The Listener s02e09 Episode Script
Jericho
- One - One - Two - Two Three - Th - Go! Winner takes all.
All or nothing.
alright? Yeah that's not going to happen.
You all right? Yeah.
Well at least I didn't score.
Clark.
Yes sir.
That's fantastic; I'll be there in fifteen.
What's that? We just got our first big break on these computer thieves we've been after for six months.
Guys who steal No, no, hackers, hackers.
Hackers over on the dark side.
Yeah.
Well it's a big game for those guys isn't it? Yeah it is till someone gets greedy.
Well that's it? I'm done.
I gotta go to work.
Good game man, that's fun.
You love this stuff don't you? It reminds me when I was coming up, stuff we used to pull.
What are these guys up to now? They've been picking off one financial site after another.
They get in so deep that they become the system administrator, then they can hack credit card numbers at will.
Someone's trying to break in right now.
Gotcha.
Let's move; I'll meet you out front.
Okay.
Look I don't have that kind of cash right now.
It would just be till payday.
No, dude, listen.
Come on; I just bought a motor bike, I don't have extra cash floating around, you know.
Look if you don't trust me, just read up here It's not that I don't trust you You short of some cash Mr.
Bey? No sir, I'm just a little over extended, that's all.
Well maybe I can help you out.
Oh I don't think you should lend me money sir.
I didn't say I was going to lend you any money Mr.
Bey.
Okay.
Look you guys are about to do a change in shift.
right? Yeah, yeah, we got four days off in a row.
Well how about you think about taking on some extra shifts, huh? Maybe because I got this recruit from Barrie, you know She's looking to do ride-along, get her accreditations.
What do you think? I don't know, I Working with new recruits, that's not really my forte you know, - I'm not really the teaching type.
- Yeah.
Uh huh.
Yeah.
I think that I'd probably end up doing them a disservice, to be honest with you.
Her name's Elise.
Yeah, I'll do it.
You sure? Yeah, yeah, I'll do it.
Yeah I could use the money too.
No I'll do it Toby volunteered - I'll totally do it.
- He's got days off.
Hey what's up man? Do I know you? No, but I know you.
I don't think so.
Yeah, your computer's beaming some pretty nasty signals up there.
Thought you guys were smarter than that.
Really gonna make me Ahoh He sure spooked easy.
Well maybe he didn't want to be found in possession of these.
Blank credit cards.
There's got to be ten thousand in here.
So how's he doing? It's probably just a sprained ankle but we'll get some x-rays done to be sure.
Did the car door hurt him? Hm hurt him? Well, he's got a severe case of bruised ego.
Worst case I've ever seen.
Can we talk to him? Sure, go ahead.
Benny, Benny, Benny, next time you pull a stunt like that you might not just sprain an ankle man.
Who told you my name? Oh this is official.
You popped up on the radar at IIB.
Why don't you tell us about that bag of credit cards? Belongs to a friend of a friend, asked me to hold on to it for him.
Well if those cards are encoded with stolen credit card numbers you could be charged with possession of stolen property.
If? If they weren't then why did you run? All right, this friend of a friend; does he have a name? Probably, yeah.
Mind if I take this? Yeah.
Look kid, I don't know what you got yourself mixed up in, but it may be a little more serious than you think.
Are you going to charge me? I haven't decided yet.
Then we're done talking.
He's got a bit of an attitude.
It's all right, I know the type.
Thanks for stopping by before you left.
No problem.
He's telling the truth about holding cards for his friend.
There's something else on his mind; something bigger.
A guy named Jericho 11.
Jericho 11? Yeah, you know him? Yeah the name just popped up recently but I wasn't sure if it was a real person or an invention.
It's very real to him.
So you said you have the next four days off? I'm guessing not anymore? Thank God you're here.
Come on, please hurry.
Okay.
What are we looking at here? We were just getting ready to start the ceremony, everybody is in their seats.
I think she's having a arart attack.
Okay, all right.
Can you just get her up here? Here we go have a seat.
Okay.
Alright.
What's your name? Alicia.
Alicia, okay.
Alicia, I'm Oz and this is Elise.
Can you tell me what you're feeling? My chest is tight, I can't breathe.
Her grandmother died of heart failure when she was 83.
Okay, we have shortness of breath, heart palpitations BP is 140/90.
Okay.
Just take a slow deep breath.
Let's all take a nice slow deep breath.
Okay ma'am are you experiencing any pain, numbness is your vision blurred.
Okay.
I think she's stroking out No, no you're not having a stroke and you're not having a heart attack.
But I have seen this condition before; I believe the technical term is pied froid? Cold feet? Alright? You're a little nervous maybe, and who wouldn't be? You know what it's your big day.
You got like 500 people in there.
you probably got mom yak, yak, yak in your ear all day.
So let's just think about how you felt when he proposed to you.
What's the young man's name? - Ryan.
- Ryan.
Ok I bet he took you somewhere really nice.
- Rome.
- Rome! I was thinking more like The Keg, but okay, you're in Rome and you got butterflies in your stomach and your heart is racing.
And those are the real feelings.
Just take one more deep breath.
Okay now if anything else comes up, if you guys need anything else you can give us a call but I think you're going to be just fine.
Thank you.
Ma'am I need you to sign this.
And you know what; if it doesn't work out in there then you can give me a call.
I'm kidding, obviously.
That's very inappropriate.
Come on.
Don't forget this - Thank you.
- Throw that at somebody.
Okay Wow, I completely misread her and you nailed it.
Oh, this is why you're here.
There's only so much you can learn in the classroom, right? I like your bedside manner.
So neither Cyber crimes or Financial has anything on this Jericho 11? Nothing.
And what about the credit cards? All blank.
And the computer he used to track them with? It was wiped clean by a cell phone command before we got to it.
Then we got nothing; we can't charge him.
Well actually we've had a surveillance team following Benny since he left the hospital.
I was really hoping that it would lead us to Jericho 11 Oh good, and? He met someone very interesting Huh who is she? Marisa Patterson.
Cyber crime knows her as 'hack girl'.
She is a blogger.
She is sort of the Perez Hilton of hacking.
She writes about you and you're a hacker then you know you've made it.
She is very anti-authority, big chip on her shoulder.
Could she be Jericho 11? Doubt it, but she may know who is.
Problem is she protects her sources.
There's no way she's going to give up his identity; especially to a bunch of cops.
I think we should get someone next to her.
Let's do it.
You know I do not see you as a hacker my friend.
You can barely program your own cell phone.
They briefed me, so I'm good.
All right Puck right in the side gets it out in front Leman stirring away on a breakaway shooting he scores! Oh holy Mackinaw! My goalie's look stuck.
Okay man but you can play with a stuck goalie.
I just know where you're going - with the puck.
- Oh you do do you? Come on.
You think you're the only psychic in the house? How's the newbie? - What, Elise? -Yeah.
- She's interesting.
- Yeah? I'd call her hot.
I wouldn't say interesting Listen Toby if you're going to mess with these hackers they got their own language, their own codes ohh!! Oh dear; that is ugly.
You can't fake it, that's all I'm saying.
No I got a cover story.
