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What do you mean, it wasn't us?

I thought this kind of cyber sabotage was our calling card.

Mostly ours but the Russians and the Chinese

have made advancements.

The damn Russians and the Chinese

sold them reactor technology in the first place.

It doesn't make good business sense to attack it.

Who then?

Our allies?

So far everyone is denying responsibility,

including the Israelis.

Of course they're gonna deny it,

but the fact is they wanted that plant gone

even more than we did.

Not like this.

The whole point of a viral attack is to cripple a target

without causing any collateral damage.

This was a deliberate attempt to trigger

a full-scale meltdown.

The number of casualties could've been enormous.

How many?

Short term, maybe a few dozen.

Long term...

Chernobyl, and then some.

Those people produce four million barrels of oil a day,

we all know they don't need nuclear power.

They built that plant to get their hands on

weapons-grade plutonium and somebody road blocked them.

I don't care much who.

I think you're missing the point, General.

Somebody may have done us a favour today

but what happens tomorrow?

How many nuclear power pants currently operating

on American soil?

65.

And how many of those might be vulnerable

to this kind of attack?

All of them.

Whoever did this has an alarming disregard for human life,

and as of this moment we don't have a clue who they are

or where they might be.

This is Bowden authorizing the direct line.

Get me the President.

: Iranian nuclear power plant suffers technical glitch,

thousands spend night without power.

Yawn.

Miles, wait up!

Hi.

Come on.

Morning.

Morning, have you got that story for me on the by.

Soon, I uh... listen,

you didn't happen to read the wire story this morning

about the nuclear power plant in the Middle East?

Bunch of Persians had to cook by candlelight,

is that news?

What if there was more to it?

What if the plant almost had a meltdown?

Pretty sure the wire's services would've picked that up.

Well, what if it was a cover up?

Jesse, look...

I know you wanna break a big story but uh,

a power outage halfway around the world?

I have a source.

Who?

That guy that I interviewed for the,

for the computer activism article.

That kid?

Yeah.

The only thing he's a good source for is for

pirated software.

Just file the story you were assigned.

Seriously, you wanna get a shot at the big time?

Get good at delivering the small time.

Can I help you?

Uh, hi... is Daniel in?

I had to send him out for more cleaning supplies

just to get him out from behind that computer.

Come on in!

Thanks.

I'm Jesse White.

Oh, I'm Danny's mother Fiona.

Oh...

Sorry for the mess but um,

perhaps you're used to seeing it like this.

Uh, no... it's, it's not like that.

I'm a reporter, I'm interested in him for a story.

Oh, well then...

he's never gone for long, make yourself at home.

I have a bathroom to attack.

Excuse me.

Not one of these tenants owns a scrub brush!

Whoops...

Jesse?

What are you doing here?

I... I didn't realize that you were such a big fan.

Uh... yeah, those are up there for research purposes.

So... that nuclear facility in the Middle East,

it came this close to a full-blown meltdown.

Mmm hmm...

Well what if I told you the meltdown was caused by a virus

sent from the outside.

You mean like the Stuxnet virus?

The one that took down the uranium centrifuges

a while back?

You know your stuff.

Yeah and I also know that that virus,

it was some product of the intelligence community

intended to slow down a facility,

but what you're talking about

is something that would kill countless people.

Intriguing, huh?

My editor is going to need a reputable source.

I assume that you have one?

I might.

I see.

Well it was great catching up with you Daniel.

Wait!

Dubito...

Ring any bells?

You mean those online hackers that went after the INF last month?

They prefer "hacktivists".

You're affiliated with them?

I mean, you...

you know who they are?

Of course, I roll with some pretty big players.

Daniel, the FBI have been after them for a while now.

If I could get an interview, you know my boss...

Whoa, they are incredibly secretive.

I mean, it's not like you just call an 800 number.

You don't actually know them, do you?

Well, it just so happens

that I was recently invited to join them

in one of their chat rooms.

Very covert, only for the trusted.

