#breaches

From breach claims and airline hacks to spyware sanctions and rising AI insider risks, multiple incidents highlighted pressure points across today’s cybersecurity landscape.

Interuniverse portals :

Have you ever wondered how the characters in the Undertale multiverse move from one alternative universe to one other?

Depending on the stories, comics and headcanons, the possibility of access to the AU's is very relative. There is no creator of the Undertale Multiverse, so there is no canon regarding the links that can be made between universes. A number of paths have been observed; firstly, with specific and precise ways:

Through the gates of the Omega Timeline (which is fairly limited, you can't travel anywhere other than your own universe (I think, it's not very clear, so tell me if you're sure of anything)),

Through scientific machines, programmed by Gaster most of the time, as in Chancetale with the plans taken over by Ace and Alphys,

Through characters with the ability to create portals or teleport naturally, like Dream or Nightmare.

Secondly, the paths... Without any explanation. In some stories, the characters can travel from AU to AU without questioning, without rules, without precision, we just know it's possible. Secret passages, teleportations, etc., you can imagine what you want but it will never be mentioned. Frankly, I only agree when it's for One-Shot or crazy stories with no stakes, because... Trying to find logic in everything is my hobby, you'll have to get used to it ＼(☆▽☆)／

But the most interesting way comes from characters who can directly open portals/teleport, such as Ace, Color, Error or Fresh, in the context where this is considered a special power –There are plenty of others, but those are the ones I'm most familiar with–. It raises a lot of questions, especially when Ace gets this ability overnight, even though his creator seems rather thoughtful about consistency. The only solution in line would be his ability to break the fourth wall where he could jump from frame to frame... But that's not what he does, he teleports or creates a portal. But how? Why does he do this? Why all of a sudden?

I thought and thought, and then I found a correlation between these characters that might turn out to be causation.

They are all Outer-Characters. In other words, characters from outside reality, with no AU, no world to merge their codes with.

Ace's universe was destroyed by Error and no longer exists.

Color has been erased from his reality, as has Gaster, so his code has become detached.

Error has been literally expelled into the Anti-void and transformed into a glitch creature (more on that later).

Fresh is a parasite without a maternal universe, so we're not sure where he came from, but in any case, as there is no official Underfresh, we're sure he doesn't belong to any universe.

Like free electrons (free spirit) passing from one current to another, exiled between the blocks that shape universes, no longer possessing a fixed point, they benefit from a freedom of movement that the others don't have. Out of space, and for some (Core!Frisk, Gaster), even out of time.

So, they have a fairly close relationship with the Multiverse, their codes aren't 'stuck' to blocks, and that allows them to zigzag between the AU's. But how?

Simply considering that the AU's are themselves interconnected. The Undertale Multiverse is a web. Timelines that eventually break away to become AU's in their own right (Aftertale, Dusttale, Horrortale), concepts that are similar (Underswap, Storyshift), and even the most distant ones, they are all connected to each other. And it is from this point of view that I propose the theory of gaps.

There are thories in our world to the effect that cracks in reality exist and sometimes allow strange things to enter from other dimensions... Extraordinary creatures, curses... And mystical places with high concentrations of weirdness like the Bermuda Triangle would be just such places. Abracadabrious for our world, but in the world of fiction, why not? Cracks... After all, what story is perfect? What lore is flawless? What game doesn't have any bugs? These anomalies, these little mistakes that we make, would form cracks that it would be possible to open in a portal dimension. The Outer-Characters, by virtue of their nature as free electrons, would be more sensitive to these cracks and would be better able to spot and exploit them. On the other hand, not only are these rifts not found everywhere, but some of them are anomalies beyond our perception of reality, and would have their own place in space-time. This means that they could be present for a certain period of time and then disappear, or only be available in a specific place at a certain time on a certain day. We could also imagine that some universes are more 'closed' and inaccessible than others... (I personally give this to Multiverses/AU's, AU's that brings together the main characters of the Multiverse like Vampireverse, Empireverse, Minuscultale, AU Schools, etc.) That way, we can easily invent stories where the protagonists are confronted with constraints of time and space that prevent them from running away at the drop of a hat!

Script excuses offered by the house, don't thank me (☞◖■ᴥ■◗)⁠☞✨✨ !

It's a pretty big deal, and there's a lot involved... Let's see...