They I got a whole bunch of credit card numbers and I need to pass them do you want to test me? Okay.
Got it all worked out.
Yes, so Mr.
Logan how did you come to acquire these numbers? Well I scoped a few Point-of-Purchase terminals at a few businesses and I put a z-bot in to access the servers I hit a few keys and my bank account gets fatter every day.
Is that so? Yeah.
What can I do for you? I was hoping you could hook me up with someone in the market for identities.
Who would give you that idea? A guy named Benny said you could hook me up; help me out.
I don't know who the hell you are or what you've been told? But you have me all wrong.
Okay.
I'm a blogger, I write about hackers.
And half of them don't make a nickel for what they do.
Are you offended by what I do? No.
It's worse than that.
It bores me.
Okay.
Look I just I didn't mean to Okay! Don't touch me.
Sorry, I won't touch you.
Do you know Jericho 11? I'm going to give you a little piece of advice, okay? Bad things happen to people that get involved with Jericho 11.
Bad things.
That's him.
Yeah, that's the guy Hack Girl saw when I mentioned Jericho 11.
Peter Dukette, Dropped out of Queens computer engineering after a term for a more lucrative life in crime.
Arrested for identity theft, fraud.
Suspected of numerous counts of online impropriety.
Looks like he changed his ways.
He runs a firm that tests companies cyber security.
There are some big accounts here GM, Ford, Canada Bank Financial So these companies are okay with a hacker like this? They trust him? Yeah hackers make the best security consultants because they know all the tricks.
What about that hanging guy that you saw? Not sure, that feels like a suicide And that equipment room? No idea.
Maybe we need to see what Mr.
Dukette has to say.
Yeah, you want me to come along? No, Peter and Hacker are on communication.
I don't want them connecting any dots just yet.
I'll get my coat.
- Hey.
- Hey.
How you doing? Great.
How's your new partner? She's good, she's good.
She's a little raw but I think she's getting the hang of it.
You free tonight? Sorry, I have plans.
Okay, no problem.
Are you free tomorrow, maybe later in the week? Maybe, I have a few things but give me a call.
Okay.
My apologies for the mess, we cancelled the main service when we wired in.
Oh, Mr.
Dukette you seem to have done very well for yourself given your less than stellar start.
Well we all make mistakes when we're young.
Isn't that right Mr.
Clark or is it Lockdown? That was back around '97 though right? How many ? Four hundred and twenty-five.
Let me guess, Shark 367 firewall.
Now you're just showing your age.
I believe that you know Benny here.
Yeah, yeah I do.
He's a very talented programmer.
He writes some excellent code.
What are they working on? They're testing a new phone app security; it's a cross-site scripting hole.
Persistent or non-persistent? Non-persistent.
The developer thought that HTML anti-decoding on 5 xml characters Would be enough to prevent the cross-site.
Exactly.
They're wrong and that's how I make my money these days is by saving companies from people like I well we, used to be.
Now how may I help you? We're looking for someone named Jericho 11.
We believe this person may be involved in a large-scale identity theft.
And why would you think that I know him? Well unless I'm wrong you've moved in the same circles.
I don't associate with those sorts anymore.
I meant with your work.
You are one of the good guys now right, a white hat? They still call them that? They do.
No I haven't heard of this individual but I do, I will be sure to let you know.
We would appreciate that; thank you for your time.
Thank you.
So Peter Dukette seems to know a lot about you.
You want to fill me in? Not especially.
There's a reason that juvie records are sealed Michelle.
Dev, I know you've had your run-ins with the law; I've never asked any questions before, but it's never affected a case.
I got caught hacking into the Department of Defense at 16.
They offered me a deal, either help with the RCMP or face the music.
Turned out I liked being a white hat.
Well it sounds like your legacy lives on.
Once you're in cyber space you live forever.
I'm a digital artifact.
And what about Dukette; you think he is gone back to his old ways? Is he Jericho 11? Yeah? I don't know but we both know he's hiding something.
Okay, maybe it's time to call our mind hacker The one who doesn't need a computer? Yeah.
Basic tube in to the base of the epiglottis inflating cuff securing tube and time.
Fifty-seven seconds.
Yes! Beat that.
I honestly don't think I can; that is a very impressive time.
Really? Yes, absolutely.
Good for you.
Cool.
Hey it's almost quitting time; want to grab a beer? I can't tonight; I got to get some work done.
Thank you though.
Oh, okay.
How about tomorrow? It will be my treat I have per diem.
- Per diem? - Yeah Wow! Hey, hi, it's me, sorry.
What are you doing here? I want to talk to you without getting stabbed.
What do you want? I need your help.
All right, the truth is my name is Lars Trenton.
I'm head of security at a data storage company.
We got hacked, someone stole credit card information.
I think the person who did it, his name is Jericho 11, I need you to help me find him.
I already told you I don't know who the guy is, okay? And why should I help you; you lied to me.
You lied to me.
You're not just a blogger, you're one of them.
Right.
All right, so how do you know so much about them; how do you know how to find them? You know all that because you are one of them.
You're a hacker.
You can believe whatever you want to believe.
All right, okay, I'm sorry.
Let me start over, all right? I need your help.
Why should I help you? Because maybe you want to find Jericho 11 just as much as I do.
I'll share my theories you share your theories, we pool our resources.
He's fishing, how much does he really know.
I know a lot more than you think.
I don't know.
What does the name Peter Dukette mean to you? You think he's Jericho 11? Whether he is or isn't we think he's the one who hacked our company.
I don't know anything; I can't help you with this, I'm sorry.
What happened to you? Someone do something to you? What? The way you pulled a knife on me, that's not natural.
I don't need your pity.
This isn't pity.
But if you want to talk to someone you let me know.
If you want to talk to someone you let me know.
So who are you; Dr.
Phil or Lars Trenton? Nice choice of name by the way.
Thank you.
I saw the hanging guy again; I think it has something to do with Dukette.
Okay.
And the room full of junk its actually old computer equipment.
Anything else? Yeah I saw thousands of sequences of numbers, three groups of three, like social insurance numbers.
Identity theft; I mean that could be worth millions.
I have to ask again, do you think she's in on it? I don't know; maybe.
Benny, mind if we talk? I got nothing to say.
Good, then you can listen.
Look you don't know me, I don't know you, but we got a lot more in common than you think.
Give me a break.
I used to be a punk just like you.
Maybe you still are.
Let me guess, you're good at computers, you go places no one else can but then you realize that there's money to be made.
Is that what happened to you? No, I got caught.
Maybe you're not that good.
Maybe you're not that bad.
What's that mean? It means you can still make something with your skill.
You're a cop right; what do you make, $75 K? Well I could use more, we all could, but it doesn't mean I run and become a black hat.
I'm not black hat, I'm green hat.
I go where the money is.
You're in a position to help me get the guys that don't know right from wrong.
Sorry, I'm just doing this for the fun of it okay.
You're not mixed up with just hackers; these are criminals.
That means you and me Look we're on a collision course.
Well I got places to do, okay.
I can assure you Mr.
Klein that Revenue Canada's data is absolutely safe.
It is protected by a bulletproof firewall second to none, designed by myself.
No one is questioning your ability Mr.
