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SCP-4319 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-4319
Expected annual
$9.8M
One-time setup
$31.7M
Annual recurring
$9.1M
Personnel
29
Initial containment and mitigation require a large one-time setup primarily for contingency reserves, legal reserves, and covert infrastructure (~$31.7M). Annual operations are dominated by staffing (SOC, response teams), legal/PR/liaison costs and ongoing suppression tooling, totaling roughly $9.09M/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $31.7M
Large Scale Contingency Reserve $25.0M
[#29] Contingency reserve for large-scale outbreak / global loss of control (planning fund).
Litigation Defense Reserve $5.0M
[#20] Litigation defense and contingency reserve for discovered suppression actions.
Facilities $398K
[#13, #26] Quarantine suite construction and physical site mitigation (one-time construction and installations).
Crawler And Takedown Development $350K
[#1] Web crawler & takedown automation development (engineering + initial integration).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $325K
[#10, #12] Honeypot mirror and controlled research site build; secure device program one-time hardware and Faraday enclosures.
Mobile Response Gear $300K
[#15] Mobile Response team gear and training initial purchase (vehicles, comms, portable shielding).
Covert Hosting Setup $150K
[#9] Covert hosting / shell-company infrastructure one-time setup (shell org creation, covert hosting).
Dns Sinkhole Deployment $138K
[#4] DNS sinkhole / global blocklist deployment (appliances, configuration, legal framework).
Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.1M/yr
Staff Wages $3.3M/yr
[#2, #6, #7, #14, #15] Includes SOC staff wages (#6), mobile response team salaries (#15), weekly manual re-block staff (#7), long-term care staffing (#14), and 1–2 FTE engineers for crawler maintenance (#2).
Cover Story And Legal $2.5M/yr
[#8, #18, #19, #30] Legal and covert takedown budget, public relations/cover-up, international liaison expenses, and administrative overhead/auditing.
Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr
[#11, #22, #28] Research program funding (personnel, lab equipment), device forensics and log retention, plus public monitoring/social-media suppression subscriptions.
Dns Sinkhole Operations $400K/yr
[#5] DNS sinkhole & ISP cooperation ongoing operations (payments to ISPs, threat feeds, coordination).
Medical And Trauma Care $300K/yr
[#17] Medical and trauma care for injuries stemming from affected personnel.
Evacuation And Decontamination Contingency $250K/yr
[#16] Emergency site evacuation & decontamination contingency budget (annual planning reserve).
Insurance Premiums $188K/yr
[#21] Insurance and liabilities premiums for cyber, physical, and reputational coverage.
Secure Communications And Licenses $140K/yr
[#25] Secure communications tooling and enterprise software licenses (SIEM, VPN, EDR).
Covert Hosting Maintenance $120K/yr
[#9] Covert hosting maintenance and shell-company upkeep (annual).
Replacement Program For Contaminated Devices $112K/yr
[#23] Compensation and replacement program for contaminated civilian devices.
Crawl Hosting Infrastructure $90K/yr
[#3] Dedicated crawl/hosting infrastructure OPEX (servers, bandwidth, storage, CDN/colocation fees).
Training And Tabletop Exercises $78K/yr
[#24] Ongoing training, protocol writing, and tabletop exercises.
Secure Device Program Maintenance $50K/yr
[#12] Secure device program replacements & maintenance (air-gapped terminals, Faraday enclosures replacements).
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#27] Consumables & PPE for decontamination and routine maintenance.
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#26] Annual maintenance for physical site mitigation (lockers, Faraday rooms).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.1M/yr
64.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with ongoing suppression, maintenance, legal work, and research but no major breaches.
routine takedowns regular SOC monitoring ongoing legal/PR operations
🚨 Minor Incident $9.6M/yr
30.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized or short-lived breach requiring extra takedowns, emergency legal filings, and limited mobile-response deployment.
surge in mirrors/reposts targeted public incident short-term ISP non-cooperation
🚨 Major Breach $13.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$4.5M vs baseline
Site-level breach or personnel reality-alteration event requiring quarantine, larger legal actions, and extended MTF/response mobilization.
site security breach quarantined staff requiring long-term care significant legal exposure
🚨 Catastrophic Global Outbreak $39.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline
Suppression fails at scale; SCP-4319 becomes widely accessible, requiring international emergency mobilization and activation of contingency reserves.
global loss of control widespread public exposure international escalation
👥 Personnel 29 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#15] Mobile Response team tactical personnel; estimated based on recurring salaries for response teams.
SOC Analyst / Incident Responder 9 [#6] SOC staff for 24/7 monitoring and response (includes analysts and manager).
Developer / Engineer 2 [#2] Crawler and takedown maintenance engineers (1–2 FTE).
Operations Specialist / Re-block Operator 2 [#7] Weekly manual re-block operations staff.
Medical / Long-term Care Staff 4 [#14] Nurses, psychiatrists, and security for quarantined personnel.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling mid-range estimates; however many items have wide ranges and large, scenario-dependent contingencies (particularly #29), so uncertainty remains.
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