It is important to address this topic directly:

Elias froze. His sandbox was supposed to be isolated. He checked the traffic logs. The "patch" wasn't just bypassing the license; it was opening a reverse shell. PacketRat hadn't given him a gift; he’d given him a Trojan horse.

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