Black Hat
 Cicada logo | |
| File:Cicada wearing mask.jpg An anonymous Cicada member wearing Plague doctor mask | |
| Motto | Beware false paths |
|---|---|
| Formation | c. 2003 |
| Type | Virtual community |
| Purpose | |
Region served | Eurth |
Membership | Decentralized affinity group |
Cicada is a cyberterrorist organisation with connections to the criminal underworld on Eurth. Cicada is involved in multiple hacking operations, with the goal of stealing classified information to blackmail governments and organisations across. Without official leadership, the group operates throughout Eurth.
History
- 2003 – Cicada collective releases secret documents obtained through computer hacking and cyberattacks against several governments, institutions and corporations.
- 2004 – (WIP. Shutdown of a power plant somewhere. Any volunteers? This grabs more media attention, and resurfaces the earlier leak.)
- 2005 – (WIP. Another high-profile action. After this one, they're forced underground in 2006.)
- 2007 – Manamana Memos[1] include confidential financial records of RITZ in Rohini.[2]
- 2010 – Leaked cables from the Entente of Oriental States.
- February 2016 – Leaked plans of the secret Oshun-class submarine of Orioni.[3]
- August 2016 – #OpVLA against the Afropan-based Violetist Liberation Army, targetting VLA-affiliated websites and social media accounts.[4]
- 2017 – Release of doctored photos and false witness claims via 4Chance and StateofNations against Primo Franso Deitorr of Iverica[5]
- 2018 – #OpDerthalen targeting government websites, in protest against the alleged slavery by the Derthalen regime.
- 2019 — Leaked cables from Sunset Sea Islands revealing ulterior motives behind the creation of UBPSSIF Protected Marine Reserve. In response to this leak, the SSI began to heavily invest in cybersecurity and surveillance.
Arrests and trials
In 2010, Mr Warner Habitami was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his involvement in the RITZ-scandal in Rohini during the worst of the financial crisis. According to Orinese prosecutors, he had approved the concealment of hundreds of millions in losses. Habitami lied about the value of his bank’s transfer, but other bankers behaved far worse. Habitami’s former employer, for one, had revised its past financial statements to account for these losses and more. Surprisingly, he would earn the distinction of being the only financial executive sent to jail for his part in the financial crisis. On 1 January 2019, the Meda Police reported that Mr Habitami escaped during transport to the courthouse.[6]
See also
- Incognito
- RL: 11B-X-1371
- RL: Anonymous (group)
References
- ↑ NationStates Issue No. 532
- ↑ Project O-Mēga (22 November 2018)
- ↑ Secret submarine plans have been leaked on the internet by a blogger (21 February 2016)
- ↑ War on Violetist Liberation Army (17 August 2016)
- ↑ Primo harassment story is "fake news" (7 November 2017)
- ↑ Alert: Prisoner escape in Meda (1 January 2019)
