Don't Poke the Luna (Xena and Ryder)

Chapter 237

Xena's POV

"He's not here tonight, Jimmy explained. "He's been monitoring the cameras we set up at the tunnel entrances. Kid's a computer genius though. If anyone could hack into a phone company, it'd be him.".

"Where is he?" I asked.

'Set up in the basement with about six monitors," Bastian said. "He's been tracking everything since we sealed the tunnels. Paranoid as hell that they might try to dig them back out."

"Smart," Ryder nodded. "We should talk to him."

"The thing is," Keir spoke up, even if we get into the phone company systems, how do we know which numbers belong to Alpha Wiley? They could be under any name."

I'd been thinking about that too. "We start with the territory address. Every phone company has to have a physical address for service. Even if the account names are fake, the location has to be real for them to run the lines."

"And if they're using cell phones exclusively?" Novak asked.

"Then we look for patterns. Heavy data usage in that area, multiple lines registered to the same fake addresses, billing information that doesn't add up." I was getting excited talking through this. "Plus, if Galen's as good as you say, he might be able to cross-reference with other utilities. Electric, water, internet providers."

the way. And Galen's taught me some basic stuff. Phone companies aren't as secure as you'd think. They're more

would something like

looked thoughtful. "Depends on how deep we want to go. Getting basic account information? Maybe a few hours. Getting detailed call logs, location data, cross-referencing with other services? Could take a

or two,"

start with what we can get quickly," I suggested. "Basic account info, recent call logs. See if we can identify any patterns or important

last slice of pizza. "It's proactive instead of

We could move within hours. I have some that were mainly prepared for the tunnels but went unused." When he spoke, he looked directly

Galen. Tell him to wrap up whatever he's doing with the cameras and get up here.

Drake jumped

contact Penelope and Ama to start working with Galen on the hacking."

minutes discussing what it would mean to break

and how to do it. William

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Chapter 237

be done remotely. We don't need to get into the lines to

that true, Luna?" Novak asked. "We don't need to sneak into the phone

wires?

Eleven or something?" I tried to joke. "No, we can accomplish everything