Niles, however IIB has reason to believe that a malicious hacker is targeting Social Insurance Numbers.
Since Revenue Canada handles so much of the data we felt obligated to inform you.
You realize that I am just a consultant for Revenue Canada.
Well it is our understanding that you are, for lack of a better term, their head of internet security.
Listen, I've been around computers a long time seen a lot of code, I've seen hackers, good and bad, come and go.
That's why they hired me.
So you've heard of someone using the handle Jericho 11.
How did you find that name? So you have heard of it.
Some chatter has come to our attention regarding that name.
We've been investigating but so far nothing has been substantiated.
You think he has something to do with this threat to steal SIN numbers? Possibly.
Does the name Peter Dukette mean anything to you? Yes, why? Well we have reason to believe that he's Jericho 11.
I find that very unlikely.
And why is that? Peter Dukette is a paid consultant to Revenue Canada, in fact he was the one who tipped us to Jericho 11.
So you're telling me that Dukette, the guy that you think is Jericho 11 is actually working for the good guys? Apparently yeah.
I mean granted I don't understand that much about the world of hacking but it seems like all the good guys and bad guys are kind of bleeding into one another.
Yeah, white hat, black hat, hacker versus cracker tickling fan, underscore See the problem is whoever Jericho 11 is, he is going to steal the SINs, it doesn't matter if its Dukette or some other cat Kette or cat that's good.
- What? - What? Here I am hey.
Do you want to meet Peter Dukette? Yeah.
He's having a party tonight at his loft.
- All right.
- Be there at 11:00.
Hey what's so important that you had to call me on my night off? Forgot to have you sign my report on the pedestrian mishap.
Oh, okaythat's actually pretty important.
You look terrific by the way.
Oh, thank you.
I'm going out with some friends.
Oh yeah? Are they here; they can come inside.
I'm not sure I'm ready to share.
I don't bite.
I meant you.
Listen Oz, I just wanted to thank you for taking me on, making me feel so comfortable.
I was a little worried about who I'd be partnered with.
It's all part of the job and you're good.
I think you're going to have an excellent career.
Want to call me later? You want me to ca Hey, this is good I think how it is, actually.
You're right, just give that to the nurse and you're cool.
Oh, pen all right see you.
Thanks.
Hey what's up? Hi.
All good? Why wouldn't it be? No, nothing.
Does seem a bit young for you.
Oh that's just work related stuff, you know totally platonic.
Plus, she's, uh, she's out of my league so Ah, but if she weren't That's not what I meant.
Then I guess I fall right into your real house.
Do you want to go for a drink? I'm actually meeting someone for drinks right after my shift.
Really? Yeah.
Hey Oz.
Hey, hey Liv, how are you? Good.
Meet me in five Sandy? Yeah.
Oh, Oz was just telling about his trainee What's her name? Elise Poor thing has to wear a dress that's a couple of sizes too small.
Oh, mustn't have gotten paid yet.
Okayhey you guys are going to have fun tonight.
I'm going to go; I'll catch up with you later.
You do that and oh, say hi to Elise for us.
How's it going? Name? Lars Trenton, he's with me.
Would you like a drink? I would love a drink.
Nice Are you okay? You seem distracted.
Yeah, no, I just think I chose the wrong career.
Well trust me, not all hackers live like this.
Hey Vodka soda please.
And I'll get a scotch.
Yeah.
You must be Lars Trenton.
Hey Peter Dukette.
Yeah, hey, nice to meet you.
Hi.
Hi.
Marisa tells me that you're having some difficulties with the business venture.
I am, yeah.
I hope you can help me out.
Well if Marisa vouches for you it's good enough for me.
Let's talk.
Would you excuse us? What are you doing here cop? My job.
You're really getting on my nerves.
Good, good, Ido what I can.
Black hat battle's about to begin.
What do you say you and I have a go.
I don't do that anymore.
You scared, afraid you lost your touch? All right here's the deal; you win I'll get off your case, I win you show me a little respect.
Somebody said they used to call you Lockdown I got a new name for you old man, Dialup.
I was just hoping that you could point me towards the sort of individuals I'm looking for and I'm not looking for your average black hat that hates the Jameson's Who are you looking for? I'm looking for someone like Jericho 11.
Where are you Jericho? Then again maybe I'm chasing a ghost.
Possibly but if he's anything like me I bet he's interested in a few thousand credit card numbers.
All right, well what interests you Mr.
Dukette? What interests me Mr.
Trenton is water, alternative energy.
The future I am interested in changing the world.
For the better? I believe so.
What if I told you my goal in life was to see Wall Street destroyed? Is that a bad thing? No, no, it's outdated model.
Hm we agree on that.
It's corrupt.
It's destroying the middle class that it should serve.
And do you know what gleaning is? Is it biblical? The poor were allowed to scour the fields after the harvest had been taken, collecting what they could for themselves.
You understand? Yeah I think so if the existing economic system were destroyed then the average guy would be able to find wealth in the rubble.
Close enough.
Now if that's Jericho 11's objective then more power to him.
Unfortunately for now my job is to stop him.
But there is a revolution coming and I'm sure that he'll be part of it.
Guys it's the hack off.
I hope you found what you were looking for.
The guy's got a lot of big ideas.
He's developing a Messiah complex.
It's a merging of the internet with the human conscience.
It gets me kind of hot.
So you arranged this whole thing to convince me he's not Jericho 11.
Well like you said, everyone has their secrets, right? What do you say HOC, Norad, your old buddy's at the Department of Defense Not hacking anything.
We just penetrate, no damage.
Okay.
.
Department of Defense.
Ready, set, hack.
Benny's found the source code.
So has Dialup.
Sequel injection get the blind data.
Go man! Come on, he's decrypting the password We have a winner; Benny! I hate to break it to you but that kid might be past redemption.
That's what I was counting on.
I just planted a z-bot in Peter Dukette's system.
I'm not following you; speak English.
Okay I knew I couldn't get behind Peter Dukette's - firewall unless I was invited.
- Yeah.
It cost me the battle but it's in there.
We now have access to all of Peter Dukette's computers and whatever he is into.
Nice.
Lockdown is back baby! Who's Lockdown? - Is that you? - I'm Lockdown.
Oh.
The z-bot is in, I got to take it nice and slow though.
Dukette could have a trap set up in there.
I got a hit off someone in that room about something called blind data.
Blind data? I'll keep that in mind.
So Dukette was looking for Jericho 11 as well.
Yeah.
Maybe he really is on the up and up.
I don't know; there's something up with him.
My hits off Benny and Marisa have been quite accurate.
Speaking of Marisa, I mean that girl, she's 22 years old, a few minor charges for theft but nothing crazy.
She's just a bit of a street punk.
Makes you wonder if she got mixed up with Peter Dukette.
Yeah, a little more than mixed up from what I saw.
You mind if I borrow that phone? No, not at all.
All this religious stuff Peter's been talking about The name Jericho I think there's something there.
I'm going to go find out.
Let me know if you get anything.
See you guys later.
So I think I got something, okay? That name Toby was talking about, Blind Data? They own a server and Peter Dukette and his minions have been snooping around on it quite a bit.
