Cyber Heist
Original Release Date: 01/23/4399
We've chronicled our fair share of heists before (see Reach For The Sky by Doom Raiders), and it's strange to equate the theft of money, information, or belongings with the sudden creation of music, but here we are...again. Ransomware hit shelves in 4399 with an absolute bang. Beatmakers Galter and Memode were the surviving members of a hacker group known as Darkwood. Known for holding information, and occasional AI-controlled devices, for ransom, you probably remember them most for the daring cyber heist perpetrated against Arpegius Chemical Plant. Their goal was to decouple the storage tanks from the safety system, thereby releasing toxic gas throughout Arpegius (a reasonably large planet in the Toei System) in an attempt to lure cleaning crews to the site. Once they arrived, Darkwood could steal their equipment and vehicles and use them to infiltrate the headquarters of the plant's owner: Hervet Nishiyama. Nishiyama was known for his bold infrastructure plans and greed, amassing an untold wealth all at the expense of what he called "seizing his moment." With the chemical plant in ruins and the members of Darkwood disguised as lowly janitors, they hacked their way into the 200-story Nishiyama Plaza and began emptying the developer's digital currencies into their own bank accounts. Security teams, local law enforcement, and government agencies swarmed the site and effectively ended Darkwood. What the law did not realize was that two members, the aforementioned Galter and Memode, had survived, escaping under the guise of fellow police officers, and were about to unleash the Nishiyama Corporation's entire financial landscape to the masses to do with what they wished. Ransomware was not just a series of genre-defying hits but the hidden passwords to bank accounts, records, and personal information that ran the Nishiyama Corporation into the ground. While Cyber Heist, as the duo nicknamed themselves, faded into obscurity (primarily due to the fugitive status on their heads), their riches were rightfully returned to those who had suffered under the thumb of Hervet Nishiyama.
Side A
Connectivity
Toxic
Black Hat
Live Free or Die
Side B
Protocols
Getaway
Cryptography
Defragmentation