An RPG-suitable method for crippling the Internet

[Dannyalcatraz]

Is Evil.org doing this before the zombie plague begins? After? During?

Are the events linked or is it just coincidental?

What’s their goal?

 

[Scars Unseen]

What’s their goal?

Increase racy magazine sales. They would have been on top of the world if it weren't for that darn online smut.

 

[Jd Smith1]

Is Evil.org doing this before the zombie plague begins? After? During?

Are the events linked or is it just coincidental?

What’s their goal?

Mere hours before the outbreak, to reduce the spread of information and enhance confusion and panic among the general population.

Not a coincidence.

Nothing good.

 

[ruemere]

Step #1: Assume that most regions have implemented similar solution to Great Firewall of China.

Step #2: A hostile takeover of management facilities. Variant: covert action to implement subtle alterations.

 

[GMMichael]

From a fiction PoV, what would be a plausible-sounding description of a Net-crippling attack that did not involve EMP or Maguffins?

AI-human brain hybrid monopolizes all bandwidth - except for those packets it agrees with. Think: brain-in-a-jar-and-USB, or this:

 

[Jd Smith1]

AI-human brain hybrid monopolizes all bandwidth - except for those packets it agrees with. Think: brain-in-a-jar-and-USB, or this:

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Mere hours before the outbreak, to reduce the spread of information and enhance confusion and panic among the general population.

Not a coincidence.

Nothing good.

I was thinking suicide bombers at critical power stations and/or the actual server buildings themselves. Possibly using pre-suicided bombers (aka zombies).

 

[Jd Smith1]

I was thinking suicide bombers at critical power stations and/or the actual server buildings themselves. Possibly using pre-suicided bombers (aka zombies).

Not bad, but too dramatic for the style of the people behind the scheme. They shun ideology-based organization and actions.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Not bad, but too dramatic for the style of the people behind the scheme. They shun ideology-based organization and actions.

If they’re more like Umbrella Corp, the zombie bombers might be less like zealots and more like early prototypes.

“Why don’t we use the failed prototypes we already have on hand? We’re going to destroy them anyway, why not get some return on our investment?”

 

[Thunderfoot]

Is Evil.org doing this before the zombie plague begins? After? During?

Are the events linked or is it just coincidental?

What’s their goal?

Zombies are sooooo last year. The next wave is werewolves. lol Of course it could always be Skynet... BTW can anyone tell me the address of Sarah Conner?