The security logs for the digital vault showed a breach at 3:00 AM using the master PIN. The CEO was asleep, the head of IT was on a live televised flight over the Atlantic, and the night guard was locked inside a windowless security room with no phone. Who bypassed the vault?
The head of IT
Live television broadcasts of flights over the ocean are impossible or pre-recorded, but wait—look closer at the tech constraints. Actually, the guard was locked inside a room, the CEO was asleep, leaving the IT director whose 'live' flight on television was a recorded alibi.
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