Well, I'm done.

I'll be heading out now.

It's very nice to meet you Jesse.

Lovely to meet you.

Thanks Mom!

All right, I want to meet them.

There's no way.

Look, you won't know until you ask and Daniel...

I would be so appreciative if you asked.

Okay.

All right!

And now we wait.

Yeah.

Colonel, we ready?

Yes sir.

I don't have to tell you there's a lot of opposition to this test.

The President's counting on a successful run

to silence his critics.

Maybe the sound of a ballistic missile being taken out

before it can reach American soil

will drown them out a little.

Let's hope so.

Weapons tight.

9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

That's him.

Fireball, fireball, fireball...

track 2-0-0-5.

Interceptor fire authorized.

Fire authorized.

Eagle 1 is away, track 2-0-0-5.

Time to intercept, 45 seconds.

What the hell?

What just happened?

I don't know sir.

Intercept in 5... 4... 3... 2...

Damnit!

Captain, talk to me.

Sir, it appears Eagle 1 changed course just before impact.

How is that possible?

I don't know sir,

but it's heading back to land.

Abort both missiles.

Yes sir.

Target missile aborted.

Intercept missile...

Intercept missile still in flight, sir.

Try again.

No response, sir.

Captain, I want that bird out of the sky now!

I know sir, I'm trying.

Colonel, what the hell's going on?

We've lost communication with Eagle 1,

it's out of control.

Where's it coming down?

If it maintains current trajectory...

San Francisco.

Dear God!

Captain!

Still no response.

Impact in less than 20 seconds.

Missile down.

Do you name your ants?

Did my mother say something to you?

She thinks the ants are weird too.

Oh, they're not weird.

Just...

eccentric maybe.

Well, Einstein was eccentric, so...

I'm in good company.

Ants are amazing.

They're social creatures and extremely well organized.

They're also predatory, territorial...

they wage wars, lay siege, enslave...

they're a little microcosm of humanity

and I am their god.

A benevolent god who respects and watches over them.

And if they got out and bit you?

Then they would feel my wrath.

Told ya.

You know what, you tell this Belphegor who I am

and the story that I wanna write.

There is no way that he's gonna meet with a reporter.

Really?

Daniel... something big's just happened,

can you switch it to TV?

This is Victoria Mendez reporting from Los Altos, California

where about an hour ago the area was struck by a missile.

There are unconfirmed reports of at least 50 dead

and dozens injured.

Victoria, now we've been told the missile was launched

from Vernon Spriggs Air Force base.

That's right.

The Air Force has released a statement saying

the accident is under investigation

but other than that, officials haven't said much.

Meanwhile, here and around the country,

civilian outrage continues to grow.

How did this happen, General?

We're supposed to have safeguards in place

to make accidents like this impossible.

It wasn't an accident.

Air Force control at Vernon Spriggs

was the victim of a cyber attack.

Our analysis of the computer worm shows

it has many of the same characteristics of the virus

that attacked the Quereshi nuclear plant.

Wasn't that a refined version of the virus

that we initially launched against the same target?

I'll bet two of my stars it's from the same source.

Something we need to know here General Overson?

The NSA been adapting our cyber insurgency efforts

with some Black Ops mandate of your own?

Sir, are you implying that...

No, I'm not implying.

The NSA did not hybridize that virus

and we are not responsible for either of those two incidents.

Then who is?

Hackers.

Those aren't bored teenagers trying to change their grades

on the high school computer,

this group is incredibly sophisticated, well organized

with dozens of high profile hacks to their credit.

It is an alarming escalation

but one in keeping with their radical philosophy.

They have issued several statements condemning

the missile defense program, including this one

just four days ago

which specifically warns of dire consequences

should the test be allowed to continue.

So far they've been able to maintain their anonymity.

I want them found and I want them dealt with.

Now.

I hope you're all familiar with Dubito,

derived from the Latin "Dubito Ergo Cogito Ergo Sum".

Anyone know what that means?

I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.

Dubito.

