Terminal Compromise · Chapter 420Phew!
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<<<<<<CONNECTION TERMINATED>>>>>>
"I guess you scared him off." Scott was amused.
"Sorry," Tyrone said.
"He'll call back," Scott waved off the apology. "When the coast is clear."
"Fuck off." Their friendship was returning to the level it once had been.
"Hey, it's getting beyond late," Scott ignored him. "What say we get together in a few days and sort through some of this."
"I know, but one thing. Can you get into your computers, at the paper?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Dobbs said that the other victims had had their stock go down pretty dramatically. Can you look up stock prices and perform- ances over the last few months?"
"Yeah, do it all the time."
"Could you? I want to see if there are any names I recognize."
"No problem." Scott dialed the Times' computer and identified himself. After going into the bank computer with Kirk, every time he dialed up his office, he felt an increased sense of power, and an increased sense of responsibility. He had access to massive amounts of information that if it got into the wrong hands . . .
He shook the thought. The computer offered the 'Stocks and Bonds Menu' and Scott set up a query in a modified SQL that was simple enough for reporters to use: