He wasn't trying to hack a bank or steal state secrets. He was trying to rebuild a life. Three days ago, his sister’s old hard drive—the one containing the only copies of the first five years of his niece’s life—had let out a pathetic whine and died. The technicians at the local shop had shrugged, quoted a price that was triple Elias’s rent, and told him the data was likely "scratched into oblivion."

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