At 2:37 AM, with rain streaking down her apartment window, Mira plugged in the Thrustmaster.

Mira wasn't a hacker. She was an archaeologist. A software paleontologist.

The Teams call included three Microsoft kernel engineers, one member of the Windows Security Response Team, and Mira, who hadn't slept in 36 hours.

"What would you like to map this to?"

But two days later, the email arrived.