Monkeysky

User interface of AWay VPN, the first known version of SCP-0000

Item #: SCP-0000

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: Copies of SCP-0000's software for research and testing are to only be stored and operated on computers disconnected from any public or Foundation network. Any website offering access to SCP-0000 is to be disabled until the software can be made no longer available.

For digital security measures developed in response to SCP-0000, review the following:

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The following network security guidelines must be followed at all times, without exception. Any deviance from these guidelines must be reported to the Network Security Department immediately.

• Authorized users must input their identities, individual six-digit PIN and the current code from a synchronous multi-factor authentication token each hour in order to load new pages of the database on any portable or offsite device.
• Authorized users are prohibited from sharing their PINs or authentication tokens with any other indviduals, including other authorized users, with the exception of members of the Network Security Department.
• Any authorized user who has lost or revealed their PIN or active authentication token must immediately notify the Network Security Department to receive new database access credentials.
• Authorized users must present their employee identification, two forms of legal identification and three forms of biometric verification in order to receive or renew access credentials.
• The first fifteen contributions to the database by any authorized user, including adding, removing and editing individual entries, must be verified in person with a member of the Network Security Department. This must be repeated after any replacement of access credentials.
• The Network Security Department will never ask an authorized user for their access credentials over email, text message or any other remote communication. Any requests for access credentials are an illicit phishing attempt and must be reported immediately.

Description: SCP-0000 is an anomalous virtual private network (VPN) software capable of communicating data through a proxy server in currently-unknown location, theorized to be inside of an artificial pocket universe.

SCP-0000 is able to encrypt data through an unknown (potentially thaumaturgical) algorithm which has resisted all attempts at external decryption or automatic identification to date, currently impeding any attempts at directly blocking access to SCP-0000. SCP-0000's proxy server has demonstrated an ability to generate a wide array of data without the input of the human user, including geolocation and local network authentication, granting the user access to networks that are otherwise highly restricted.

The first known version of SCP-0000's software was made freely available online under the name "AWayVPN" on January 23rd, 2005 by an unknown developer. SCP-0000 has been rereleased under several other names since, including "Interstice VPN", "EnterNet" and "JokerMask VPN", and is almost always presented explicitly for use in digital infiltration. Although SCP-0000's software version number varies between different sources, there are no observable differences in function between any of the versions.

SCP-0000 has been used by an unknown number of unauthorized individuals to access and edit Foundation databases as early as August 3rd, 2008 using insecure login details from Junior Data Architect Sammy █████¹, and remained undetected until April 20th, 20██ [See Document-0000-1]. During this time, over ████ entries were added to the database, although no genuine articles are believed to have been directly altered or removed prior to the day of detection. It is currently estimated that over 80% of individual database entries are compromised.

--Show Document-0000-1--

The following is a log of instant messages between members of GoI-5869, ██████████████████, collected on April 20th, 20██ immediately before identifying information related to members of GoI-5869 was removed from Foundation records.

███████ joined the channel.
███████: hey everyone
██████: hey !
███████: so
███████: I heard from █████
███████: that there was a password
███████: to get into
██████████: Please stop sending so many messages in a row. I'm sick and the notification noise is giving me a headache.
███████: that one website
███████: sorry

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Footnotes

1. Acquired through an entry form for a falsified contest to win a giftcard to the ███████ chain of restaurants