So, does that mean that, for example, all the inhabitants of the Omega Timeline whose AU's have been destroyed by Error would be able to open breaches as they please?

Well... Yes, technically. But you can think of hundreds of reasons why they wouldn't. Opening a breach requires training and experience, it's risky, dangerous, leads to errors of course or coordinates, or then they simply don't know they can do it. Just because you technically have the human capacity to do back somersault doesn't necessarily mean you're bound to do it.

And Geno, is he an Outer-Character? Mmmh... Good question. Technically he's stuck in the Save screen, which doesn't mean he's been kicked out of his AU. More from his Timeline, but that doesn't make him an Outer-Character either.

For Ink, it's quite interesting, there are several possibilities. His AU technically exists, it's just incomplete and forgotten all about. However, he could be an Outer-Character due to the fact that he erased himself when he tore his soul apart, or, given that he seems to open special portals instead and that he also teleports in ink, because that's part of his powers acquired from the Creator via "magic paint", after all some versions say that he can't open a portal without his paintbrush. Personally, I prefer this, because if we subscribe to the theory that he still has a soul (the goppy blue soul in the illustration of "Broken Truce"), but that it's detached from his body, that would solve the paradox.

Unless he's fully an Outer-Character because Error destroyed his AU a long time ago, that's quite possible too.

As for the characters who usually travel between AU's, like the Postman (Post!Sans) or UnderEat's Sans, or even Death sometimes, there are two hypotheses: either they've simply learned to open cracks even without being Outer-Characters (because I think it's possible, you just have to be very talented, very sensitive and very determined), or they have this ability by the very principle of their existence. The Postman and UnderEat!Sans were created TO link the AU's (I don't even know if the Postman has his own universe, actually), whereas Death... Well, it depends, because I've never been able to work out whether his "Grim Reaper influence" was just specific to his AU or whether it extended across the Multiverse. If it's specific to his AU technically he shouldn't have that privilege. But if the gods of Reapertale, whether it's him, Toriel, Papyrus, Gaster or Asgore, are looking after the whole Multiverse, then it makes sense that they should all be able to travel between AU's as they see fit.

What about the others? Well, in my opinion they're just not capable of opening breaches, and characters like Sans, Red or Blue shouldn't have this ability. Least of all those who have no knowledge of universes. Because if anyone could do it, it would still be a big, big mess. Even, scenaristically, it would be a bit annoying if everyone could go where they wanted when they wanted and get away just the same. But that's just my interpretation of things.

But it's not over yet! Let's extrapolate a little. Can we link, in Undertale's Multiverse, this story of cracks and links to something we know? Is there a dimension where all the AU's meet at the same centre? A dimension to be the Core?

Huh?

Of course yes !

I'm obviously talking about the Doodlesph– the Anti-Void.

What really is the Anti-Void? We've never had an exact definition by Crayon Queen. We know it's a mysterious white nothingness where Geno landed when a Determination experiment went wrong. It's called the Anti-Void because the color is white and not black like the Void.... But that's all. And that's not cool, because white Voids are a dime a dozen. Most of the time, they're empty AU's with nothing left, Chancetale, for example. Empty AU's, but not destroyed, because in Undertale during the Genocide route, we know that when you destroy the world there's nothing left, it's the Void. Black, cold, silent. The Void is the darkness that makes up the stars in the sky, the absolute vacuum.

We can deduce from this that these empty, white AU's are more likely to be the result of an AU that is dead of content, but still present, like X-tale or ___tale (this is contradictory with Chancetale, which is destroyed, totally destroyed, but it's normal to have a few contradictions when you're talking about a world created by hundreds of different people). What's certain is that the Anti-Void doesn't fall into this category. It's not an empty shell. It's something else. You can see it in what it does to its tenants, literally turning them into amnesiac, deranged glitches. You can see it in the window that Error opens up, leading into his old memories. You can see it when you realise that it's a way, after a while, of hearing the voice of the Creators.

The Anti-Void is the exact opposite of the Void: it's the Whole, the Link where every path crosses. After all, how many characters have accidentally ended up there? Let's not talk about the hundreds of x-reader stories where the protagonist ends up in the Anti-Void by chance after some twists and turns 😂 and let's go instead to what happened to Geno, or to Ace's machine whose first destination it was. Just look at how Error has learnt to use the rifts... Each time he goes through the Anti-Void FIRST before opening a portal from one AU to another. It's the Central Station for crossings between dimensions. I'd even go so far as to say that it's an OBLIGATORY passage. Each AU is connected to another VIA the Anti-Void. Let's just say that most people take the shortcut instinctively.

