Chapter 15: Google’s Board
"Who the hell is this guy?" Amelia muttered as she messaged her brow.
OmniTech didn’t seem like your regular hacker, no, he seemed like a cunning business man with the brains of a tech genius.
Amelia just let out a resigned sigh and leaned back on the chair, closing the laptop.
Alex walked into the room a few minutes later. "Well?"
Amelia slowly stood up and turned to face him before replying, "he’s asking for 5.7 million for the remaining fifteen vulnerabilities."
"What the hell?" Alex couldn’t help but be shocked.
"And the worst part is," Amelia took a short pause before saying, "during the entire ’negotiation’, not once did I feel like I was in control."
Alex went silent for a moment. Before asking, "so, what now?"
"Now," she sighed, "we’ll have to convince those old bastards on the board that paying him is less costly than ignoring him."
Alex grimaced. "You think they’ll go for it?"
Amelia gave a humorless chuckle. "They’ll have to. If even half of what OmniTech has is similar to the five he sent us then a breach would cost us ten times what he’s asking."