Cold Case by Susan Sleeman

Author:Susan Sleeman [Sleeman, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Trey found the lobby filled with officers. Not unusual. Classes weren’t in session. But they weren’t engaged in conversation as usual. They were clustered around the various monitors. Trey pushed through so he and Eryn could see one of the screens. Filled with a firehouse red background, the message read, “When you can’t get into your room, blame Eryn Calloway.”

Trey fisted his hands. He was a fool to think they might make it through the morning without another threat. But he shouldn’t be surprised. After all, Eryn was attacked and a woman was murdered. If their hacker was responsible for these actions, then the hacker meant business and wasn’t going to give up.

Denise found her way through the crowd, her expression downcast. Trey was sorry she’d gotten caught up in this mess, and he wished he could fix things for her. At least, he knew Eryn would be kind again, and that would make it easier for the other woman.

Eryn turned to look at Denise. “Your look says this is worse than these monitors indicate.”

Denise stepped closer and lowered her voice. “It’s not only the keycards, which is a total nightmare in itself, but he has control of all of the resort computers including reservations and room management.” She sighed, and it sounded to Trey like she felt like the world rested on her shoulders. “And all of these officers are going to be checking out soon.”

“We’ll figure this out.” Eryn smiled, but Trey could see it was forced. “When was your last total system backup?”

“We do a daily back-up at four a.m., but honestly that could be compromised, too, right?”

Eryn nodded. “But hopefully he didn’t touch it.”

“So how do we fix this?”

“There’s no ransom request so the resort can’t pay to have the system released,” Eryn said, sounding like she was thinking through the solution as she spoke. “If the backup is good, we can restore the system from that.”

“But what about reservations, check outs, and registrations since that?”

“We won’t be able to capture those. But it’s early in the day so I doubt you’ll be out a lot of information. You need to speak to your manager to get permission to restore from backup. Then I’ll take the necessary forensic snapshots that the sheriff will need to prosecute once this guy is found, and we’ll restore the system.”

“I’ll go talk to them.” Denise looked skeptical.

Trey thought she had a right to be. Eryn was good at her job, but could she really do what she said here, or was she just trying to reduce Denise’s stress?

Eryn laid a hand on Denise’s arm. “Remember to breathe. We’ll get through this together.”

Denise’s gaze remained skeptical. “Where will I find you after I talk to my manager?”

“Text me, and I’ll come to your office.”

Denise nodded and scuttled away.

Trey moved closer to Eryn. “Is it really not as big of a deal as you’re making out?”

“No, it’s a big deal. Huge.” She frowned. “The resort has an online reservation system so hopefully we’re only locked out of it, but the data will be intact.

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