New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 367 Hacking Cryptonic

Claire and Matthew stepped out of the car, their footsteps echoing across the parking lot as they made their way toward the towering Metacortex building. But just as Claire reached for the door, her phone buzzed in her pocket. She pulled it out and frowned, eyes narrowing as she saw the alert.

"What now?" she muttered.

Matthew, sensing her tension, glanced over. "What's wrong?"

Claire held up her phone. "Someone's hacking into Cryptonic."

Matthew's eyes widened, and he let out a low curse under his breath. "Seriously?"

"Yeah," Claire said, biting her lip. "I need to get to Cryptonic, fast. Can you drop me off?"

Matthew paused for a second, then shook his head. "No way. Forget driving-let's take the helicopter. You'll get there a lot faster."

Claire shook her head. "We don't have time to wait for the helicopter now. Let's just go." She turned on her heel, heading back to the car, and Matthew followed right behind her.

Matthew didn't waste a second. As soon as they were back in the car, he floored it, weaving through traffic at a reckless pace. Claire stared at her phone, frustration building. Without her laptop, she couldn't do much except watch the alert notifications flash across the

screen.

"How did this happen?" Matthew asked, gripping the steering wheel a little too tightly. "Cryptonic's systems are supposed to be bulletproof."

"I don't know," Claire said, shaking her head. "This is the first time anyone's ever hacked into Cryptonic. It doesn't make sense."

Matthew took a sharp turn down a side street, hoping to bypass traffic, but they came to an abrupt stop as they hit a wall of cars. Both of them cursed in unison.

"Of course," Claire muttered, leaning back in her seat. "Should've listened to you about the helicopter."

voice sounded tight with frustration. "You were

inching through the city streets. By the time they reached the outer edges of town and the traffic finally began to

phone, helpless. "I hate

her a quick look. "We'll make

sped through the nearly empty roads, and after what felt like an eternity, they arrived at Cryptonic's building. Claire didn't wait for the car to

waiting for her by the

the situation?" Claire demanded as the elevator doors opened, and they

control, but it's like someone's hijacked everything," Billy explained, his voice low. "They can't even use their

to her office, tossing her bag onto the couch without even looking. Her

this can't be too

to enter the code to shut down the attack, everything went quiet. The alerts stopped. The hacking attempts vanished like they'd never even happened. Claire froze,

behind her, furrowed

Claire said, staring at her screens, completely bewildered. "The hack... it just stopped. I didn't even do anything

confusion. "Wait, isn't

Hacks don't just stop like that. Whoever was doing this didn't just give up." Billy, standing awkwardly by

“I don't know. But something's definitely off. We need to figure out what just happened." She glanced at Matthew. "Can you check the system logs?

on it." Matthew heads out of Claire's office to his

her chair, her mind still spinning. The attack had come out of nowhere, and just as quickly

up and turned to Billy. "Billy I need you to check if the IT team has gotten control of the monitor." he nodded and headed out of Claire's

way out of the office to

his head, his fingers still typing. "No trace of who it was. Whoever did this is seriously

I figured as much," Claire muttered, rubbing her temples. "Whoever they are, they've been planning

our next

stood up, pacing back and forth. "We wait. And we prepare.

glanced up from his laptop, his expression serious. "We need to step up security on everything, not just