tgstation/-tg-station — pull request #3444 by GunHog (2014-04-17 21:52:22+00:00)
Title: Grants antagonist AIs the ability to hack bots.

An antag AI is now able to hack any robot through that robot's interface.

Applies to round-start traitor and malfunctioning AIs only. (Only ones with a Law 0)

A hacked robot behaves exactly as an emagged one does.

Normal silicons do not see the hack option and can only tell it is emagged by its behavior.

The following robots are affected:
- Medibots (including Mysterious versions)
- Securitron
- ED-209 (including laser tag versions!)
- Floorbot
- Cleanbot

Fluff-wise, I imagine malfunctioning AIs to be viral in nature, and are simply spreading that virus to its cyborgs (as they can hack them) and the station robots. Traitor AIs, while not viral, contain hacking software and are able to brute-force the PDA password and hack cyborgs in the same way malf ones can.