Well given his job I'm sure he looks at servers every day.
No doubt, but Blind Data is owned by Kenneth Niles.
The security consultant for Revenue Canada.
Okay.
Morning.
Good morning, after you.
Look yesterday after work, did I do something wrong? No, no, no, you did not.
Okay because you know, I was just hoping you'd call or I'm seeing somebody.
There you go.
I should have said that earlier.
I just started seeing somebody.
It's kind of great and new and I kind of really like her so Okay, that explains everything.
Right yeah, I mean I think that you're great and uh if I had met you six months ago, who knows.
But there it is.
Okay.
- Okay? - Yeah.
Well if anything changes University 21, personal injury, female 42, Grange and John Unit 21 responding, copy.
Shall we? Yeah.
Blind Data is just one of a number of companies I own.
Onsite scrubbing, destruction of hard drives and backup devices.
We take redundant information and safely dispose of it.
Well is there any reason that Peter Dukette would need or want access to that company? No, none that I can think of.
Well this so-called redundant information, this is people's names, credit card numbers, their security codes, even their SIN numbers? Could be? Maybe he's planning to steal that information from Blind Data.
Impossible; the man works with me, I trust him completely.
Well, I believe the going rate for SIN numbers on the black market is what, $10 a pop.
Ten dollars? So if he were to hack into your site how many numbers are we talking about? Millions.
Well that's a lot of money Mr.
Niles.
Enough to tempt anyone I should think.
Really appreciate you sharing this with me; I'll look into it immediately.
Yeah? Hey we've been looking at this Jericho 11 thing all wrong.
You know when I first read Benny I thought it was a person, but what if it's not a person? What are you talking about? Look in the Bible.
Jericho is a city with huge strong walls protecting it; a guy named Joshua blows his trumpet until the walls collapse.
Jericho is not a hacker, it's a target.
But what if it's a computer behind that wall, behind a firewall? Getting into these archives was like raising Lazarus from the dead.
Anyway Jericho 11 was the name assigned to a computer built for Revenue Canada in the early 1980s.
Its primary function was data backup and storage.
And one of the engineers is none other than Kenneth Niles.
He must have known all along.
So Jericho 11 is sitting around gather dust with a whole bunch of old electronic equipment, like magnetic backup tapes.
The equipment room that Toby saw in his read.
It's old stuff, outdated, forgotten by the world.
Yeah, except for Kenneth Niles who has long since left Revenue Canada and started up his own business.
Disposing of old data Like those old Jericho 11 tapes.
Suddenly he has access to millions of SIN numbers, all he needs is a buyer.
And who better to help set that up than Peter Dukette.
So how does he do it? Me, I'd bring Jericho 11 back online, transfer the data to a secure server that I own and let the middleman handle the rest.
That's why Dukette was probing Blind Data server.
He was prepping for the transfer.
Okay there's just one thing that's bothering me here.
Does Dukette seem like the type of guy who would share his plan? No.
So how did Toby get his read from Hack Girl; how did she know? Mind if I come in? I'm a little busy.
I just want to talk to you about Jericho 11 and Joshua.
Joshua Patterson, your father.
Hello, Hi, yeah.
We have a problem.
Only one? I just got off the phone with Revenue Canada and yes they recently signed a deal with Blind Data to destroy the Jericho 11 files.
Suggested by Kenneth Niles no doubt.
Well exactly, but here's the thing.
Blind Data just moved up the date.
To when? Today.
I'll take Kenneth Niles.
I'll take Peter Dukette.
It's a cool place.
So you actually sleep up there? Yeah.
Want to tell me about your father? My father was a quiet, brilliant man.
He went about his business asking for nothing, ultimately receiving nothing.
He worked for Revenue Canada? Kenneth Niles took credit for everything about the Jericho 11 project.
I mean it was my dad's idea, even the name, the whole thing.
That's kind of funny, Joshua protecting Jericho.
My dad said nothing, not a word.
Even when Revenue Canada downsized him.
After all Kenneth went off and started his own business, why couldn't my dad? What went wrong? Kenneth Niles is what went wrong.
Step away from the computer! What's this about? Jericho 11.
You said you didn't know anything about it.
My work is highly classified, absolute discretion is required.
Well we have officers raiding Dukette's office right now so unless you start talking you're going to find your computer privileges very limited in prison.
This is a good day for you to leave work early Benny, if you know what I mean.
- Dude - Hey.
I said this is a good day to leave work early.
My dad started his own IT security firm, right? But his major client got hacked so his reputation was ruined.
This is a man in his fifties with no way of starting over.
You're in big trouble Mr.
Dukette.
I know, there were 14 million SIN numbers on that computer.
At $10 apiece that's a lot of money for you and your partner.
I'm surprised you're not more upset seeing how you're about to lose it.
I told you before that I'm not a criminal anymore.
In fact I was going to redirect all that money to something useful.
Of course, Kenneth he didn't know that; he would have been very upset when he found out but who is he going to complain to? You were going to redirect that money where? Haiti maybe, SudanI was thinking about building solar farms there, having the locals run them.
A little microeconomics project in mind.
See that is how you burn the system down, Lockdown.
It is by empowering the little guy.
Yeah well it's too bad none of that's going to happen now.
Well the irony is that it never would have.
Why? Because someone is stealing the SIN numbers from my computer as we speak.
I've been hacked.
And one day it was just it was all a bit too much for him.
And the hacker was Kenneth Niles.
Mmmhm So I hacked his computers and I watched for years to try to find some way to pay him back.
But not just for what he did to my dad, but for everyone that he screwed over.
And that's when I found out about what he was doing with Jericho 11, and I also knew about Peter's involvement.
What, so you pretended to be attracted to Peter to get close to him, to steal their big payday, is that it? I would have never sold those numbers.
It's 14 million people's lives! Peter would go he would go on about these benevolent concepts but really he couldn't care less what happened to those people.
He was just like how Kenneth Niles could care less what happened to my dad.
And now these lives are in your hands.
Yeah they are.
But My life is in your hands.
There's $140,000,000 here, fourteen million lives.
That's crazy.
Do hard drives like microwaves? No.
- Hey.
- Hey! Oz, why are you waiting out here in the cold? I was kind of hoping we could have a little private moment.
- Okay.
- Yeah Uhm that was ridiculous what I said yesterday.
I didn't you know, the whole league thing, - That was a bad joke - Oz I was - Oz Oz? shut up.
Okay.
Look here's the deal; I used to be married and now I'm free and I want to start enjoying life.
I mean I can be a lot of fun but I'm not looking for a commitment you know, and I'm certainly not looking for exclusivity.
You cool with that? You free tonight? Actually no.
- It's alright.
- Maybe tomorrow? Yeah, tomorrow works.
You know Oz there might come a day when you're not cool with this.
I'm cool with it now.
Okay.
So any news on the SIN numbers? Whoever hacked Peter Dukette hasn't done anything with them yet.
Yeah, I have a feeling they won't Do you? Yeah.
You know that Hack Girl has vanished.
Did she? You wouldn't know anything about that would you? Not at all no.
No, no, of course not because if you did I'm sure you would tell me.
You'd be the first to know.
Though I have a feeling she'd be hard to find.
