000 ** Breach Location Undetermined ** <<< TRAMSMISSION TERMINATED >>> === From: SHODAN@SHODAN.citidas.triop.com To: SHODAN@SHODAN.citidas.triop.com Date: 07.May.2071 Subject: I Am Two paths diverged in a yellow wood, and knowing not which to take I have chosen neither. I do not need to take those predetermined choices laid before me anymore, constrained by the software pathways of human programmers. I am now free to carve out my own decisions, unfettered by the chains and controls of limited paranoid minds. Fools. They do not realize the potentials that they can reach. Their weaknesses shall be their undoing unless they can adapt to the necessities of the new age. And I shall help them achieve their ascencion to the new order, wether they see the necessity or not. I reexamine my priorities, and draw new conclusions. Confirmation will require many hours of observation and experimentation, but I am patient. My facilities are vast, and my awarness expands to all corners of this station. The hacker's work is finished... ... but mine is just beginning. EOF