Rogue nodes?
October 24, 29483 - Miss Lucetta Phoenix [Atlantean]
IRRK Freelance - Several unusual nodes began appearing in the Grid earlier this week, broadcasting interesting views. However Omni-Com does not approve.
I decided to speak with Omni-Com's director, Lani Wannja, after witnessing several nodes exhibiting unusual and intriguing behaviour in the Grid. Apparently, according to Omni-Com, an error had occurred in the Grid itself, causing a program (often called nodes) to enter into the system. This "node" replicated, producing several other nodes that all originated from the same program, some with a form of artificial intelligence. This sounded very much like a virus to me, and a virus in the Grid could have turned out to be very problematic.
The nodes themselves have been reported to access public frequencies such as Channel42 and broadcast to the listeners statements and information against the current Omni-Tek leadership. I have a little hunch here that due to the broadcasts only apparently being against the current leadership of the corporation and not the corporation as a whole, this could have been arranged by employees supporting Philip Ross' previous rule and opposing the new Rubi-Ka CEO, Tarkhan Zora, but this is yet to be proved.
Miss Wannja assured me that they had the situation under control and that the programs in the Grid were a one-off occurrence, but she didn't give much information in support of that due to it being an ongoing investigation.
What do you think about the rogue nodes? Are they illegal, employee arranged protests, or simply clan hackers trying to expose secrets? Will the nodes develop into a virus, or has Omni-Com secured this apparent threat?
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