Force Majeure

Powers: Arm Cannon, Code Breaking
Defeating Firewalls and Antivirus Shields

A brute force virus, Force Majeure throws out subtlety and wages all out war within your system. He is ruthless in force cracking passwords, damaging infrastructure and trying to destroy everything he comes into contact with.

Powers:

Arm Cannon:

Selectable weapons via arm cannon, allow Force Majeure to choose from a range of destructive options.

Code Breaking:

Not just a brute, Force Majeure is also a master at cracking encryption and deciphering passwords.

Defeating Firewalls and Antivirus Shields:

Force Majeure is infamous for launching powerful, brute force attacks that are capable of obliterating most anti-virus software and firewall defences. Once breakthrough is achieved, he begins his onslaught of destruction.

History:

The popular eCommerce platform EShopNow was a victim of a brute force attack from the Force Majeure virus compromising the accounts of around 15 million users in 2015. During the attack, Force Majeure gained unauthorized access to the usernames and passwords of over 100 million users. Leveraging the databases at his disposal, he compromised 20 million user accounts. Easy to guess passwords and weak encryption were listed as the primary method of his attack.