You dial Dane on the secondary line before Marc's call even connects. > **You**: *"Marc called Isabella to confirm the email. We have seconds."* A beat. Then Dane, very quietly: > **Dane**: *"How long has the line been ringing?"* > **You**: *"Twenty seconds. Maybe less."* Another beat. You hear him exhale through his nose. > **Dane**: *"I can trigger a network incident on the Blackridge perimeter, a false positive from their own monitoring system. If I do it now, every screen in their building lights up and Marc hangs up to deal with it before she answers."* He pauses. > **Dane**: *"But I burn the staging account. Permanently. No second attempt. If we do this, the lure goes out through Marc's authorization or not at all. And we have about twenty seconds before it doesn't matter."* The secondary line hums. The cursor blinks. **What do you do?** - **Tell Dane to trigger the network incident**: That's the last risk you will be taking. And if you fail, this can seriously be the last action you will take in the operation. Basically, you burn the staging account, exploit the network freeze to execute the ransomware payload. You will have something like 20 seconds, but you can still somehow save the operation. [[Cybercrime/The_Phisherman/Trigger The Signature Freeze|Trigger the freeze]] - **Tell Dane to abort**: The risk is too high. Walk away clean (and maybe, avoid jail). [[Burn The Operation|Abort and walk away]]