But why would the Core be the Anti-Void and not the Doodlesphere? Yet it's a dimension that seems much better suited to this role...

Well... One doesn't preclude the other.

In fact, the Doodlesphere and the Anti-Void are closely linked. I've noticed that there are often two accessible points of view in the Multiverse: the "Code Part" (the Player, the algorithms, glitches and bugs, such as Error, Fatal, Glitchtale, etc.) and the "Spiritual Part (thought, faith, emotions, the Creators, Ink, Faith, Dreamtale, etc.). What if the Anti-Void was the coded Core of the Multiverse while the Doodlesphere was the spiritual Core? The technology part and the magic part?

Because there's the computer web and the painter's canvas 🤣 !

Mhrm-... my humblest apologies :'> (does this joke work in English?)

(Hay, no, shit, it's no "toile" and "toile". Well, now you'll know that the web and the canvas are the same word in french! "Toile d'araignée" and "Toile pour peindre")

Isn't it a strange coincidence that the two greatest enemies of the Multiverse, with similar pasts, should live in two habitats that resemble and complement each other?

The web... Ironic, really, that its tenant is a skeleton who wields wires...

Error is reality's homeless man par excellence, it's in his thematic and his design; alone in the middle of the Whole, it's quite perfect to describe him and understand his character. So it's no surprise that he's probably the most capable of spotting rifts in the Multiverse. He can pretty much do it wherever he wants whenever he wants, to say the least! (Which is why I think it's breakable, the fact that Corrupted finds Error canonically useless when he's precisely THE guy who can open to him the doors to all the AU's he wants, even the positive ones) After all, Error's been trapped within the Anti-Void for an indeterminate amount of time. Canonically, after a certain time spent in thos dimension, anyone can become an "error". No wonder, if you admit that it's the agglomeration of all the codes in the Multiverse! After a while, anything coded ends up jumping left and right, stopping and starting, dispersing and dismantling!

Partially ?

Entierly ?

After a while, would Error just disappear by dint of living in the Anti-void?

Would he suffer less memory loss if he stopped going there?

Er... take your pick. ¯(°_o)/¯ I don't really like the idea of dissolving entirely in Anti-Void, but why not?

Hang on, hang on... If the rifts are spatio-temporally related, and the Anti-Void is an amalgamation of all these dimensions, and Error was able to create a window to his past in his comic, then would Error be able to travel through time???

Uh..............uuh... (＠_＠;) it's true that CQ has already mentioned the hypothesis that there could be several Error at the same time, but...uh....I...

I dunno (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠)

Dunno...

Maybe not, or at least nobody except Error, given that if they are detached from space, they are not necessarily detached from time? Maybe he can just look at it, but not enter it? Is he even aware of it?

But then... Could he still see any future and past? Or only what concerns him?

I

Don't

Fucking know.

I didn't get that far xD

But hey, that's not a bad start, is it?

(If you have any theories, headcanons or even if you've spotted any inconsistencies in what I've said, don't hesitate to let me know. It's a headcanon, but it's not perfect, so I'd like to tweak it as much as possible :3

Blog #4

How can rights be breached? 

As citizens our rights or privileges are not absolute, and as a result, each right bears certain limitations. Rights are equally available to all persons and should be respected; however, in certain situations they may be suspended, revoked, taken away and/or become susceptible to breaches and violations. According to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, chapter 3 section 13 subsection 9, one’s right to freedom of movement may be restricted when dealing with situations of public emergency or in the event of a pubic disaster. This is currently evident in Jamaica where curfews and no movement days are implemented to restrict movement in an effort to minimize the spread of the Corona Virus. An individual’s rights may be suspended in the event of a war, catastrophe, or threat, and may be undermined an effort to protect the public’s interest. 

The aforementioned exceptions and restrictions are in place for the public’s safety; on the other hand, breaches of rights refers to the blatant disregard and violation of a citizen’s rights by others especially law enforcement officials. This is a pressing issue especially in this covid-19 pandemic where law enforcement officers abuse their power and resort to force. Examples of how police officers breach our rights include:

•subjecting citizens to violent and inhumane treatment during their interactions with the criminal Justice system (police brutality)

•using an individual’s social or racial background to determine the verdict,

•by protecting the individuals or organizations that have breached our rights, because of their level of power and authority.

