Zero Day

MEMORANDUM

NS rated 10

DATE: April 18

FROM: Dr. Daryl Haugen Assistant Director Computer Infrastructure Security Unit, DHS

TO: Leonard A. Hayes Senior Deputy Director, NSA

RE: Interim Report, Summary of Events Related to Superphreak Virus and Resignation

Forgive me for wrapping up so many subjects in a single memo, but in my mind these are all intimately interconnected. First, as you requested, following is a summary of certain events related to the recent disruption in Internet service and the destruction of computers in the United States and Europe.

• We estimate that 800,000 computers were struck and suffered significant damage of one kind or another.

• To date, 23 deaths have been directly attributed to the various viruses.

• Three nuclear power plants shut down and took more than one month to come back online.

• The air traffic control system crashed in 11 airports, the largest of which was Chicago-O’Hare. No incidents occurred.

• The Navy lost contact with its ballistic missile submarine fleet for eight days. Emergency measures in place prevented any incident.

• The electric power grid in the Pacific Northwest was down for 3 days.

• We estimate a loss of $4 billion in the private sector and an additional $1 billion in government loss.

• Our efforts to portray this as a financial attack by the Russian mob have so far met with success. No credible source has linked this to any terrorist group.

Next, are the related subjects in which you expressed interest.

The law firm of Fischerman, Platt & Cohen went out of business. As I understand it, the death of the managing partner was the last in a series of unfortunate events leading to the demise of the once well-regarded firm. Its office space has been assumed by a branch office of the Department of Homeland Security, Manhattan District.

The murders of Sue Tabor and Joshua Greene remain unsolved. The murders of Michel Dufour, Labib al Dawar, and Fajer al Dawar have also not been solved, though a confidential report to the President of the Republic offered the opinion that it was a reprisal attack by another Arab group or a Mossad operation.

The murder of George Carlton was resolved by the charging of a local pimp and extortionist.

The woman who proved so instrumental in all this, Ivana Koskov, returned to Moscow. She has been sponsored into the United States by Interport, Inc.

I believe that is it. As we discussed, please accept this as my letter of resignation effective in 30 days. I will be joining Jeff Aiken in his company and look forward to working with you in that capacity in the future.