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

into 20 minutes of inching through the city streets. By the time they reached the outer edges of town

glancing at her phone, helpless. "I hate this. I

look. "We'll

at Cryptonic's building. Claire didn't wait for the

for her by the

the elevator doors opened, and they

everything," Billy explained, his voice low. "They can't even use

slid open to her floor, she marched straight to her office, tossing her bag onto the couch without

deflect whatever this is," Claire said, her fingers flying across the keyboard. "Whoever's doing this can't be too

The alerts stopped. The hacking attempts vanished like they'd never even happened. Claire froze, her

her, furrowed his

screens, completely bewildered. "The hack... it just stopped. I didn't even do

blinked in confusion. "Wait, isn't that

not a good thing. Hacks don't just stop like that. Whoever was doing this didn't just give

something's definitely off. We need to figure out what just happened." She glanced at Matthew.

Matthew heads out of Claire's office to his

and just as quickly as it had started, it was gone.

if the IT team has gotten control of the monitor." he

the office to Matthew's she pushed

head, his fingers still typing. "No trace of who it was.

her temples. "Whoever they are, they've been planning this for a

what's our next

forth. "We wait. And we prepare. If they

up security on everything, not just Cryptonic. If