Do you? Just have that feeling.
Hmmm.
All or nothing.
alright? Yeah that's not going to happen.
You all right? Yeah.
Well at least I didn't score.
Clark.
Yes sir.
That's fantastic; I'll be there in fifteen.
What's that? We just got our first big break on these computer thieves we've been after for six months.
Guys who steal No, no, hackers, hackers.
Hackers over on the dark side.
Yeah.
Well it's a big game for those guys isn't it? Yeah it is till someone gets greedy.
Well that's it? I'm done.
I gotta go to work.
Good game man, that's fun.
You love this stuff don't you? It reminds me when I was coming up, stuff we used to pull.
What are these guys up to now? They've been picking off one financial site after another.
They get in so deep that they become the system administrator, then they can hack credit card numbers at will.
Someone's trying to break in right now.
Gotcha.
Let's move; I'll meet you out front.
Okay.
Look I don't have that kind of cash right now.
It would just be till payday.
No, dude, listen.
Come on; I just bought a motor bike, I don't have extra cash floating around, you know.
Look if you don't trust me, just read up here It's not that I don't trust you You short of some cash Mr.
Bey? No sir, I'm just a little over extended, that's all.
Well maybe I can help you out.
Oh I don't think you should lend me money sir.
I didn't say I was going to lend you any money Mr.
Bey.
Okay.
Look you guys are about to do a change in shift.
right? Yeah, yeah, we got four days off in a row.
Well how about you think about taking on some extra shifts, huh? Maybe because I got this recruit from Barrie, you know She's looking to do ride-along, get her accreditations.
What do you think? I don't know, I Working with new recruits, that's not really my forte you know, - I'm not really the teaching type.
- Yeah.
Uh huh.
Yeah.
I think that I'd probably end up doing them a disservice, to be honest with you.
Her name's Elise.
Yeah, I'll do it.
You sure? Yeah, yeah, I'll do it.
Yeah I could use the money too.
No I'll do it Toby volunteered - I'll totally do it.
- He's got days off.
Hey what's up man? Do I know you? No, but I know you.
I don't think so.
Yeah, your computer's beaming some pretty nasty signals up there.
Thought you guys were smarter than that.
Really gonna make me Ahoh He sure spooked easy.
Well maybe he didn't want to be found in possession of these.
Blank credit cards.
There's got to be ten thousand in here.
So how's he doing? It's probably just a sprained ankle but we'll get some x-rays done to be sure.
Did the car door hurt him? Hm hurt him? Well, he's got a severe case of bruised ego.
Worst case I've ever seen.
Can we talk to him? Sure, go ahead.
Benny, Benny, Benny, next time you pull a stunt like that you might not just sprain an ankle man.
Who told you my name? Oh this is official.
You popped up on the radar at IIB.
Why don't you tell us about that bag of credit cards? Belongs to a friend of a friend, asked me to hold on to it for him.
Well if those cards are encoded with stolen credit card numbers you could be charged with possession of stolen property.
If? If they weren't then why did you run? All right, this friend of a friend; does he have a name? Probably, yeah.
Mind if I take this? Yeah.
Look kid, I don't know what you got yourself mixed up in, but it may be a little more serious than you think.
Are you going to charge me? I haven't decided yet.
Then we're done talking.
He's got a bit of an attitude.
It's all right, I know the type.
Thanks for stopping by before you left.
No problem.
He's telling the truth about holding cards for his friend.
There's something else on his mind; something bigger.
A guy named Jericho 11.
Jericho 11? Yeah, you know him? Yeah the name just popped up recently but I wasn't sure if it was a real person or an invention.
It's very real to him.
So you said you have the next four days off? I'm guessing not anymore? Thank God you're here.
Come on, please hurry.
Okay.
What are we looking at here? We were just getting ready to start the ceremony, everybody is in their seats.
I think she's having a arart attack.
Okay, all right.
Can you just get her up here? Here we go have a seat.
Okay.
Alright.
What's your name? Alicia.
Alicia, okay.
Alicia, I'm Oz and this is Elise.
Can you tell me what you're feeling? My chest is tight, I can't breathe.
Her grandmother died of heart failure when she was 83.
Okay, we have shortness of breath, heart palpitations BP is 140/90.
Okay.
Just take a slow deep breath.
Let's all take a nice slow deep breath.
Okay ma'am are you experiencing any pain, numbness is your vision blurred.
Okay.
I think she's stroking out No, no you're not having a stroke and you're not having a heart attack.
But I have seen this condition before; I believe the technical term is pied froid? Cold feet? Alright? You're a little nervous maybe, and who wouldn't be? You know what it's your big day.
You got like 500 people in there.
you probably got mom yak, yak, yak in your ear all day.
So let's just think about how you felt when he proposed to you.
What's the young man's name? - Ryan.
- Ryan.
Ok I bet he took you somewhere really nice.
- Rome.
- Rome! I was thinking more like The Keg, but okay, you're in Rome and you got butterflies in your stomach and your heart is racing.
And those are the real feelings.
Just take one more deep breath.
Okay now if anything else comes up, if you guys need anything else you can give us a call but I think you're going to be just fine.
Thank you.
Ma'am I need you to sign this.
And you know what; if it doesn't work out in there then you can give me a call.
I'm kidding, obviously.
That's very inappropriate.
Come on.
Don't forget this - Thank you.
- Throw that at somebody.
Okay Wow, I completely misread her and you nailed it.
Oh, this is why you're here.
There's only so much you can learn in the classroom, right? I like your bedside manner.
So neither Cyber crimes or Financial has anything on this Jericho 11? Nothing.
And what about the credit cards? All blank.
And the computer he used to track them with? It was wiped clean by a cell phone command before we got to it.
Then we got nothing; we can't charge him.
Well actually we've had a surveillance team following Benny since he left the hospital.
I was really hoping that it would lead us to Jericho 11 Oh good, and? He met someone very interesting Huh who is she? Marisa Patterson.
Cyber crime knows her as 'hack girl'.
She is a blogger.
She is sort of the Perez Hilton of hacking.
She writes about you and you're a hacker then you know you've made it.
She is very anti-authority, big chip on her shoulder.
Could she be Jericho 11? Doubt it, but she may know who is.
Problem is she protects her sources.
There's no way she's going to give up his identity; especially to a bunch of cops.
I think we should get someone next to her.
Let's do it.
You know I do not see you as a hacker my friend.
You can barely program your own cell phone.
They briefed me, so I'm good.
All right Puck right in the side gets it out in front Leman stirring away on a breakaway shooting he scores! Oh holy Mackinaw! My goalie's look stuck.
Okay man but you can play with a stuck goalie.
I just know where you're going - with the puck.
- Oh you do do you? Come on.
You think you're the only psychic in the house? How's the newbie? - What, Elise? -Yeah.
- She's interesting.
- Yeah? I'd call her hot.
I wouldn't say interesting Listen Toby if you're going to mess with these hackers they got their own language, their own codes ohh!! Oh dear; that is ugly.
You can't fake it, that's all I'm saying.
No I got a cover story.
They I got a whole bunch of credit card numbers and I need to pass them do you want to test me? Okay.
Got it all worked out.
