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SCP-6590 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-6590
Expected annual
$7.1M
One-time setup
$4.7M
Annual recurring
$7.0M
Personnel
25
Initial one-time build and reserves are substantial (~$4.72M) driven by contingency reserves, research setup, and secure lab/network work; annual operating costs are dominated by staffing and monitoring (~$6.96M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.7M
Contingency Fund $2.8M
[#22] One-time contingency reserve for catastrophic escalation response (fast-access funds).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $900K
[#16] Research program setup costs (compute, ML/modeling, lab instrumentation, grad hires onboarding and initial research infrastructure).
Facilities $450K
[#3, #15, #19] Secure analysis/sandbox lab construction, classified-network redesign, and access-control/setup costs (physical shielding, data-diode install, network redesign, access control hardware).
Removal Migration Program $275K
[#20] One-time funding for a removal/rewrite program to encourage migration off Flash and tooling/incentives to reduce attack surface.
Equipment $195K
[#2, #11, #12, #18] On-prem hardware/reserved instances for analysis nodes, honeypot/server setup, secure archival storage hardware, and one-time emergency communications hardware.
Web Sweeper Software Dev $100K
[#1] One-time software development and orchestration for global crawling, takedown automation, anti-blocking and sandbox orchestration.
Training Program Development $50K
[#14] One-time development of memetic/OPSEC training program and certification materials.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.0M/yr
Staff Wages $3.3M/yr
[#5, #6, #7] Payroll for specialized incident-response/malware analysts (24/7 coverage), additional IT/DevOps staff for pipelines, and internal security/OSINT/investigator teams.
Research And Monitoring $1.5M/yr
[#1, #2, #4, #11, #12, #16, #17, #21] Ongoing web-sweeper & streaming node operations, forensic/malware-tool licenses, honeypot operations, secure archival storage retention, ongoing R&D labor/compute, signature distribution, and archive purging work.
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #24, #25] Legal/DMCA retainer and per-incident takedown processing, PR/cover-up retainer and misinformation budget, host/CDN cooperation retainers/SLAs, insurance/indemnities, and recurring decommissioning/destruction certification costs.
Logistics And Transport $906K/yr
[#13, #18, #19, #20] Recurring budget for emergency covert takedown/physical ops, emergency communications uptime, physical site security/guards, and ongoing removal/migration outreach expenditures.
Facilities Maintenance $98K/yr
[#3, #15] Annual maintenance, certification and audits for air-gapped/EM-shielded lab and ongoing network audits/IDS/IPS tuning.
Training And Opsec $30K/yr
[#14] Ongoing OPSEC/memetic recertification and tabletop exercises for cleared analysts.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#23] Small recurring consumables (paper, printer supplies, shipping of drives, per-diems, minor travel).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.0M/yr
78.0% probability / year
Routine year: containment and monitoring operate normally with no major public incidents.
routine monitoring no major breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $7.5M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized surge in instances requiring elevated takedown, PR push, and additional covert takedown ops.
localized outbreak multiple public copies legal/PR surge
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $10.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Major public leak / mass propagation into archives and major platforms requiring full contingency activation.
public leak mass archive entrenchment widespread media exposure
👥 Personnel 25 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Malware Analyst 15 [#5] Core incident response, malware/Flash analysts and forensic engineers providing 24/7 coverage and analysis.
Engineer / Maintenance 4 [#6] DevOps and automation engineers who maintain crawlers, takedown pipelines, anti-blocking infrastructure and signature distribution.
Security Officer / Investigator 6 [#7] Internal security/OSINT investigators and attribution specialists handling account tracing, provider liaison and covert investigative activities.
📋 Confidence Notes
Significant uncertainty remains because SCP-6590 propagation mechanics are anomalous and poorly understood; many cost items depend on the unknown frequency and scale of future propagation and legal/operational escalation, so ranges and scenario probabilities are approximate.
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