Project SIPHON

Project SIPHON was a pre-War initiative, information of which is found in Sugar Grove terminal entries.

Background
Also known as "CX-15," the project focused on creating a data exfiltration program. The scientists attempted to develop an automated data exfiltration holotape, capable of "scanning hostile networks, detecting data sources of interest, compressing the data, and extracting it for later analysis." The project achieved a successful data compression ratio of 200:1 but due to concerns with SIPHON's iridium-infused magnetic tape which cost $15 million per holotape, oversight was transferred to the Sugar Grove SigInt Analysis division.