Yes, so Mr.
Logan how did you come to acquire these numbers? Well I scoped a few Point-of-Purchase terminals at a few businesses and I put a z-bot in to access the servers I hit a few keys and my bank account gets fatter every day.
Is that so? Yeah.
What can I do for you? I was hoping you could hook me up with someone in the market for identities.
Who would give you that idea? A guy named Benny said you could hook me up; help me out.
I don't know who the hell you are or what you've been told? But you have me all wrong.
Okay.
I'm a blogger, I write about hackers.
And half of them don't make a nickel for what they do.
Are you offended by what I do? No.
It's worse than that.
It bores me.
Okay.
Look I just I didn't mean to Okay! Don't touch me.
Sorry, I won't touch you.
Do you know Jericho 11? I'm going to give you a little piece of advice, okay? Bad things happen to people that get involved with Jericho 11.
Bad things.
That's him.
Yeah, that's the guy Hack Girl saw when I mentioned Jericho 11.
Peter Dukette, Dropped out of Queens computer engineering after a term for a more lucrative life in crime.
Arrested for identity theft, fraud.
Suspected of numerous counts of online impropriety.
Looks like he changed his ways.
He runs a firm that tests companies cyber security.
There are some big accounts here GM, Ford, Canada Bank Financial So these companies are okay with a hacker like this? They trust him? Yeah hackers make the best security consultants because they know all the tricks.
What about that hanging guy that you saw? Not sure, that feels like a suicide And that equipment room? No idea.
Maybe we need to see what Mr.
Dukette has to say.
Yeah, you want me to come along? No, Peter and Hacker are on communication.
I don't want them connecting any dots just yet.
I'll get my coat.
- Hey.
- Hey.
How you doing? Great.
How's your new partner? She's good, she's good.
She's a little raw but I think she's getting the hang of it.
You free tonight? Sorry, I have plans.
Okay, no problem.
Are you free tomorrow, maybe later in the week? Maybe, I have a few things but give me a call.
Okay.
My apologies for the mess, we cancelled the main service when we wired in.
Oh, Mr.
Dukette you seem to have done very well for yourself given your less than stellar start.
Well we all make mistakes when we're young.
Isn't that right Mr.
Clark or is it Lockdown? That was back around '97 though right? How many ? Four hundred and twenty-five.
Let me guess, Shark 367 firewall.
Now you're just showing your age.
I believe that you know Benny here.
Yeah, yeah I do.
He's a very talented programmer.
He writes some excellent code.
What are they working on? They're testing a new phone app security; it's a cross-site scripting hole.
Persistent or non-persistent? Non-persistent.
The developer thought that HTML anti-decoding on 5 xml characters Would be enough to prevent the cross-site.
Exactly.
They're wrong and that's how I make my money these days is by saving companies from people like I well we, used to be.
Now how may I help you? We're looking for someone named Jericho 11.
We believe this person may be involved in a large-scale identity theft.
And why would you think that I know him? Well unless I'm wrong you've moved in the same circles.
I don't associate with those sorts anymore.
I meant with your work.
You are one of the good guys now right, a white hat? They still call them that? They do.
No I haven't heard of this individual but I do, I will be sure to let you know.
We would appreciate that; thank you for your time.
Thank you.
So Peter Dukette seems to know a lot about you.
You want to fill me in? Not especially.
There's a reason that juvie records are sealed Michelle.
Dev, I know you've had your run-ins with the law; I've never asked any questions before, but it's never affected a case.
I got caught hacking into the Department of Defense at 16.
They offered me a deal, either help with the RCMP or face the music.
Turned out I liked being a white hat.
Well it sounds like your legacy lives on.
Once you're in cyber space you live forever.
I'm a digital artifact.
And what about Dukette; you think he is gone back to his old ways? Is he Jericho 11? Yeah? I don't know but we both know he's hiding something.
Okay, maybe it's time to call our mind hacker The one who doesn't need a computer? Yeah.
Basic tube in to the base of the epiglottis inflating cuff securing tube and time.
Fifty-seven seconds.
Yes! Beat that.
I honestly don't think I can; that is a very impressive time.
Really? Yes, absolutely.
Good for you.
Cool.
Hey it's almost quitting time; want to grab a beer? I can't tonight; I got to get some work done.
Thank you though.
Oh, okay.
How about tomorrow? It will be my treat I have per diem.
- Per diem? - Yeah Wow! Hey, hi, it's me, sorry.
What are you doing here? I want to talk to you without getting stabbed.
What do you want? I need your help.
All right, the truth is my name is Lars Trenton.
I'm head of security at a data storage company.
We got hacked, someone stole credit card information.
I think the person who did it, his name is Jericho 11, I need you to help me find him.
I already told you I don't know who the guy is, okay? And why should I help you; you lied to me.
You lied to me.
You're not just a blogger, you're one of them.
Right.
All right, so how do you know so much about them; how do you know how to find them? You know all that because you are one of them.
You're a hacker.
You can believe whatever you want to believe.
All right, okay, I'm sorry.
Let me start over, all right? I need your help.
Why should I help you? Because maybe you want to find Jericho 11 just as much as I do.
I'll share my theories you share your theories, we pool our resources.
He's fishing, how much does he really know.
I know a lot more than you think.
I don't know.
What does the name Peter Dukette mean to you? You think he's Jericho 11? Whether he is or isn't we think he's the one who hacked our company.
I don't know anything; I can't help you with this, I'm sorry.
What happened to you? Someone do something to you? What? The way you pulled a knife on me, that's not natural.
I don't need your pity.
This isn't pity.
But if you want to talk to someone you let me know.
If you want to talk to someone you let me know.
So who are you; Dr.
Phil or Lars Trenton? Nice choice of name by the way.
Thank you.
I saw the hanging guy again; I think it has something to do with Dukette.
Okay.
And the room full of junk its actually old computer equipment.
Anything else? Yeah I saw thousands of sequences of numbers, three groups of three, like social insurance numbers.
Identity theft; I mean that could be worth millions.
I have to ask again, do you think she's in on it? I don't know; maybe.
Benny, mind if we talk? I got nothing to say.
Good, then you can listen.
Look you don't know me, I don't know you, but we got a lot more in common than you think.
Give me a break.
I used to be a punk just like you.
Maybe you still are.
Let me guess, you're good at computers, you go places no one else can but then you realize that there's money to be made.
Is that what happened to you? No, I got caught.
Maybe you're not that good.
Maybe you're not that bad.
What's that mean? It means you can still make something with your skill.
You're a cop right; what do you make, $75 K? Well I could use more, we all could, but it doesn't mean I run and become a black hat.
I'm not black hat, I'm green hat.
I go where the money is.
You're in a position to help me get the guys that don't know right from wrong.
Sorry, I'm just doing this for the fun of it okay.
You're not mixed up with just hackers; these are criminals.
That means you and me Look we're on a collision course.
Well I got places to do, okay.
I can assure you Mr.
Klein that Revenue Canada's data is absolutely safe.
It is protected by a bulletproof firewall second to none, designed by myself.
No one is questioning your ability Mr.
Niles, however IIB has reason to believe that a malicious hacker is targeting Social Insurance Numbers.