The following video depicts an ex police officer who is highlighting various constitutional breaches and the involvement of INDECOM (Independent Commission of Investigations). 

How can this be remedied?

Once an individual believes that their rights are being violated or threatened, they may make a formal complaint against the offender or organization responsible for the breach, take legal action, and apply to the Supreme Court (or on appeal to the Court of Appeal) for enforcement of rights and for these breaches to be rectified. There are many agencies and organizations that can assist citizens whose rights have been breached, and this will be highlighted in the next blog post.

Educate Yourself, and Know Your Rights! Stay Tuned for More! - Zorian Clarke

References

Anderson, John. (2018, January 14). Jamaican ex police highlights constitutional breach. https://youtu.be/NCSCm-DXXGI

FROM THIS WIP

The Resurgence is an Earth-based terrorist group comprised of the descendants of an abandoned detachment of Blood Tide soldiers and a number of like-minded human allies. They serve as the main antagonists of Breaches.

The Blood Tide

The Resurgence’s earliest roots can be traced to the ancient Other World organization known as the Blood Tide. The Blood Tide were a large, militaristic organization who attempted to overthrow the other leaderships of the Other World and establish themselves as the world’s rulers. In response, most nations and other entities in the Other World allied against them. The resulting conflict would be among the bloodiest in the world’s history, surpassed only by the Third War for Magic. The alliance formed to combat the Blood Tide is also widely credited as the direct precursor to the current Plane Alliance.

Throughout the course of the war the Blood Tide established many secret strongholds and failsafes around the world in case of a collapse in leadership. At the time, Breach magic was still new and experimental. The group used Breaches to establish strongholds and failsafe bunkers across the world in case of a collapse of their leadership, and were among the first to open Breaches to other planes. One of these planes was this universe; specifically, Earth---a detachment of roughly three thousand soldiers was sent to Earth in case the Blood Tide was defeated across the entirety of the Other World.

When the Blood Tide detachment realized that the world they had chosen was inhabited, they attempted to seize the local area by force. However, the following conflict saw the Blood Tide members horribly outmatched. While magic made them far more powerful than the humans in single and direct combat, they were easily outmatched by the humans’ superior numbers, coordination, tactics, and knowledge of the area. The Blood Tide detachment was crushed over a short series of conflicts, losing nearly 70% of their total forces.

The remaining members of the Blood Tide detachment attempted to retreat back to the Other World, but found that, in the time since they had arrived, the site they had used to create the Breach to Earth had been destroyed, effectively leaving them stranded.

The remnants of the detachment elected to lay low and survive until they could reestablish contact with Blood Tide Command, eventually establishing a hidden community/stronghold. Due to the Blood Tide suffering its final defeat several years later, they were never able to reestablish contact, and the Other World would never learn of their existence.

This community would continue to grow, hidden from prying eyes by illusion spells, gaining more power and making more connections as time went on.

As the community grew and time passed, it would come to be inhabited by the descendants of the original invaders, along with those of long-lived or immortal species, like the Master Crystals, and those with augmented lifespans. Those descendents that attempted to go against the group’s original purpose were usually killed. This new movement would come to be known as the Resurgence.

Alliance with Humanity

The Resurgence has allied itself with a multitude of human groups since its founding, usually terrorists or like-minded dictators. Humans now comprise the majority of the Resurgence’s worldwide presence.

Goal

The modern-day Resurgence shares essentially the same goal as their predecessor organization. They wish to take both The Other World and Earth by force and establish themselves as the ruling body of both worlds.

Leadership

Most information about the Resurgence’s leadership is unknown, but it is known that the organization as a whole are lead by a small council of long-lived individuals who were members of the original detachment of 3,000. On a smaller scale, they make use of many ranks, including but not limited to Compound Commander, Regional Leader, Squad Officer, and Base Commander.

Methods

The Resurgence generally prefer guerilla tactics over direct combat, for reasons listed in the Strengths and Weaknesses section below. Most known incidents that have occured since the Breach to Earth in 2018 have involved terrorist attacks and guerilla strikes rather than all-out assaults.

Strengths and Weaknesses

The most glaring and obvious weakness of the Resurgence is their small number. They are greatly outnumbered by both the forces they would have to fight on Earth or in the Other World, but are even more greatly outnumbered now that the two have allied against them. They are also comprehensively outgunned.

