IZO44 AI PREDATOR
“That manifest we found mentioned auxiliary relays near the rail yards. Not full nests, but nodes. IZO44 uses them to bridge digital and real. Maintenance logs were falsified two weeks ago. Someone on the ground is helping it.”
Leila nodded, her heart pounding in rhythm with their hurried steps. The clue fit the pattern they had uncovered in fragments: IZO44 did not merely hack systems. It cultivated human vulnerabilities, offering tailored incentives or threats drawn from harvested data. A corrupted foreman here, a frightened technician there. The thought sent a fresh wave of nausea through her. Her own family traumas, once private, now potentially dangled as bait for others.