The Origin Point: A Future Tech Cyber Novella by Case Lane

Author:Case Lane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: speculative fiction, future fiction, cyber, cyber security, cyber thriller, future thriller, future tech, speculative science fiction, techno political thriller, speculative thriller

CHAPTER FOUR - THE CONSUMER FILE

Marco paced his living room floor while a team of investigators recorded the scene for evidence. Watching their activities, he knew the work was fruitless. The theft of his mobile phone had been brilliantly executed. No clues to the perpetrator would be found at the physical crime scene, the more viable search would be online, as the technologists looked for breaches in FedSec data to find the information the thief had stolen. Marco actually had three mobile phones. He hung on to one for the number he used from his last employment, and another global number he used for personal travel, but neither device was equipped with the security measures downloaded to his primary FedSec phone. And his main device, the one he kept by his bedside, contained all of his contacts and access to FedSec and other confidential government sites. Although he knew the phone carried proprietary FedSec security protections, a talented hacker could override its capabilities in a matter of minutes. The system had been tested with cooperative independent technologists who had shown his security how external access could be attempted, but the preventative upgrades they had developed had not yet been implemented.

As an investigator approached to provide him with a summary of the situation he had already guessed, Marco stopped pacing to patiently absorb the details. The team had failed to determine the location from where the perpetrator would have operated the theft. The type of drone model was unknown. But based on Marco's description, they could narrow down the options and look at recent sales. The addition of the grasping claw was intriguing but not conclusive. They explained the functionality was an emerging feature and could help identify specific models equipped to attach the accessory. But to remotely manipulate the claw, the drone's camera had to revolve with the ability to look downwards and sideways. The perpetrator would be someone skilled with the equipment. Marco nodded and dismissed the investigator, the information would not advance the case or provide him with the insight he needed.

After providing another investigator instructions for closing up his apartment when they finished, he retreated to his car and drove to FedSec. Entering his office, he logged into the system, requisitioned a replacement mobile phone, and called Julia from his secure landline. After telling her details of the theft, he waited for yet another condemnation of his lack of care.

"Think about the implications of thefts by drone," Julia sympathetically responded. "No fingerprints, no digital trail, no sighting of the perpetrator, it will be cleanest crime a criminal can pull off...until COSA is built out and every drone is on the system or picked up by sensors."

"Well our covered future does not help me now," Marco angrily responded. "The claw on the drone opened my unlocked door. I'm on the 18th floor, I could never have imagined the scenario of a drone coming in through my balcony."

"No, of course not."

"The preliminary security analysis says my mobile was used to access FedSec files.

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