Leo went to unplug the cable. But his hand stopped. Because the laptop's built-in webcam—the one he'd covered with tape years ago—had just turned on. Its tiny green light glowed in the dark.
Leo blinked. The SADP list refreshed by itself—something it should never do without a click. All forty-two cameras were still there. But their status columns had changed. Instead of Online , they all read the same thing: sadp for hikvision
He plugged the Ethernet cable directly into the rogue camera—a dusty dome model near Bay 17. The laptop's port blinked orange, then green. Leo went to unplug the cable
For a moment, nothing. Then the list populated. Dozens of devices. But at the very bottom, highlighted in angry red, was the offender. Its tiny green light glowed in the dark
(Leo's own laptop IP) Status: Device Found