Medjed

Medjed is a group of hackers in Persona 5.

Appearances

 * Persona 5

Persona 5
Medjed is a group of high-profile hackers comes into the scene after the Phantom Thieves of Hearts have succeeded in the third heist against Junya Kaneshiro. They criticize the thieves are hypocrites as Medjed is the only qualified bringer of justice. They would recognize the thieves if they join their group. It is right after this declaration, Futaba Sakura under the guise of "Aribaba" contacts the protagonist as she is aware of his alter ego asks his group to steal a person's heart in exchange for her skill to strike back Medjed. Before they have time to take any action, Medjed declares victory as the thieves remain silent and as a punishment to the thieves' admirers, they will rip their properties off.

After Aribaba cancels her request and the thieves celebrate in an expensive sushi restaurant, Medjed challenges the thieves to steal their hearts before the deadline or they will launch a hacking which they claim to have destructive impact to Japan's economy and in the same time wipe off all contents of the Phantom Thief Channel. Realizing the severity of their threat, the thieves make direct contact with Futaba Sakura for help to stop Medjed in exchange for stealing her heart. Once the Phantom Thieves successfully steal Futaba's heart she easily puts a stop to Medjed. As she reveals, the original Medjed was Futaba herself, along with a group of online friends. The Medjed that attacked the Phantom Thieves, however, were not the actual Medjed but the Conspiracy, which Futaba realizes when destroying their hacking server (as the true Medjed uses her own distinct programs).

Later when the thieves infiltrate Shidou Palace, it turns out the one who actually plays Medjed during this whole incident is the CEO of an intellectual technology company who has connection to Masayoshi Shido. Futaba is furious at this identity thief and demands the gang to beat his shadow to obtain the invitation required to access Shadow Shido's representative chamber instead of negotiating peacefully.

Trivia

 * Medjed's closing tagline "We are Medjed. We are invisible. We are formless and we strike evils" in their announcements is very reminiscent of "We are . We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget."