![[Software.png|128x128]] #### Decrypt 1st-level software hack **Launch Time:** 1 minute **Duration:** Instantaneous You can crack through encryption quickly and easily (countering the encrypt hack and other security protocols). You must make an Intelligence (Computers) ability check against the encryption DC to break through it. If the check fails by 5 or more, the owner of the system is alerted to the hack, and if it fails by 10 or more your identity is revealed to the target. This hack is most commonly used to hack into people’s accounts for social media, security passwords for electronic locks, IMs, and other protected accounts. This hack cannot be used to hack into someone’s daemon directly, so it does not allow mind-reading or control of any type. It does, however, allow you to hack into their email, stored images and video, and private messages. Unless a target has been specifically encrypted or has a firewall from an upgrade, class feature, or other ability, the base DC is 10. Secure emails and cloud services that store video, images, and other data typically have a DC of 15-20, while military and other highly secure servers can have a DC of 20-25.