Chapter 9 - Uncovering The Hidden Corporate Conspiracy

Back at the naval station, my terminal flashed a high-priority red alert warning.
The secure database had detected an unauthorized external cyber probe attempting to access my personnel files.
“Looks like your father-in-law is playing dirty,” Hayes noted, watching the firewall trace the incoming digital ping.
“He’s trying to dig up dirt to save his failing venture capital firm,” I replied, typing rapidly on my keyboard.
“Let’s give him a little something to look at,” Hayes smiled grimly, deploying a counter-intelligence trap.
We routed a decoy file containing classified naval deployment summaries directly back to the IP address in Pacific Heights.
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The trap would log every single keystroke Arthur’s fixer made, exposing their entire network of corrupt associates.
It was time to play offense against the men who thought they could control everyone around them.