Algorithm Ransom Crisis

Your proprietary AI trading algorithm - worth millions and representing five years of work - has been compromised. An anonymous hacker group has gained access and threatens to auction it to your competitors in 60 minutes. They demand 50 Bitcoin as ransom, but there's something off about their demands that suggests an inside job.

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Difficulty

B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Chief Algorithmic Trading Officer at QuantumEdge Capital

Conversation Partner

Shadow Broker

Setting

Your glass-walled office on the 47th floor, Manhattan. Multiple monitors displaying volatility alerts and unauthorized access warnings. City lights glitter ominously through rain-streaked windows.

Location

QuantumEdge Capital Headquarters, Financial District, NYC

Learning Objectives

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Negotiate with the hacker to buy time and gather intelligence

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Identify potential insider involvement through careful dialogue

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Either arrange the Bitcoin transfer or expose the perpetrator's identity

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“I have your entire Q-Lambda trading framework. Quite impressive how you handled the latency issues in the derivatives module. You have 59 minutes before it goes to auction. Current bid: 2.3M USD from your friends at Goldman. Transfer 50 BTC to this wallet to prevent the sale. Clock's ticking.”

This is how Shadow Broker's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#492

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