Chapter 14 - The Estate Legal Counsel Arrives At Midnight Swiftly
The screech of tires announced the arrival of a sleek black town car speeding up the long gravel driveway.
Marcus Vance, the chief legal counsel for Hayes Industries, stepped out into the rain with a briefcase in hand.
He hurried up the front steps, flashing his security badge to the gate guard before entering the grand foyer.
“I received your urgent encrypted alert, Daniel... what’s the status of the corporate firewalls?” Marcus asked anxiously.
“Victoria’s backup drive just initiated a remote data wipe targeting our primary R&D server vaults,” Daniel replied urgently.
Marcus slammed his briefcase onto the console, pulling out an emergency override cable to plug directly into the laptop.
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“Work fast! If they breach the core database, our entire biotech patent portfolio goes public in minutes,” Marcus ordered.
Fingers flying across the keyboard, the attorney hammered out code sequences to sever the external network connection.
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