It is rumored to be a 135-gigabyte (or sometimes 1.35 TB) collection of "forbidden" data. Speculation ranges from blueprints for futuristic technology and classified government documents to hyper-realistic simulations of human consciousness.

Some versions of the story claim the file was a "dead man's switch" belonging to a high-level whistleblower. If they stopped checking in, the link would be pushed to the public.

It gained new life in the 2020s through "Internet Iceberg" videos on YouTube and TikTok, where it is often placed in the deeper tiers as an example of "Lost Media" or "Dark Web Mysteries."

The story typically begins on message boards like 4chan or early 2010s paranormal forums. A user claims to have found a massive, password-protected .rar file on a forgotten server or a deep-web directory. According to the lore:

The name follows a specific naming convention used by early "warez" groups and leakers to make files seem official and intimidating.