Since Revenue Canada handles so much of the data we felt obligated to inform you.
You realize that I am just a consultant for Revenue Canada.
Well it is our understanding that you are, for lack of a better term, their head of internet security.
Listen, I've been around computers a long time seen a lot of code, I've seen hackers, good and bad, come and go.
That's why they hired me.
So you've heard of someone using the handle Jericho 11.
How did you find that name? So you have heard of it.
Some chatter has come to our attention regarding that name.
We've been investigating but so far nothing has been substantiated.
You think he has something to do with this threat to steal SIN numbers? Possibly.
Does the name Peter Dukette mean anything to you? Yes, why? Well we have reason to believe that he's Jericho 11.
I find that very unlikely.
And why is that? Peter Dukette is a paid consultant to Revenue Canada, in fact he was the one who tipped us to Jericho 11.
So you're telling me that Dukette, the guy that you think is Jericho 11 is actually working for the good guys? Apparently yeah.
I mean granted I don't understand that much about the world of hacking but it seems like all the good guys and bad guys are kind of bleeding into one another.
Yeah, white hat, black hat, hacker versus cracker tickling fan, underscore See the problem is whoever Jericho 11 is, he is going to steal the SINs, it doesn't matter if its Dukette or some other cat Kette or cat that's good.
- What? - What? Here I am hey.
Do you want to meet Peter Dukette? Yeah.
He's having a party tonight at his loft.
- All right.
- Be there at 11:00.
Hey what's so important that you had to call me on my night off? Forgot to have you sign my report on the pedestrian mishap.
Oh, okaythat's actually pretty important.
You look terrific by the way.
Oh, thank you.
I'm going out with some friends.
Oh yeah? Are they here; they can come inside.
I'm not sure I'm ready to share.
I don't bite.
I meant you.
Listen Oz, I just wanted to thank you for taking me on, making me feel so comfortable.
I was a little worried about who I'd be partnered with.
It's all part of the job and you're good.
I think you're going to have an excellent career.
Want to call me later? You want me to ca Hey, this is good I think how it is, actually.
You're right, just give that to the nurse and you're cool.
Oh, pen all right see you.
Thanks.
Hey what's up? Hi.
All good? Why wouldn't it be? No, nothing.
Does seem a bit young for you.
Oh that's just work related stuff, you know totally platonic.
Plus, she's, uh, she's out of my league so Ah, but if she weren't That's not what I meant.
Then I guess I fall right into your real house.
Do you want to go for a drink? I'm actually meeting someone for drinks right after my shift.
Really? Yeah.
Hey Oz.
Hey, hey Liv, how are you? Good.
Meet me in five Sandy? Yeah.
Oh, Oz was just telling about his trainee What's her name? Elise Poor thing has to wear a dress that's a couple of sizes too small.
Oh, mustn't have gotten paid yet.
Okayhey you guys are going to have fun tonight.
I'm going to go; I'll catch up with you later.
You do that and oh, say hi to Elise for us.
How's it going? Name? Lars Trenton, he's with me.
Would you like a drink? I would love a drink.
Nice Are you okay? You seem distracted.
Yeah, no, I just think I chose the wrong career.
Well trust me, not all hackers live like this.
Hey Vodka soda please.
And I'll get a scotch.
Yeah.
You must be Lars Trenton.
Hey Peter Dukette.
Yeah, hey, nice to meet you.
Hi.
Hi.
Marisa tells me that you're having some difficulties with the business venture.
I am, yeah.
I hope you can help me out.
Well if Marisa vouches for you it's good enough for me.
Let's talk.
Would you excuse us? What are you doing here cop? My job.
You're really getting on my nerves.
Good, good, Ido what I can.
Black hat battle's about to begin.
What do you say you and I have a go.
I don't do that anymore.
You scared, afraid you lost your touch? All right here's the deal; you win I'll get off your case, I win you show me a little respect.
Somebody said they used to call you Lockdown I got a new name for you old man, Dialup.
I was just hoping that you could point me towards the sort of individuals I'm looking for and I'm not looking for your average black hat that hates the Jameson's Who are you looking for? I'm looking for someone like Jericho 11.
Where are you Jericho? Then again maybe I'm chasing a ghost.
Possibly but if he's anything like me I bet he's interested in a few thousand credit card numbers.
All right, well what interests you Mr.
Dukette? What interests me Mr.
Trenton is water, alternative energy.
The future I am interested in changing the world.
For the better? I believe so.
What if I told you my goal in life was to see Wall Street destroyed? Is that a bad thing? No, no, it's outdated model.
Hm we agree on that.
It's corrupt.
It's destroying the middle class that it should serve.
And do you know what gleaning is? Is it biblical? The poor were allowed to scour the fields after the harvest had been taken, collecting what they could for themselves.
You understand? Yeah I think so if the existing economic system were destroyed then the average guy would be able to find wealth in the rubble.
Close enough.
Now if that's Jericho 11's objective then more power to him.
Unfortunately for now my job is to stop him.
But there is a revolution coming and I'm sure that he'll be part of it.
Guys it's the hack off.
I hope you found what you were looking for.
The guy's got a lot of big ideas.
He's developing a Messiah complex.
It's a merging of the internet with the human conscience.
It gets me kind of hot.
So you arranged this whole thing to convince me he's not Jericho 11.
Well like you said, everyone has their secrets, right? What do you say HOC, Norad, your old buddy's at the Department of Defense Not hacking anything.
We just penetrate, no damage.
Okay.
.
Department of Defense.
Ready, set, hack.
Benny's found the source code.
So has Dialup.
Sequel injection get the blind data.
Go man! Come on, he's decrypting the password We have a winner; Benny! I hate to break it to you but that kid might be past redemption.
That's what I was counting on.
I just planted a z-bot in Peter Dukette's system.
I'm not following you; speak English.
Okay I knew I couldn't get behind Peter Dukette's - firewall unless I was invited.
- Yeah.
It cost me the battle but it's in there.
We now have access to all of Peter Dukette's computers and whatever he is into.
Nice.
Lockdown is back baby! Who's Lockdown? - Is that you? - I'm Lockdown.
Oh.
The z-bot is in, I got to take it nice and slow though.
Dukette could have a trap set up in there.
I got a hit off someone in that room about something called blind data.
Blind data? I'll keep that in mind.
So Dukette was looking for Jericho 11 as well.
Yeah.
Maybe he really is on the up and up.
I don't know; there's something up with him.
My hits off Benny and Marisa have been quite accurate.
Speaking of Marisa, I mean that girl, she's 22 years old, a few minor charges for theft but nothing crazy.
She's just a bit of a street punk.
Makes you wonder if she got mixed up with Peter Dukette.
Yeah, a little more than mixed up from what I saw.
You mind if I borrow that phone? No, not at all.
All this religious stuff Peter's been talking about The name Jericho I think there's something there.
I'm going to go find out.
Let me know if you get anything.
See you guys later.
So I think I got something, okay? That name Toby was talking about, Blind Data? They own a server and Peter Dukette and his minions have been snooping around on it quite a bit.
Well given his job I'm sure he looks at servers every day.
