Post by MCKENZIE LYONS on Feb 9, 2013 15:13:28 GMT -5
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CRIMINAL. BLACK. ZOOEY DESCHANEL. HACKTIVIST. 23. BRILLIANT. PRODIGY. ECCENTRIC.
| [atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,386,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=style, width:130px; height: 200px; background-image: url(http://i46.tinypic.com/1zfli00.jpg);][/style] | [style=height: 180px; overflow: auto; font-size: 9px;] Your government name is MACKENZIE LYONS, correct? But you are more commonly known by your alias… the infamous computer hacker and online entity known as "LIBERTY". I really must say, you're not exactly what I was expecting… such a young girl. "I guess my mother always told me I was special." Funny. But we aren't here to joke around. You've got a rap sheet longer than hardened criminals twice your age. Numerous counts of fraud and identity theft, twenty-six counts of cyber terrorism, countless cases of hacking encrypted government sites, grand larceny… the list goes on and on. You've stolen millions of dollars from federal banks over the course of the last eight years, and not a dime can be traced to any of your personal accounts. It might even be safe to assume that you don't do it for your own personal gain. Why do it at all then? "Because I can, obviously." I'm asking you to be serious for a minute, Ms. Lyons. Are you even aware of why the Bureau has brought you in? "I am being serious. Every line of top secret government encrypted code is a puzzle, with secrets for me to unlock. It's an art form. An art form that nobody in that city, or even in this country can do better than me." So then you're aware… "Of course I'm aware. The only reason that you were even able to trace me was because I allowed it. I know exactly what… or who you want. You want /him/ don't you?" Now, now, lets not get ahead of ourselves. How about we lay down some background information on you first. "I'm on your time, Mr. Mueller." Tell me about your childhood then. "I was born to an upper middle class family in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. But I'm sure you know all that." Just a formality dear. "I lived a completely normal boring childhood. I guess that's what drove me to computers… well that and the fact that our house was full of them. My dad was a tech supervisor for some of the bigger finance companies in the city. UBS, Merill Lynch… you name it I grew up around the richest one percent of the country." You said was, as in past tense. "Yes my father is deceased. Murdered, actually as a part of some kid's initiation to a gang in Dorchester." Surely you hold resentment for these inner city criminals. "You'd think so, right? But I don't. I'm too smart to blame the base of the pyramid, knowing good and well that the structures that control this country foster the atmosphere of poverty that make street gangs a necessity to urban youth." Alright, alright, hop off your soap box, this isn't a rally. Lets talk about hacking. "Fine." You knew the inner workings of computers and computer networking at the extremely young age of thirteen, and were already dabbling in black hat hacking. By the age of fourteen you were already recognized as a prodigy for what you could do in front of a computer screen. Surely you were gifted in school. "Why would you think that? We as a society hand our children these screens at earlier and earlier with time. My eight year old little brother already knows his way around a laptop, and has a smart phone. But to answer your question, yes, I was good in school." I'm sure you know why I asked that. But we'll get to that later. At fourteen you were caught hacking into the Federal Reserve and transferring funds to local charities around the Boston area. By caught, I mean you succeeded, but left evidence in code that allowed you to be traced. "A rookie move. I was pretty dumb." Quite the contrary. The Federal Reserve has some of the most complex firewalls in technology today. Such a feat would be commendable for any adult, let alone a child. I assume your seemingly limitless potential was what stopped the Reserve from pressing charges. "Yes, I worked for the government as a white hat testing security--penetration tests and vulnerability assessments. I think they said something along the lines of making me into an 'ethical hacker'. What a crock of shit." Why the name "LIBERTY"? "Isn't it obvious?" You worked for the reserve through high school, but was allowed to resign to attend college, but that didn't work out well for you. "I was accepted to Harvard, which I attended the next year. Do you want me to get started on my views on the American institution of higher education, or do you have more questions?" No need. Your actions explain your beliefs as clear as day. Releasing the schools online book databases and releasing all of the course material online for free via torrent. "Knowledge should be free." You couldn't have been surprised when you were expelled. "Nope." Which brings us to our current situation, which started three years ago. There you were, a college drop out with a flare for social revolution, going back to a single mother who was now an alcoholic and her three younger siblings. You managed to make ends meet? "You'd be surprised how much people are willing to pay to hack into their rival's World of Warcraft accounts." Is that how you came into contact with the entity known as "THE SHIELD"? "Hah… no. He's not the video gaming type, to be honest. Maybe the comic book reading type… but definitely not a gamer." How then, did the two of you come into contact. "I contacted him." You contacted /him/? "Yup. You bureaucrats look at him and you see a criminal, a vigilante, a menace to society. I see a man who is putting justice into motion while you fat cats are sitting around politicking. THE SHIELD is action in an action packed world." What did you say to him? "Well first I told him that I knew who he was. Needless to say, he shit a brick. Then I told him that I have been watching what he has been doing, but he was going to get himself killed if he didn't have someone watching his back. A "virtual guardian angel" if you will. He reluctantly agreed and we've been Batman and Robin ever since." Now up until last year "LIBERTY" has strictly been an online entity… completely separate from your physical form. He seemed to warm up to you rather quickly having never actually physically met you. "THE SHIELD is practical. And I proved to be a useful tool. The city of Boston is littered with electronics, security cameras, cellphones, and computers that are all linked up to the internet, my domain. I give him a distinct advantage in the field using the grid already set up for me. It's like you guys designed it that way. I'm not a fighter, but I can still do my part." So why now, have you decided to reveal yourself, MCKENZIE LYONS, as the entity known as LIBERTY? "Because you have something I want, and I know something that you want to know." Who is he? "Thats another story for another day, Mr. Director. I've already got what I've came for." You what? "I needed to come out from my little room in Worcester to Washington D.C. to crack this tricky little code in the FBI's mainframe in person. There are some top secret files about the big crime families that run my fair city that I needed dearly." You-- "And now that that is done, I really must be going." Idiot! You're nothing but a self righteous nerd! We're the god damned FBI, you think we can't find you? "I know you can't. Because I don't exist." [An EMP wave surges the Bureau's mainframe, leaving the room in darkness. When the emergency generator brings the lights to a dim flicker, revealing that the girl was gone.] Don't just stand there, go find her! |
