The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 192

Harriet was about to head upstairs to rest when her phone rang.

Upon hearing the news, she asked Joe if a hacker organization could be behind this and urged him to investigate.

Joe had a friend who was the head of an international hacker organization, so the investigation shouldn’t be too difficult.

By noon, Delbert still hadn’t returned, and Harriet was anxiously awaiting Joe’s call.

Fortunately, it wasn’t long before he called back.

“Miss Harriet, I’ve discovered that the breach into King’s system wasn’t the work of a hacker organization, but rather a hacker known as ‘Summer’,” Joe reported.

“Three years ago, he infiltrated the system of the hacker organization where Q was based. At that time, Q had a face-off with him. This hacker is incredibly skilled; even Q barely managed to fend him off and protect their core data.”

“Is it possible for Q to step in and help intercept this hacker’s intrusion?” Harriet asked urgently.

“My contact mentioned that although we can’t pinpoint this hacker’s exact IP address, some indicators suggest he’s currently in Wisteria. Perhaps the network of systems in that region could intercept him.”

From Joe’s tone, it was clear that he was taking the situation seriously. It seemed that Summer was a formidable foe.

“How did we end up crossing paths with such a heavy hitter?” Harriet

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King’s transactions had always been straightforward, with willing buyers and sellers.

They didn’t typically offend anyone.

“I’ll look into the specifics,” Joe promised, hanging up the phone.

As time ticked by, Harriet paced in front of the sofa, wondering when King might have upset someone.

Not long after, Joe called again.

Harriet had hoped it was news that the crisis had been resolved, but instead, what Joe reported left her stunned.

data leak, our recent order to deliver a vial of A-type serum to a tribal chief in Ysabel was intercepted before it could

80 million dollars, so the double compensation would amount to 160 million,” said Harriet, calculating the potential loss.

her main concern was something else. “Do you know who intercepted

that the group who intercepted the serum and the

serum was seized by a mercenary group. They were merely hired hands, and we can’t trace the mastermind behind

delivery, they deployed a professional team. Yet the

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are we dealing with?’

seemed to receive some good news, as his voice took on an

you a

grabbed a laptop, and followed Joe’s instructions to power up the computer, install the software, and connect to

screen.

was in his top-floor

keyboard. On his screen, a user with the code

one erecting a firewall while the other

their confrontation, she glanced at the clock. It was already seven

suddenly bump into this scene, how would she explain it?

dialed

an idea of when he would

Delbert finally picked up.

thought

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always been straightforward, with willing buyers

didn’t typically

into the specifics,” Joe promised, hanging up the phone.

ticked by, Harriet paced in front of the sofa, wondering when King might

after, Joe

crisis had been resolved, but instead, what Joe reported left her

us that due to a data leak, our recent order to deliver a vial of A-type serum to a tribal

before it could cross the border. If we fail to deliver the serum on time,

of the A-type serum is 80 million dollars, so the double compensation would amount

her main concern was something else. “Do you know who intercepted our

convinced that the group who intercepted the serum and the one who

the serum was seized by a mercenary group. They were merely hired hands, and we can’t