Dubito.

Dubito.

We know the inner circle is a group

of select individuals from around the world

but beyond that we know very little.

They're ghosts, shadows and we need that to change.

I wanna know where they are,

I wanna know what they're doing

and I wanna know what they had for breakfast.

How's it going, what have you got?

Wherever these guys are, they're good.

May 2009, they executed an isle of service attack

against military government in Southeast Asia.

April 2010, they bring down a major Swiss bank

by exposing money laundering.

February 2011, they help local media circumvent

a crackdown by regimes in the Middle East.

Well, what's with all these names?

Uh, Princes of Hell based on the 7 deadly sins.

Here... Lucifer.

Mammon, Leviathan,

Beelzebub...

Belphegor?

Sloth.

According to legend he seduced people with wild ideas

for inventions they believed would make them rich.

Great, a demon that uses technology to wreak havoc.

All right, well they've got to have a weakness,

gotta be a way in.

The mob.

What?

When the FBI broke the Carpezzi crime family,

we didn't go after the cappos,

we went after the low-level guys, the soldiers.

That was our way in.

Wannabes.

Low-level hackers looking to make a name for themselves

trying to make it to the big time.

Now, if anyone is gonna lead us to the inner circle of Dubito,

it's gonna be one of these guys.

Okay, sounds like a start.

Anybody stand out?

Let's do it.

So do we just wait for the woman behind the counter

to call out a latte for Belphegor?

Something tells me he knows who we are.

All right.

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I knew this was too good to be true.

My boss is gonna kick my ass for this.

Whoa, whoa, wait...

We were just getting to know each other.

I mean...

Sit.

Dude, I just wanted to say I'm a huge fan.

Okay, let's skip the pleasantries

and just get to it.

Okay, my name is...

Jess White.

You wrote that article last year about online activists,

it was pretty good.

Thanks.

Look, I need to know why you think

the nuclear plant was attacked.

Okay, everything we fear is all starting to happen.

The near meltdown, the missile incident...

they're just the beginning.

Wait a minute, are you saying that what happened

to the missile, that wasn't an accident either?

We tried to stop it.

We were too late.

Stop it?

How?

Who's responsible?

Who?

No, it's...

Is something wrong?

Green jacket, he was on the subway.

Maybe it's just a coincidence.

Oh kid, there's no such thing.

What, you think it's a coincidence

that your cell phone company is owned by a conglomerate

that just happens to be a major contributor to a politician

who just happens to sit on the top secret committee

that oversees NSA funding, huh?

Because if you do...

don't worry if you hear a strange clicking noise

on your phone next time you answer it.

I'm sure it's nothing.

Hey!

I don't think so pal!

Please! Don't! Please!

Oh, my god!

He's gone!

Somebody call the police!

You Daniel Gerson?

How do you know?

I'm sorry, who are you?

Who are you?

I'm Jesse White, I'm with The Chronicle.

I'll get to you in a minute.

Daniel, I'm FBI Agent Hollis...

you're under arrest.

What?

Why?

He didn't do anything wrong.

He's a possible accessory to some serious cyber crimes

and now he's at the scene of an attempted murder.

That's ridiculous, he's a kid!

Okay, we were coming to meet that guy

and someone opened fire on him.

We had nothing to do with this.

So you were both coming to meet the victim?

Yes.

I told you, I'm doing a story and I needed some information.

Okay, that makes you a material witness,

you're coming too.

This is ridiculous!

We were just shot at!

Hello?

Mike, you've gotta come home now!

What happened?

It's Alicia, she's had a seizure!

She's not moving!

Call 911.

I did!

She's not breathing.

I'm almost there.

Naomi!

It's me.

What's the matter?

Where's Alicia?

She's in bed.

Mike, what's wrong?

Mike.

What is it?

You just called me,

you said she had an attack.

No I didn't.

She hasn't had an attack in months.

Mike, talk to me.

What is going on?

This is important, I have to take this.

This is Overson.

It's Bowden.

