Sudden Crisis

Chapter One Hundred And Thirty

"Sir, the investors from Mauritania have pulled out from the deal. They are demanding we pay for the breach of contract as well!"

Damien slammed his open palm on the top of his desk, and the entire desk rattled violently. He was breathing hard as he raked his hand through his head, trying to process the news Liam had just told him.

This was the first real emotion he'd shown since they arrived at the office that morning, and realized they were neck deep in crisis.

A series of attack had hit Romero that morning. Hackers had infiltrated their systems and stolen sensitive data, trade secrets, financial records...

Some of these data were placed on the dark web, while the others were still inaccessible, with the hackers demanding for a ransom of up to four hundred and fifty billion.

Typical ramsomeware, but it had to come at this particular time.

Some investors and customers had already gotten wind of what was happening in Romero, and how sensitive information