Cyborg Human Atypical Rejection Virus

&nbsp The Cyborg Human Atyical Rejection Virus (also known as 'Charge') was first diagnosed in Year +7 by Drs. Simon Simonsen and Sung Pak-Bi from the Luna Institute of Science.

The virus was first diagnosed on Earth after autopsies of several victims revealed they were each killed after bionic implants malfunctioned, overloading and sending a surge of power to the brain, instantaneously doing enough irreparable damage to cause brain death.

The results were distributed to the top minds in the field of bionics and cybernetic systems and Simonsen and Sung identified the problem.

At some point, a programmer imbedded malicious programming into the cybernetic software, causing a power malfunction at a random interval followed by an overload and fatal surge shortly afterwards. Forensic research was unable to identify who had access to the program individually, nor could the investigation determine if the programmers' mainframe was hacked, meaning the virus' creation was either a terrorist act or done for other malicious purposes though no organization has come forward to claim credit for the incidents, leading many observers to consider the virus the act of a rogue programmer.

Once identified, chips produced at the Teledyn Tokyo plant were recalled and destroyed and, initially, this led officials at Teledyne, medical facilities, and assorted governments to breathe easier. Unfortunately, it was a temporary lull. Within a year, more cases of Charge were occurring and this time, there were no clues as to where the virus entered the programming.

This news was covered up successfully for almost a year before investigators working on behalf of the San Angeles Metroplex put pieces together from various sources and data mining, and the story of "Charge" broke. From that point on, there has been a noticeable decrease in the use of cybernetic implants on Earth though this drop off did not extend off-world, as all deaths due to Charge have been traced to cybernetic implants installed on Earth. No implants manufactured off-Earth or installed off-Earth have been affected though this fact has not kept the public from rumor-mongering.