
Lab Leak Liability
Security footage has identified your credentials being used during a catastrophic data breach at Helix Genomics, potentially exposing billion-dollar proprietary research. As internal affairs closes in, you have one chance to explain why your keycard accessed the restricted genetic database at 2:43 AM - when you were supposedly home.
Challenges
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Survivors
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Popularity
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Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Senior Research Associate, Synthetic Biology Division
Conversation Partner
Dr. Sarah Chen, Head of Internal Security
Setting
Glass-walled office on the 42nd floor, city lights twinkling ominously through rain-streaked windows
Location
Helix Genomics Corporate Headquarters, Singapore
Learning Objectives
Establish a verifiable alibi for the time of the breach
Identify how your security credentials were compromised
Prove awareness of proper security protocols to demonstrate competence
About This Scenario
Security footage has identified your credentials being used during a catastrophic data breach at Helix Genomics, potentially exposing billion-dollar proprietary research. As internal affairs closes in, you have one chance to explain why your keycard accessed the restricted genetic database at 2:43 AM - when you were supposedly home.
How It Starts
“The board just finished reviewing the breach report. $1.4 billion in R&D, gone. Your credentials, your clearance level, your access patterns. Care to explain why you're still sitting there instead of being escorted out in handcuffs?”
This is how Dr. Sarah Chen, Head of Internal Security's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#323
Category
General
Location Tag
Helix Genomics Corporate Headquarters, Singapore
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