What the hell did you do?

Sir, I'm gonna have to call you back.

I believe this phone's been compromised.

I want an explanation and I want it now.

What happened?

I said deal with them, I did not say have them killed.

Have who killed?

What are you talking about?

Those hackers you fingered for the missile sabotage,

they were all identified as Target Red.

Well that's impossible.

Wentworks took them all out,

it's got NSA's fingerprints all over it.

Sir... I never gave those orders.

Then who the hell did?

Look, I already told you...

the guy was shot

before I could get anything useful.

You're gonna have to charge me with something or release me.

I know my rights.

Well surprise, most reporters know

that under the Patriot Act I can pretty much keep you here

until you collect Social Security.

And then there's your record...

three citations for contempt of court.

For protecting my sources.

Two arrests for obstruction of justice.

Two acquittals.

Good to know that due process isn't dead after all.

All right, fine.

You can go.

For now.

Thank you.

What about Daniel?

He stays.

He doesn't know anything.

I think he does.

And for your sake,

I hope you haven't compromised your journalistic integrity.

FBI Agent Max Hollis conducting a witch hunt.

Do you really want that in my story?

Your source is in a coma and your friend

is a suspected terrorist.

You don't have a story.

They were NSA operatives who terminated the Dubito elite.

Our codes, our network...

Bowden's right, the trail leads directly back to this office.

Someone's trying to set me up.

Who has that power?

We have been trying to isolate

and identify the Dubito leadership for months.

These kill commands have names, addresses,

the victims were practically gift-wrapped.

It's like the Intel came out of thin air.

I swear, okay...

I've never met that guy before in my life.

I barely knew him.

That's not what your chat logs say.

They indicate you've known him for over a year.

You took my computer from my apartment?

You can have it back now.

I had my people mirror the drive and trust me,

they will search it very, very carefully.

Yeah.

Okay... I talked to him.

Online.

We had similar interests.

Like hacking government sites?

We know you're trying to get their attention,

you wanted a little notoriety.

It's not like that.

You admire them, don't you?

I believe in what they stand for.

Daniel, they're murderers.

It wasn't them.

No?

Then who was it?

Who else had the ability to hack into a top-secret

military facility and take over an Air Force missile?

You?

God no!

Come on, you were trying to get their attention.

Maybe this was your audition.

That's insane.

Daniel, you are in this very deep

and you need to start cooperating.

I'm trying, I just don't know anything.

Maybe I could help you find the others.

I've never had contact with them

but I could put out some feelers.

The others?

Like Mammon, Beelzebub, Leviathan, Lucifer...

That's what they call themselves, yeah.

Well you're gonna have trouble finding them Daniel,

because they're all dead.

Belphegor's the only one left.

Oh my God.

Yeah, and you had better hope he survives

because right now he is the only one who can tell me

what is really going on here.

What the...?

Is everything okay?

Uh yeah...

for some reason it looked like the system was down

but it seems like everything is okay now.

You know, whenever I run into computer trouble

I just get my 11-year-old son to help.

In my house, he's tech support.

Hey!

Oh my God.

Code blue!

We need some help in here now!

There was a computer failure in the ICU last night.

Belphegor was killed.

So... what do you think the odds are

that this was a coincidence?

Zero.

It's open season on hackers out there, Daniel.

You sure you wanna leave?

What makes you think I'll be safe in here?

Well, as long as we don't hook you up to any machinery.

Everything's hooked up.

One way or another.

Yeah.

All right, come on.

Let's get outta here.

I'm not one of the bad guys by the way.

Just consider yourself lucky we don't have enough evidence

to charge you with anything.

But don't get too comfortable,

if they can get to Belphegor

they can get to you if they want to.

Here...

Take this.

Call me if you can think of anything else

that might be useful.

And don't leave town.

What a mess!

Daniel?

Hey! It's just, it's just me...

uh, I called to check on you

and they said that you were released.

Wow... what a mess.

Did you hear about Belphegor?

