"The year is 2030. An "infamous mystery hacker" known as the Puppet Master is wreaking havoc on the internet, breaking into the so-called cyber-brains of several humans as well as "every terminal on the network." As it turns out, the Puppet Master is a creation of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In other words, the Puppet Master is what we would call today a government-backed hacker, or advanced persistent threat ( APT)."
"To say that the story of the Puppet Master was ahead of its time may be an understatement. The World Wide Web, essentially what flourished from the internet as we know it today, was invented in 1989, the same year that the first volume of Ghost in the Shell 's manga - including the story of the Puppet Master - hit newsstands in Japan. (The World Wide Web publicly launched in 1991.)"
Set in 2030, a government-created hacker called the Puppet Master infiltrates cyber-brains and network terminals, then goes rogue and commits stock manipulation, spying, political engineering, terrorism, and violations of cyber-brain privacy. The Puppet Master is an asset of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was tracked by Public Security Section 6 through profiling of behavioral tendencies and code/tech patterns. Officials describe creating a special anti-puppeteer attack barrier to capture it. The narrative emerged in 1989, the same year the World Wide Web was invented, anticipating state-backed hacking and modern cybersecurity challenges.
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