Hacker Stopped Following Security Intrusion
April 29, 29482 - Marion Vein [Rimor]
IRRK Freelance - OMNI-1 - An unidentified hacker broadcasting false error messages concerning the Omni-1 Database was stopped following a search through Newland City. The current location of the hacker is unknown.
During the Board of Directors's meeting on Sunday 13th April, a user by the name of 'Octal' was seen on a public communications node.
The following messages were broadcasted, following the user's logon:
[EMERGENCY] - Broadcasting on all frequencies.
[EMERGENCY] - Please contact your local Omni-Com Technician and provide the following details:
[INFO] - Omni-Com Telecommunications Algorithmic computer version 11000
It then went on to display error messages for verious sectors of Omni-1's database, such as:
The Omni-1 Air Traffic Control:
[EMERGENCY] - Omni-1 Air Traffic Control Array - Status [FAILED].
The Prison Security System:
[EMERGENCY] - Omni-1 Moderate Security Prison Electronic Detainment Systems - Status [FAILED]
Numerous other error messages were displayed, including supposed failures in the Battlefield Relay, and even Omni-Med's insurance database.
The majority of the affiliates attending the monthly meeting were dispatched to investigate the situation following a trace to the city of Newland, where the broadcast signal was said to originate.
After a thorough check-up, it was concluded that the broadcasts were noting more than falsified messages designed to cause a disruption, though the hacker did manage to flood the toilets in the Omni-Admin building, much to the discontent of employees inside.
The hacker was found in Backyard 3, Newland. However, after a brief firefight, he escaped, presumably to the Grid.
Although the hacker could not be arrested on site, the swift action of the affiliates proved paramount to the restoration of order within the city. All systems are now returned to normal, and no database changes seem to have been made, although technicians are looking into the issue.