Chapter 23 - THE DIGITAL SABOTAGE
On a rainy Tuesday morning, red warning banners flashed across every trading terminal inside Sterling Financial.
"CRITICAL ALERT: Unauthorized Liquidity Extraction In Progress," the automated system voice announced.
Adrian stood inside the central server room, watching billions of dollars in corporate assets drain toward untraceable accounts.
"Someone is using an old master security key generated by my father in 1998!" Chief Tech Officer Chen panicked.
"Can you trace the IP node handling the transfer?" Adrian demanded, his dark eyes cold with tactical focus.
"It's being bounced through sixteen proxy servers originating from a private terminal in Jersey City!" Chen reported.
"Lock down all external international wire gateways immediately!" Adrian ordered, slamming his hand on the console.
He pulled out his phone, calling Special Agent Davis at the FBI Cyber Crime Division with urgent authority.
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"Agent Davis, Elena Vance has accessed my father's old master key... she's trying to crash the firm right now."
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