Editing DedSec

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{{Spoilerhd|17 September 2025|[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]}}
{{Quote|We're simply delivering a message. However, bear in mind that we have eyes everywhere.|DedSec to Shimazu Sei, c. 2023.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 75}}
{{Faction infobox
|name = DedSec
|image = ACFT - Hacker logo.png
|locations = Worldwide
|active = 21st century
}}
'''DedSec'''<ref name="EP 113">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 113|Episode 113]]</ref> is a hacking collective with a worldwide presence whose goal is to expose and fight corruption, especially among corporations like [[Abstergo Industries]]. For this reason it has, occasionally, worked alongside the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]], though its members have a strict anonymity policy and only communicate remotely to maintain their identities secret.

==History==
===Helping Nathan Zhang===
{{Quote|I advise you to refrain from acting out of impulse, Supervisor Shimazu. The control system for your vessel is already under our command. We have the ability to lock you in that room for any suspicious actions... not to mention, the entire ship, if need be.|DedSec threatening Sei, c. 2023.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 75}}
[[File:ACFT - Sei talking to the hackers.png|thumb|170px|left|DedSec contacting Shimazu Sei]]
At some point, the Assassin [[Nathan Zhang]] became acquainted with DedSec, who would subsequently assist him with his operations whenever he called upon them. In 2023, Nathan requested DedSec's aid to rescue [[Noa Kim]] from Abstergo's captivity, and the hackers proceeded to breach the security system of the ''[[Exitus]]'', the ship Noa was held on.<ref name="EP 75">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 75|Episode 75]]</ref>

After making their presence known to [[Doctor]] [[Shimazu Sei]] by displaying their emblem on a monitor, DedSec warned her not to try anything reckless as the entire ship was under their control. When asked what they wanted from her, the hackers claimed that they were simply delivering a message and proceeded to put Sei into contact with Nathan. After Nathan and Sei negotiated a deal to ensure Noa's safety, DedSec restored control of the ''Exitus'' back to Abstergo.<ref name="EP 75" />

During Noa and [[Yuki]]'s subsequent mission to recover a [[crescent amulet]] – a [[Piece of Eden]] – from the [[Strait of Malacca]], DedSec sent a message to Sei on her phone, informing her that Nathan and his men would reach her position shortly.<ref name="EP 76">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 77|Episode 77]]</ref> Following Noa and Yuki's successful retrieval of the amulet, they and Sei escaped from Abstergo with Nathan's help, going on the run.<ref name="EP 79">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 79|Episode 79]]</ref>

===Working with the Assassins===
{{Quote|Since you asked, Claire Zhang... we felt that we also have some skin in the game. Our invitation must be in the mail, so we took the liberty of letting ourselves in. I trust you'll understand.|DedSec to Claire Zhang, c. 2023.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 112}}
While Nathan and Noa were hiding on an [[uncharted island]], DedSec sent a message to the former, informing him that Abstergo's [[Sigma Team]] had tracked them down and would arrive shortly.<ref name="EP 111">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 111|Episode 111]]</ref> Fortunately, Nathan and Noa were able to defeat the Abstergo operatives and escape the island with the help of a group of Assassins sent by Nathan's sister [[Claire Zhang]]. As Noa, Nathan, and the Assassins fled the island on the latter's speedboat, Abstergo tried to follow them with a {{Wiki|Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone}}, but DedSec remotely shut it down.<ref name="EP 112">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 112|Episode 112]]</ref>

During a meeting between Noa, Nathan, Claire, and the Assassins at the [[Zhawang Corporation]]'s headquarters in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], DedSec breached the building's security system to communicate with the group and observe them on the cameras. After expressing interest in joining the group's [[Assassin-Templar War|fight]] against Abstergo, Noa proposed an alliance between all those present to save Sei from Abstergo's captivity. [[Chicago fixer|One]] of DedSec's members then proceeded to show Noa and the others footage gathered from Abstergo's internal network, which revealed that Sei had been used as an [[Animus]] [[Animus Project|test subject]] to uncover the location of a [[Lotus disk|Piece of Eden]].<ref name="EP 112" />

After DedSec suggested that the only way to stop Abstergo was to eliminate Sei so that the [[Templars]] would be unable to extract any more information from her, they revealed that Sei was being held at the [[Abstergo Genetic Research Lab]] in [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]. Noa volunteered to carry out the mission and proceeded to infiltrate the Abstergo laboratory alongside the Assassins, all the while DedSec maintained contact with him. Once Noa plugged a flash drive into the building's main server, DedSec gained control of the facility and directed Noa to the room where Sei was held.<ref name="EP 113" />

==Known members==
*[[Chicago fixer]]

===Allies===
*[[Noa Kim]]
*[[Nathan Zhang]]
*[[Claire Zhang]]

==Behind the scenes==
DedSec is an organization originating from ''{{Wiki|Watch Dogs|Watch_Dogs}}'', another video game series developed by [[Ubisoft]]. Despite previous statements made by [[Aymar Azaïzia]], Ubisoft's Head of Content for the ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)|Assassin's Creed]]'' series, that the ''Assassin's Creed'' and ''Watch_Dogs'' universes were separate continuities and that any crossovers between them were just [[easter eggs]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/|archivedate=26 March 2017|author="AymarMtl"|date=21 March 2017|accessdate=19 November 2024|publisher=''Reddit''|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter|venngar_0011|status/927670643373387777|venngar_0011|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter|AymarMtl|status/927671432938696704|Azaïzia Aymar|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter|venngar_0011|status/927671710303825920|venngar_0011|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter|AymarMtl|status/927670643373387777|Azaïzia Aymar|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref> DedSec would go on to play a major role in the 2023 webtoon ''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'', seemingly bringing the two universes together.

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''

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