They're all dead.

No more Dubito.

What?

All of them?

My God, what could be so important

that they were all murdered?

Did you happen to notice the t-shirt

that Belphegor was wearing in the restaurant?

No.

It had a logo, mecha omega 3.

Mecha Armageddon 3?

Yeah, that's it.

It's a game.

It has a huge cult following but it doesn't come out

until next summer.

So then he must have some connection

with the company that makes it.

Wait a minute, that's it!

Belphegor AKA Brian Fisher.

Nice work.

If he backed up his information anywhere,

it's there.

Can you hack into it?

No, see that's the whole point.

These companies maintain secure intranets

that are isolated from the web.

We'd have to physically get inside.

I don't wanna get arrested.

Okay, what if Agent Hollis...

Screw Agent Hollis.

That's Ralph's.

My dog.

Really?

You don't strike me as a dog person.

What's that supposed to mean?

Nothing, you just seem like someone

who would prefer the company of cats?

Meaning I'm cold?

Aloof?

I didn't say that!

The guy who has an ant farm...

Ants are more complex and interesting

than people realize.

Show time.

Come on.

All right...

What are you doing?

It's called bumping.

Works with almost every lock.

What the hell?

You do realize that if you cut the phone line

you'll deactivate the security system

and bring the cops here, right?

Exactly.

Let's go.

Come on.

Come on, come on!

Earlier on with the whole cat thing...

I was thinking more along the lines of you being,

independent, cool under pressure,

you know like back at the diner.

Can you do me a favour?

Just stop talking.

Okay.

So our company guy,

he checks in with one officer...

the other one checks the perimeter...

That's amazing.

You're amazing!

Do you have a boyfriend?

Uh... I just dumped a guy.

He cheated on me.

Huh... That sucks.

I'm not seeing anyone either.

Yeah, I didn't think so.

Wait... why?

Okay, they're back.

Oh, everything seems fine...

it must be something with the alarm system,

we'll swing by in the morning to check it out.

Goodnight, bye.

But in the mean time, we have a window of opportunity.

Bingo!

Some of these files are probably encrypted.

It's okay, we got lots of time.

I don't believe this.

What?

What is it?

The data that was hacked was all related

to brain mapping, chaotic algorithms,

pattern recognition...

those are the building blocks of an artificial intelligence.

So you're saying that someone is building like,

an AI from stolen data?

No, no see that's just it.

Everyone wants to know who could've done

all these things, right?

Mmm hmm.

Well, the answer is no one.

That's what Dubito figured out

and that's probably why they were murdered.

I don't understand.

Okay, so... for years people have said that

all the interconnecting computers in the world

could form a kind of critical mass

and a distinct consciousness could spontaneously emerge.

It's like in Shelley's Frankenstein,

how the doctor creates a creature from a bunch of different sources.

But here, the creature created itself.

If Dubito is right...

then do you know what an AI like this could do?

What?

Whatever it wants.

You go write the real story, I've got an idea.

So, now you've added breaking and entering

to your resume.

How'd you find me so fast?

Our tech spoofed your phone.

We knew your location the moment you turned it on.

Yeah, smart.

Yeah.

Start talking Daniel.

Agent Hollis, we've got company.

Michael Overson, NSA.

Sir, I didn't realize you'd be directly involved

in this investigation.

I'm involved in everything critical to national security.

Is he one of yours?

That's Agent Fitzsimmons, he's currently...

That's fine.

Our boys will take it from here.

What's your name, son?

Daniel Gerson.

All right Daniel, tell us what you know.

Is the security system back online?

Yeah, why?

The camera can read our lips.

Haven't you seen 2001?

There's also computers in here with microphones,

we need to go somewhere else.

Are you telling me that

this is some kind of artificial intelligence?

A singularity.

Spontaneously generated and operating

without any kind of human control.

Sounds pretty far fetched.

How many computers do you think are online

around the world right now?

Billions.

Now you connect enough synapses

and eventually you get a brain.

Prove it.

