While this is part of their revenge scheme, it is also part of their greater goal to take down Blume, who relies on a lot of Umeni technology and contacts. Accordingly, several members begin to contact Aiden, giving him the information and means to target former and current Umeni executives. After exiting the prison system, these engineers, angry with Umeni and seeing the rising power of Blume, formed the DedSec organization and established the headquarters seen in the Watch Dogs: Bad Blood DLC.ĭuring the events of Watch Dogs, the Chicago arm of DedSec watches Aiden Pearce with great interest, seeing his attempts to bring down Blume as aligning with their own. When the system failed, liability was placed on the engineers, and not the corporation, resulting in the engineers being jailed for crimes they did not commit. This council likely oversees the militant arm of DedSec, which is first discussed when Clara explains the increased security presence at a ctOS center as being the result of a 'failed attack'.īefore the events of Watch Dogs, a corporation by the name of Umeni hired a group of engineers to create a system. They are known by this moniker because of their use of 'Dave' in online handles.

The organization is led by a 'Council of Daves', as stated in an audio log by DedSec member G1gg1元s in an audiolog. Despite this, there is a sort of 'hierarchy' within the organization. Mirroring this, they often tag advertisements, billboards, signposts, railway tunnels, and other landmarks with DedSec insignia.ĭedSec is primarily a loose collective of hackers. Famously, they hacked the ctOS official website at, and replaced it with a totally black page featuring a prominent DedSec logo formed from ASCII characters. They do this by publicly hacking systems and websites hosted or used by the ctOS systems and the partners that implemented it. Part of DedSec's activities is a focus on proving that the ctOS suite of systems is both incredibly flawed and hugely unneeded. Like Aiden Pearce, DedSec is against the implementation, expansion, and usage of ctOS, pointing out that it is riddled with security flaws and has been created for dubious reasons. While they are not directly affiliated with Aiden Pearce, their purposes often align with one another, placing DedSec firmly in Aiden's camp more often than not through Aiden's dealings with their members. They are first seen in Chicago during the events of Watch Dogs, indirectly aiding Aiden Pearce. DedSec is a huge secret collective of hackers who operate across the United States.

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