Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-8094461-20141219033544/@comment-24891101-20141219061029

Given that we've already seen AIs in Remnant, which apparently emitted no detectable Aura, and that Penny is the first instance to emit militarily useful quantities sufficient that she be field-tested, rather than mere bench testing, it's probable that she's not actually an AI. That is, she's not mere clever programming on mere silicon, like the CCT receptionist or the AK-series. Instead, it's likely that she's a full-blown neural net, the first of sufficient interconnection to yield a soul. Therefore, conventional hacking would likely be ineffectual against her mind proper, though her peripheral computers might be vulnerable.

That said, it's also likely (certainly realistically, if not by show-logic) that the complement Ironwood brought with him shouldn't be vulnerable to elelctronic warfare. Their C3 functionality shouldn't have anything to do with the CCT, save perhaps as a signal booster, which would be routed through isolated networks. Regardless, they'd be on local control, their actions coordinated aboard the vessels Ironwood brought down with him. They'd likely not have external connections to non-military networks, because that's the obvious point of compromise.