Andrew strolled over to the window, leisurely sipping his juice as he admired the river view, his handsome face half–hidden in the morning light. “Yeah, really,” he said, and then added, “but only if I’m there.
“Why do you have toe with me?” Jenny grumbled, clearly annoyed. ‘Great, so much for my freedom <b>if </b>Andrew’sing along, she thought.
“To get my illness treated,” Andrew replied simply.
Jenny shrugged, figuring at least he’d agreed. “Fine, deal,” she said, sealing it.
Jenny got to work, fingers flying over her keyboard. It didn’t take her long to track down the Evans family’s secret database IP. She bypassed their digital defenses and slipped right inside–only to run smack into another hacker, who seemed to be after the same files.
“Who’s so bold to mess with me?” Jenny scoffed, tilting her chin up, not about to let anyone get the upper hand. Her hands moved lightning–fast, instantly cutting off the intruder’s connection.
Meanwhile, over in Willow Lane, Sean shot up in bed when hisputer beeped. ‘Who the hell just blocked my signal?‘ he thought.
He jumped out of bed, grabbed hisptop, andunched a hacking duel against the intruder.
After a few rounds, Sean realized this hacker was just as good as him–maybe even a notch above. He couldn’t help himself and shot off a message. [Back off. This data means a lot to me.]
Seeing the message, Jenny let out a cold smirk and fired back. [I refuse. If you’re thatpetent,e and take it.]
Sean mmed his keyboard, fuming, and sent another message. [Unbelievable! You’re so childish.]
[Like you’re any more mature. This is a free–for–all. Winner takes all.] Jenny retorted, not backing down.
They kept going back and forth, throwing shade at each other, neither one ready to admit defeat.
Sean had just nted a Trojan and was letting it slowly chew through the firewall. This level of security was child’s y for him, so he’d been lounging in bed, half–asleep. But with this surprise challenger crashing the party, he knew it was time to get serious.
The two of them went all out in a hacking free–for–all, not caring one bit about the mess they were making for the Evans family. Meanwhile, the Evans family’s IT department was in full panic mode.
“Mr. Evans, our security system’s been breached. All our encrypted files are gone, even the originals!” the assistant burst in, out of breath.
Nathan shouted, “What did you just say?!”
As soon as they stepped out of the office, a crowd of executives blocked their way, every face twisted with panic and worry.
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Nathan tried to y it cool, but his voice wavered. “Everyone, what’s the meaning of this?<b>” </b>
“Mr. Evans, we all know about the hack. What are you going to do about it?” one of the execs demanded, frustration boiling over. “This is a total crisis. In under five minutes, all our data was snatched. If itnds <b>in </b><b>the </b>wrong hands, we’re screwed!”
The Evans family had brought in the country’s top–tier hackers to guard their most confidential, off–the- record files, but they still got cleaned out in a single morning.
After the breach, the team immediately tracked the intruder’s location, but couldn’t break through the encryption. They estimated it’d take at least an hour to crack it.
“Quiet!” Henrymanded, his voice echoing down the hallway. “Our hackers are the best in the country. Once we find out who’s behind this, I’ll make sure they regret it. They’ll return what they stole, one way or another.”
There was nothing anyone could do but wait.
After two agonizing hours, the executives finally received the update from the Evans family’s security team- only to realize they’d beenpletely outsmarted. It was embarrassing, to say the least.
When the team finally pinned down the IPs, they realized there were actually two hackers in y.
They split up to chase both leads, but hit nothing but brick walls. One trail ended at a fake address, and the other was even wilder–it traced right back to one of their ownpanyputers.
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