The CIP device was a module specifically designed to breach the Classified Infrastructure Portal firewall. The CIP firewall protected most major U.S. infrastructure (telecommunication, transportation, and power grids); if it were breached, they would all be vulnerable to hacking. It was created by a captured Michael Latham at the behest of Sangalan war criminal Iké Dubaku. The device was used to perpetrate two terrorist attacks against the United States in an attempt to coerce President Allison Taylor into calling off the US invasion of Sangala. However, the device was destroyed during an undercover operation to capture Dubaku.