Chapter 20 - The Missing Flash Drive
Later that night, unable to sleep, Damian walked down to the estate security office to check the personnel exit logs for Martha’s departure.
He slid his master keycard into the terminal, pulling up the digital surveillance files for the kitchen and service wing.
The screen flashed an error message: “File Corrupted - Sector 4 Backup Overwritten.”
Frustrated, Damian called the head of IT for Ashford Global Enterprises to come out to the manor immediately and run a manual diagnostic.
Within forty-five minutes, the senior IT engineer arrived in the study, plugging a diagnostic laptop directly into the master server console.
“Mr. Ashford, someone didn't just corrupt this file,” the engineer said, adjusting his glasses in disbelief.
“The entire main server database was manually wiped from a local terminal in the master bedroom suite at 4:15 PM today.”
Damian felt the floor drop out from under him.
Only two people in the entire estate possessed the master security clearance code required to wipe the server.
May you like
Himself.
And Celeste.
