Elias slowly pulled the USB out. The screen reverted to black.
The laptop wasn't broken.
It was a puppet.
Inside were logs. User activity from the laptop’s owner—a seemingly ordinary accountant. But the logs showed connections to an untraceable server at 3:00 AM every day, file exfiltration, and a backdoor planted long ago. WinPE 10 11 MCBoot Pro VN Version 10
Elias plugged it in.