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."

with frustration.

they reached the outer edges of

"I hate

quick look.

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

hurried inside, Claire spotted her secretary, Billy, waiting for her by the

situation?" Claire demanded as the

like someone's hijacked everything," Billy explained,

breath. As soon as the elevator doors slid 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

the keyboard. "Whoever's doing this can't be too

alerts stopped.

standing behind her, furrowed his

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

"Wait, isn't that a good

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

don't know. But something's definitely off. We need to figure out what just happened." She glanced at Matthew. "Can

Matthew heads out of Claire's

chair, her 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

to Billy. "Billy I need you to check if the IT team has gotten

out of the office to Matthew's

still typing. "No trace of who it was. Whoever did

her temples. "Whoever they

our next

and forth. "We wait. And we prepare. If they come back-and they will-we'll be ready

need to step up security on everything, not just Cryptonic. If they're targeting one system,