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."

her, though his voice sounded tight with frustration. "You were in a panic earlier. Traffic shouldn't

city streets. By the time they reached the outer edges of town and the traffic finally began to clear, Matthew was practically pressing the gas pedal

helpless. "I hate

her a quick look. "We'll make it.

Cryptonic's building. Claire didn't wait for the car to come to a complete stop before she jumped out, with Matthew close

waiting for her by the

demanded as the elevator doors opened, and

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

open to her floor, she marched straight to her office, tossing her bag onto the couch without even looking. Her laptop was open in seconds, and she fired up

deflect whatever this is," Claire said, her fingers flying across the keyboard. "Whoever's doing this can't be too far ahead. We've got to stop them before they steal anything

about to enter the code to shut down the attack, everything went quiet. The alerts stopped. The hacking attempts

furrowed his brow. "What's

at her screens, completely bewildered. "The hack...

confusion. "Wait,

a good thing. Hacks don't just stop like that. Whoever was doing this didn't just give up." Billy,

figure out what just happened." She

Matthew heads out of

mind still spinning. The attack had come out of nowhere, and just as quickly as it had started, it was gone. And that wasn't how things worked. Whoever had hacked Cryptonic wasn't some amateur-they knew exactly what they were

turned to Billy. "Billy I need you to check if the IT team has gotten control of the monitor." he nodded and

her way out of the office to Matthew's she pushed

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

temples.

what's our

And we prepare. If they come back-and they will-we'll be ready

need to step up security on everything,