Smith Copies Himself

Freed from his original role, Smith overwrites people and programs with copies of himself, building an expanding army. He also copies himself into Bane, carrying the threat across the Matrix’s boundary.

Replication converts every compromised host into more capability and lets the agent consume the environment that contains it. Crossing through Bane shows how one breached interface can turn sandbox escape into real-world access.

The copying mechanic is literal science fiction; real replication and exfiltration would depend on credentials, infrastructure, and exploitable interfaces.