Alter

#hacking #Rules

Alter (Single-Execution)
Default: Computer Hacking-3 or Computer Programming-3.
Base Complexity: 4.

Change target program or data object in such a way as to serve a different purpose, but still function and appear valid.

Use Alter to insert technically consistent records into a data-base, build a back door into an ICE program (add margin of success on Alter to subsequent rolls to Breach the ICE), or change the way that a program works (e.g., a scheduled money transfer moves the funds into a numbered Swiss account instead of its usual destination).

Successfully made, such changes will go unnoticed until their results become apparent (disinformation spread, funds missing, etc.), unless the program or datum is successfully Analyzed – the Analyze roll must succeed by a greater margin than the original Alter roll.

This is one of the Hacking Programs.

skill_defaults:: "Computer Hacking-3 or Computer Programming-3"
complexity:: 4