The Enigma Threat

Judith's worried look was evident as she asked, “Xiamara, do you think she would have approved? I mean, this is not really playing by the rules of engagement. She was such a stickler for proper coding for legitimate applications. I feel like she’s watching us and grading..."

Xiamara smirked and countered, "Madam Z? Are you kidding me? I saw her hack that one snarky student's PC while she was cooing on a cell phone call with her...whatever he was. There was more to that lady than we will ever know. Look at the coding routines she taught us, for God's sake! One minute she was pounding on us to build tight applications for corporate, the next minute showing us how to break into it and commandeer it for keystroke logging that would then be exported anywhere!

“Remember that social engineering lesson she taught? She always said, ‘Keep eye contact while your blouse is straining to hold back the bra-less goods’. Hah! She had ol' Sammy's attention while she copied his password and dropped an encryption malware program onto his PC. No two ways about it, she was definitely the consummate confidence woman."

Judith smirked. "I'd forgotten about that class. Yep, Sammy was a wreck after that session! Z was good at coding, but something tells me there was more to her past than casual social engineering. Anyway, she took a shine to us, and we got more of her attention than anyone. Almost like there was something she was trying to prove."

Xiamara thoughtfully added, "I always felt she helped us because she never had that kind of help growing up. We were talking one time and I asked about her family and home life. You would’ve thought I'd thrown ice water down her back. She looked like she wanted to tell me something but couldn't. After seeing the look on her face, I wished I could’ve taken it back. That was the only time I ever saw her when she wasn't completely in command of any situation."

Judith remarked, "I think old Madam Z would be proud of how we blended her teachings of software coding and social engineering to launch our automated porn business. Look at how many customers we've sacked up already! Funny how so many of them are named Jose Garcia.

“Hey, nice coding on the fly to add numerals on to duplicate names to keep them unique. Looks like Jose Garcia number 187 just signed up."