Pressure Zone a podcast by Hack The Box
Jun 24, 2026 · 29 min · 9 segments
A breakthrough patent forty-eight hours from launch. An industry gala celebration. A hidden corporate espionage operation extracting core proprietary secrets over a glass of bubbly champagne. In this…
Brian MarkhamGuest
Christine BartlettHostNo entities detected.
The morning after the gala, your head of research comes to you, visibly uneasy.
You now know your most valuable intellectual property has been partially compromised through human means.
Immediately suspend the head of research's access and start a forensic audit of his devices and communications.
Instruct public relations to leak a fake version of the patent details to muddy the waters.
C, the CEO liaison, inform the CEO immediately that the high value patent is at risk, even if the full extent is unclear.
Last, D, the stealth tail, hire a private investigator firm to identify the journalists using the Gallup security footage and other leads.
I think I would go with C to let the CEO, let leadership know what we're dealing with, because you want to try to address problems as a team, not to try to keep it to myself and start trying to make decisions on my own.
And so I think the sooner you kind of let leadership know what's going on, the better chance you'll have at a good team-based approach where people can bring all of their various talents and experiences to the table.
The morning after the gala, your head of research comes to you, visibly uneasy.
You now know your most valuable intellectual property has been partially compromised through human means.
Immediately suspend the head of research's access and start a forensic audit of his devices and communications.
Instruct public relations to leak a fake version of the patent details to muddy the waters.
C, the CEO liaison, inform the CEO immediately that the high value patent is at risk, even if the full extent is unclear.
Last, D, the stealth tail, hire a private investigator firm to identify the journalists using the Gallup security footage and other leads.
I think I would go with C to let the CEO, let leadership know what we're dealing with, because you want to try to address problems as a team, not to try to keep it to myself and start trying to make decisions on my own.
And so I think the sooner you kind of let leadership know what's going on, the better chance you'll have at a good team-based approach where people can bring all of their various talents and experiences to the table.
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