2020. Data processing and transmission processes accelerated dramatically, and the arms race gave way to the intelligence race. But if everyone has access to information, then there should be those who operate with this information - in their own interests. A system that tramples on free thought - and hackers fighting in the name of universal freedom. America, tightening the screws of oversight to a steel rattle - and slum geniuses, tiny dodgy cogs derailing a gloriously oiled state machine...