Dissecting the Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network, Revised Edition

CHAPTER

F1V3

Status Check

Sunday, 9:32 a.m.

The South Texas rain fell heavily on the 1970s vintage house. The small structure wore its 30-plus years of tropical storms, sun, humidity, and general neglect no better than the rest of the neighborhood. The only distinctive attribute of the house was the lack of cast-off items in the front yard. In fact, the only extra object in front was the blue van Andrei had deftly tossed around Houston the night before.

Inside the nearly empty house were Vlad and Pavel sitting at a small table in the kitchen. In the front room were Andrei and Haki. In one of the two bedrooms was George. He was sitting on a small wooden chair with his wrists locked firmly in handcuffs behind his back. A sturdy chain was looped ...