Shreya stormed into the meeting room with an extremely annoyed expression. But Zack looked at her equally annoyed.

"You know how many times I have called you??" He asked in a very frustrated voice.

Pritham and Adam looked between the two nervously. If Shreya and Zack got into a fight, nobody will be able to stop them.

"You just ruined my date!!" Shreya replied pissed off standing right in front of Zack glaring at him.

Adam braved himself and intervened before the situation exploded.

"Hey guys… before you start breaking bones can we address the actual issue here first?? You know the company issue…" He stood right between the two. Even if one of them refused to listen to him, the first punch would sadly land on Adam but thankfully both of them decided to behave like a human being and sat around the table.

"Somebody hacked into our systems." Pritam said.

Shreya looked at him sharply.

"Hey hey… don't give me that look. I stopped him. I even tracked him down for you." Pritham explained panicked.

"Then why am I here??" Shreya asked. They all could smell the foul mood she was in. They all silently prayed they were not in the receiving end of it.

"He… he was looking for your information. He did not know to look for you specifically but he was looking for personnel above Anand Uncle." Adam said.

"I looked into his computer he was gathering information on all Top management people in the company. He had information on all of the Board people… their bank accounts, schedules and personal information including the family whereabouts. Since he did not know who you were, he hacked into the company mainframe and got caught. Or else we would have never known what hit us." Pritham said.

Shreya contemplated for a minute and then said, "Inform all the people to relocate for a while just in case."

Zack opened his mouth at last, "I talked to them. Some of them said they were approached by people before to sell out the company. But they all had straight out refused. So this is probably leverage. And the information weren't sent out yet. So they shouldn't be in much problem as of now."

"The problem as of now is, he wouldn't talk and there is nothing else on his computer that we acquired from him. So we don't know yet who is targeting the company." Pritham said.

Shreya got up and started pacing around circling the table. Everyone had long gotten used to this habit of hers. Once they have given all the information they have gathered, she will usually pace around the table deep in thoughts. She wouldn't really talk before gathering all the information and analyzed all the nook and cranny of it.

"I want people on all the board members… just in case. We can't really know none of them made a deal or not. So it should both serve as their protection and help us keep an eye on them. But do not make any move. It is strictly observe and report. And send me whatever the hacker had found on them to me directly. I want to go through them. And then tighten the security around all the ongoing high value projects. Restrict access only to persons directly involved. I do not want any leak. Since they are targeting the company, next step is possibly to directly affect our projects once they acquired top people on their side."

Then she turned towards Pritham and said, "Pritham, get me information on the hacker's personal life. I want everything you can find on him and his family then I will have him talk. He is probably hired anyways and he probably has a lot of security for his workspace. SO it is useless to find his lair. SO just find his house."

"It's probably S corp. or Walia, only those two have this kinda resources and guts to go against Sri corp. Moreover they both lost a lot of business to us in last two years. He just has to confirm which one it is. I will get it out of him."

Pritham nodded his head solemnly. At times like this Pritham was always amazed by Shreya. She could always think of all possible outcomes in the shortest amount of time. And her predictions so far have always been bullseye.

She then turned towards Adam, "I don't want any news about the company being hacked leaving this room. If people knew we were hacked they will panic regardless of whether or not we lost valuable information. And on top of it, I do not want any rumors within the company about me ever. My anonymity is the key and we have to make sure it stays that way. If people knew I was still meddling with the company, all hell will break lose and we will become sitting ducks. So until we solve my parents' murder no one should know I have returned."

She further discussed things on upcoming projects and stuffs for a long time. Once she was satisfied she had covered all aspects, she stood up.

"I think that is all for now. I will text you guys if I have something else. Pritham, mail me the details I have asked for. We will meet again directly at the bas.e.m.e.nt." She said and left.

Everyone just looked at her retreating figure.

Pritham spoke first, "Why does she want the information gathered by the hacker??? How will it help?? Anyways it's not sent out." It was hard for him to comprehend everything Shreya does. He will ask all sorts of questions and learn but he was still miles away.

"If there is some name missing in them, that mean that person had already made a deal. Moreover, if those people have any obvious vulnerability, she will either have to get rid of the vulnerability or them. Since having such a person with vulnerability in the management at hostile time like this is like a walking around with a time bomb." Zack explained.

"And since Shreya owns more than three quarter of the company shares, outside people has no chance of taking over the company. This is probably done by competition. If they can't acquire the company, they will try to destroy it. So obviously the next best option is to ruin our reputation. For that they will need info on our future major projects if they want to make a big impact." Adam further elaborated.

"Argh! Why do I always end up questioning my IQ when it comes to her??" Pritham asked himself baffled.

"Oh you should have studied with her… Everyone in our class used to feel that way." Adam replied drily. Shreya and Adam were of same age so they shared a classroom. She was not exactly a genius but had a high IQ. On top of it she was actually someone with high EQ. She saw through people easily. She read them like a book. She was not exactly social but she always knew whom to keep close and whom to keep a distance from.

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