Peter's eyes locked onto the handwritten note beside the encrypted drive just as the archive system emitted another sharp warning tone overhead, the sound slicing violently through the silence already tightening around the room. Caro reacted instantly from behind the partition, her pulse crashing hard against her ribs as the terminal screens throughout the archive floor flickered simultaneously. A red system banner spread across multiple monitors in rapid succession.
LIVE SHAREHOLDER PREVIEW FILE CORRUPTION DETECTED.
The junior auditor swore softly under his breath. "No… no, that feed was supposed to stay isolated until morning."