No doubt, but Blind Data is owned by Kenneth Niles.
The security consultant for Revenue Canada.
Okay.
Morning.
Good morning, after you.
Look yesterday after work, did I do something wrong? No, no, no, you did not.
Okay because you know, I was just hoping you'd call or I'm seeing somebody.
There you go.
I should have said that earlier.
I just started seeing somebody.
It's kind of great and new and I kind of really like her so Okay, that explains everything.
Right yeah, I mean I think that you're great and uh if I had met you six months ago, who knows.
But there it is.
Okay.
- Okay? - Yeah.
Well if anything changes University 21, personal injury, female 42, Grange and John Unit 21 responding, copy.
Shall we? Yeah.
Blind Data is just one of a number of companies I own.
Onsite scrubbing, destruction of hard drives and backup devices.
We take redundant information and safely dispose of it.
Well is there any reason that Peter Dukette would need or want access to that company? No, none that I can think of.
Well this so-called redundant information, this is people's names, credit card numbers, their security codes, even their SIN numbers? Could be? Maybe he's planning to steal that information from Blind Data.
Impossible; the man works with me, I trust him completely.
Well, I believe the going rate for SIN numbers on the black market is what, $10 a pop.
Ten dollars? So if he were to hack into your site how many numbers are we talking about? Millions.
Well that's a lot of money Mr.
Niles.
Enough to tempt anyone I should think.
Really appreciate you sharing this with me; I'll look into it immediately.
Yeah? Hey we've been looking at this Jericho 11 thing all wrong.
You know when I first read Benny I thought it was a person, but what if it's not a person? What are you talking about? Look in the Bible.
Jericho is a city with huge strong walls protecting it; a guy named Joshua blows his trumpet until the walls collapse.
Jericho is not a hacker, it's a target.
But what if it's a computer behind that wall, behind a firewall? Getting into these archives was like raising Lazarus from the dead.
Anyway Jericho 11 was the name assigned to a computer built for Revenue Canada in the early 1980s.
Its primary function was data backup and storage.
And one of the engineers is none other than Kenneth Niles.
He must have known all along.
So Jericho 11 is sitting around gather dust with a whole bunch of old electronic equipment, like magnetic backup tapes.
The equipment room that Toby saw in his read.
It's old stuff, outdated, forgotten by the world.
Yeah, except for Kenneth Niles who has long since left Revenue Canada and started up his own business.
Disposing of old data Like those old Jericho 11 tapes.
Suddenly he has access to millions of SIN numbers, all he needs is a buyer.
And who better to help set that up than Peter Dukette.
So how does he do it? Me, I'd bring Jericho 11 back online, transfer the data to a secure server that I own and let the middleman handle the rest.
That's why Dukette was probing Blind Data server.
He was prepping for the transfer.
Okay there's just one thing that's bothering me here.
Does Dukette seem like the type of guy who would share his plan? No.
So how did Toby get his read from Hack Girl; how did she know? Mind if I come in? I'm a little busy.
I just want to talk to you about Jericho 11 and Joshua.
Joshua Patterson, your father.
Hello, Hi, yeah.
We have a problem.
Only one? I just got off the phone with Revenue Canada and yes they recently signed a deal with Blind Data to destroy the Jericho 11 files.
Suggested by Kenneth Niles no doubt.
Well exactly, but here's the thing.
Blind Data just moved up the date.
To when? Today.
I'll take Kenneth Niles.
I'll take Peter Dukette.
It's a cool place.
So you actually sleep up there? Yeah.
Want to tell me about your father? My father was a quiet, brilliant man.
He went about his business asking for nothing, ultimately receiving nothing.
He worked for Revenue Canada? Kenneth Niles took credit for everything about the Jericho 11 project.
I mean it was my dad's idea, even the name, the whole thing.
That's kind of funny, Joshua protecting Jericho.
My dad said nothing, not a word.
Even when Revenue Canada downsized him.
After all Kenneth went off and started his own business, why couldn't my dad? What went wrong? Kenneth Niles is what went wrong.
Step away from the computer! What's this about? Jericho 11.
You said you didn't know anything about it.
My work is highly classified, absolute discretion is required.
Well we have officers raiding Dukette's office right now so unless you start talking you're going to find your computer privileges very limited in prison.
This is a good day for you to leave work early Benny, if you know what I mean.
- Dude - Hey.
I said this is a good day to leave work early.
My dad started his own IT security firm, right? But his major client got hacked so his reputation was ruined.
This is a man in his fifties with no way of starting over.
You're in big trouble Mr.
Dukette.
I know, there were 14 million SIN numbers on that computer.
At $10 apiece that's a lot of money for you and your partner.
I'm surprised you're not more upset seeing how you're about to lose it.
I told you before that I'm not a criminal anymore.
In fact I was going to redirect all that money to something useful.
Of course, Kenneth he didn't know that; he would have been very upset when he found out but who is he going to complain to? You were going to redirect that money where? Haiti maybe, SudanI was thinking about building solar farms there, having the locals run them.
A little microeconomics project in mind.
See that is how you burn the system down, Lockdown.
It is by empowering the little guy.
Yeah well it's too bad none of that's going to happen now.
Well the irony is that it never would have.
Why? Because someone is stealing the SIN numbers from my computer as we speak.
I've been hacked.
And one day it was just it was all a bit too much for him.
And the hacker was Kenneth Niles.
Mmmhm So I hacked his computers and I watched for years to try to find some way to pay him back.
But not just for what he did to my dad, but for everyone that he screwed over.
And that's when I found out about what he was doing with Jericho 11, and I also knew about Peter's involvement.
What, so you pretended to be attracted to Peter to get close to him, to steal their big payday, is that it? I would have never sold those numbers.
It's 14 million people's lives! Peter would go he would go on about these benevolent concepts but really he couldn't care less what happened to those people.
He was just like how Kenneth Niles could care less what happened to my dad.
And now these lives are in your hands.
Yeah they are.
But My life is in your hands.
There's $140,000,000 here, fourteen million lives.
That's crazy.
Do hard drives like microwaves? No.
- Hey.
- Hey! Oz, why are you waiting out here in the cold? I was kind of hoping we could have a little private moment.
- Okay.
- Yeah Uhm that was ridiculous what I said yesterday.
I didn't you know, the whole league thing, - That was a bad joke - Oz I was - Oz Oz? shut up.
Okay.
Look here's the deal; I used to be married and now I'm free and I want to start enjoying life.
I mean I can be a lot of fun but I'm not looking for a commitment you know, and I'm certainly not looking for exclusivity.
You cool with that? You free tonight? Actually no.
- It's alright.
- Maybe tomorrow? Yeah, tomorrow works.
You know Oz there might come a day when you're not cool with this.
I'm cool with it now.
Okay.
So any news on the SIN numbers? Whoever hacked Peter Dukette hasn't done anything with them yet.
Yeah, I have a feeling they won't Do you? Yeah.
You know that Hack Girl has vanished.
Did she? You wouldn't know anything about that would you? Not at all no.
No, no, of course not because if you did I'm sure you would tell me.
You'd be the first to know.
Though I have a feeling she'd be hard to find.
Do you? Just have that feeling.
Hmmm.