DA-134
KKfefhbhesjkjkjjqwertyuio]: Medium
Secure Containment Guidelines:
DA-134 is contained within an isolated Foundation-grade digital archive in Site-██. The original file is stored on a hardware-locked storage device with no wireless capabilities and is disconnected from all public or internal networks. Access to the containment chamber requires approval from two personnel of Grade 4 or higher, while interaction with the file itself requires direct authorisation from at least one Grade 6 staff member.
No personnel are permitted to open DA-134 through standard operating systems, file explorers, or Microsoft software. Interaction is to occur exclusively through the proprietary observation program designated "████” designed to interrupt rendering before the anomalous sequence fully manifests. Testing sessions are restricted to a maximum of fifteen minutes total exposure time per day across all personnel to minimise cumulative cognitive effects.
In the event DA-134 is accidentally opened outside containment procedures, the affected terminal is to be immediately powered down and physically destroyed. Exposed individuals are to be quarantined for neurological examination. Individuals displaying complete cognitive collapse are to be transferred to medical. Under specific circumstances, subjects exposed to DA-134 who are at a high risk of deceasing will be released from the site with high class amnestics to their relatives.
Any unauthorised duplication of DA-134 is punishable under Foundation Internal Security Protocol █████. Due to the file's digital nature, all containment systems are to undergo weekly inspection for corruption, replication, or unexplained transfers.
Description:
DA-134 is an anomalous Microsoft document file of unknown origin, first recovered from an abandoned office computer in ████████, England after multiple employees within the building suffered sudden and irreversible neurological failure. The file itself appears visually simplistic, containing only several abstract green shapes resembling stylised tree branches and the text:
"KKfefhbhesjkjkjjqwertyuio]"
No additional metadata, author information, or embedded scripts have been successfully identified. Despite extensive forensic analysis, the document contains no detectable malware, executable code, or cognitohazard markers identifiable by conventional software.
The anomaly manifests only when the document is fully rendered on-screen. Subjects observing the completed loading sequence experience immediate and catastrophic cognitive degradation. Early symptoms include disorientation, inability to speak coherently, loss of motor coordination, and severe memory fragmentation. Within approximately thirty seconds, higher brain activity ceases almost entirely. Survivors remain in a permanent vegetative condition with no recorded recovery.
If loading is interrupted before completion, no anomalous effects occur. Testing has revealed that DA-134's effect does not activate through screenshots, photographs, handwritten copies, or partial renders of the file. The cognitohazardous effect appears tied specifically to the completed digital rendering process.
Neurological scans of affected individuals reveal near-total inactivity across regions associated with reasoning, language, and conscious thought, despite no visible physical trauma to brain tissue. Medical personnel have compared the condition to artificial brain death while autonomic bodily functions remain active.
DA-134 was recovered following an emergency response to reports of "mass fainting" within the offices of █████ Data Solutions. Responding authorities discovered eleven employees seated motionless at their workstations, all facing identical computer screens displaying the anomalous file. Three victims were declared clinically brain dead at the scene, while the remaining eight never regained meaningful cognitive function.
Investigators noted that one workstation remained unaffected due to the computer freezing during document loading. The employee assigned to that terminal survived without symptoms and later described the document as "just some weird trees and random typing" before the application became unresponsive.
Foundation agents embedded within local emergency services intercepted the incident within two hours. All digital records associated with the event were confiscated, and surviving witnesses were administered Class-B amnestics.
Following Incident 134-█, in which Junior Researcher ██████ bypassed rendering safeguards to "verify the effect personally," all future testing involving full manifestation of DA-134 requires unanimous approval from Site Command and Grade 6 oversight.
Incident 134-█ resulted in the permanent incapacitation of three researchers after ███████ failed to terminate the render sequence within the approved timeframe. Investigation later determined the system delay measured only 0.8 seconds. Despite the minimal exposure, all affected personnel suffered irreversible cognitive termination.