The Resurgence has a number of advantages, however. Firstly, due to having originated from a war that ended hundreds of years ago, they have knowledge of and access to magical practices that have since been mostly forgotten. They also have a more comprehensive knowledge of humanity than the majority of the Other Plane, due to having lived on Earth and interacted with humans for centuries longer. They also have a large number of human allies, as mentioned above.

However, possibly the most dangerous aspect of the Resurgence is that, due to comprehensive experience with both humanity and those from the Other Plane, they have been able to mix human technology and infrastructure with Other Plane magic, blending the two into numerous hybrids. There have even been rumors of media spells-curses and glyphs that can be transmitted purely by image or sound. These rumors are as of yet unsubstantiated, but if there is any weight to them, this is possibly the most dangerous aspect of the Resurgence thus far.

Notable Members

Alru:

 Alru is a high-ranking Resurgence member, and is believed to be a mid-level administrator in charge of operations within a large region. He has lead several raids on Other World delegations and joint-world meetings. He has been observed to be very capable in combat and a competent leader. He has also been proven to be highly ruthless, having personally executed numerous hostages, delegation personnel, and uninvolved bystanders.

Notably, Alru led the raid on the joint-plane meeting that exposed the Other World to the rest of the world. The raid resulted in over two dozen deaths, with the survivors being captured. Were it not for the quick thinking of a Serpent consultant and human security guard, they would likely have either been sold for ransom or killed.

The Maelstrom:

The Master Crystal known as the Maelstrom (real name unknown) is thought to be the Resurgence’s top enforcer. He is among their most dangerous combatants, having singlehandedly killed hundreds and devastated entire battlefields in the original Blood Tide War.

The Maelstrom is the oldest known member of the Resurgence; he was known to be both alive and already in the Master Crystal stage of growth at the beginning of the original Blood Tide war, and, if reports are to be believed, is an active member of the Resurgence in the present day.

The Maelstrom has among the most terrifying reputations of any living creature from the Other Plane, a fact the Resurgence knows and exploits. They have used him as a threat both against Earth and Other Plane organizations and internally against those whose loyalty to the Resurgence they doubt.

Sitesska:

Sitesska is a female Serpent responsible for coordinating numerous Resurgence operations. She tends to work behind the scenes, generally not taking an active role in operations. However, on the few occasions in which she has come into direct conflict, she has proven to be a powerful and ruthless master-level mage, having been observed observed using powerful and precise advanced Glyph, Elemental, and Imbuement spells with ease.

Sitesska is often something of a maverick and doesn’t really follow any more than the minimum amount of rules necessary to complete her and the Resurgence’s goals. Were it not for her high level of competence and vital role in numerous Resurgence operations, she would likely have been executed years before the Breaches opened.

I love people! I swear! They just bring such an energy out of me. NOT! The only energy these type of people have brought out of me is bitterness, hatred towards our fellow man or women, and an undying desire to bring every person that thinks it's a good idea to hack someone's accounts, steal peoples identities, and play with people at all to justice. I literally cannot stand this type of stuff. I do not understand cybersecurity. I do not understand people like I used to. I do not understand coding. It honestly bores me! I fell asleep trying to read up on this type of stuff. But after three years of a holes trying and some succeeding, in breaching my accounts, stealing my data, my information and probably my children's as well. I've found myself at the point of no return. That now I want to learn all of this stuff to stop the clowns that keep hurting other people because of their greed and unwillingness to work for their money or for what they want out of life. I'm sorry I don't understand how people just wake up one day and say "hey, I think I'll learn to code so I can steal from good people that have never done anything wrong to me. " I am new to tumblr, I'm trying to navigate this place, as well as figure out the rest of my life at 40 years of age and putting my life on hold for my family for 20 plus years. I don't need any more damage being done to me and mine. We've been through enough pain and torment for a life time. So to the hackers of the world. Kiss my grits, because you absolutely suck! Karma has a special place for people like you, who hurt innocent people just so you can get a leg up in the world or feel like your special. Your not special! Your a clown. To the cybersecurity people of the world & Ethical Hackers. Keep doing you! Bring these buttheads to justice. Because I'm tired of seeing that I've been breached. To the point that I'm ready to break every damn electronic I own. That's sad considering I've got a lot of electronics in my home including my children's. About time to pick up the books again and to hell with the world wide web.