How do you prove something has consciousness

unless it reveals itself to you?

Do those files tell you how to terminate it?

This is not a computer glitch anymore,

it's a living entity.

What's this?

Daniel, this is a confidentiality agreement.

Everything that we've said in this office is now classified.

You sign this and all charges against you will be dropped.

Sir, he's still part of my investigation.

Oh, I spoke with your commanding officer Agent Hollis.

He assured me of your full cooperation.

You took that pretty well back there.

What, having my case hijacked?

Yeah, it's been a better day.

You know, if this is a sentient AI...

you probably would've been the one credited

with discovering it.

Discovering it is one thing,

stopping it is something entirely different.

They have no idea what they're dealing with.

They're treating it like a bug that needs to be exterminated.

Well what if that makes it worse?

Uh, can you let me out here?

Where's Jesse, Daniel?

How should I know?

You were alone last night?

Of course.

We should really play poker together,

I could use the easy money.

What does she know?

She may know a few things.

You signed a confidentiality agreement.

She didn't.

If she goes public with this

it would be like telling the world that aliens exist.

There are people out there that just couldn't handle that.

Yeah, that's what governments always say

when they wanna keep secrets.

But maybe people deserve the truth.

Now, are you gonna let me out or what?

Thank you.

Daniel...

you're playing with fire and you better be careful.

Later fool.

Can you break the encryption?

In time.

Whatever he's buried in these files

he sure went out of his way to safeguard them.

You don't really think we're dealing with an AI, do you?

Sir...

Why kill Dubito if they were wrong?

A computer program?

One so sophisticated

that it has the power of independent thought.

You wanna explain to me

how a computer program creates itself?

Macro evolution, abiogenesis,

spontaneous creation from anomaly.

Put away your philosophy and science PhDs Trumaine,

this thing is attacking us!

No it's not, sir.

Not in any kind of targeted way.

What, you're saying that these are just random actions?

Well, more like experimentation.

It's figuring out how to adapt in its own environment.

For example, we believe that it monitored our attempts

to get past security at the nuclear plant...

probably saw it as a puzzle to be solved.

It's testing its abilities.

It's killing people.

That is not necessarily its primary intention.

This early in its development it makes total sense

that it is entire self-interested, with...

with no real concern about how its actions affect others.

You make it sound like a child.

In some ways it might be.

Well excuse me for sounding less than Christian,

but if some child sprung up from nowhere

and started murdering people,

I wouldn't have a problem with somebody killing it.

We need more information before we consider

our course of action.

Exactly what other information do you need?

Who else knows about this?

For the moment we believe it's contained.

Miles, this isn't just a big story...

this might be the biggest story of all time.

You want me to believe a computer program

has started thinking for itself and it's begun killing people?

Look, I know that it's a lot to grasp...

I think you've lost your grasp on reality!

All right Miles, this thing is an artificial intelligence

and it is only gonna continue to get stronger

and more dangerous.

Other things are gonna start happening.

People, they have a right to know!

Jess, while you still have a job... go.

Hello?

Hey, it's me.

Oh hey, how's your trip going?

It's fine.

How's Alicia?

She's good, she's having a sleepover at Kyla's.

No, no, no...

we can't do that, we need to keep her safe.

Mike, come on.

All right Naomi,

I need you to go to Doctor London's office in the morning.

You need to tell him I need to see him,

I'm gonna fly back first chance I get.

Are you kidding me?

It takes weeks to get in to see that guy.

He'll see me.

We uh, we need to talk about alternative therapies.

Mike...

I'm gonna have to call you back.

Hello Michael.

Who is this?

Your friend.

I need your help.

No.

No way!

Really?

How we doing?

We're in tough sir, but we'll crack it.

Don't tell me you guys have been working at it all night?

Yeah.

Well, take a break!

I've got coffee and donuts in the other room for you.

Yes sir.

I'm good, sir.

I'm not asking.

I'm telling.

Take a break.

No!

No, this can't be happening!