Chapter 6 - MALCOLM HART HAD MY OLD LAPTOPThe retired laptop signature certificate led somewhere unexpected.
I had donated the machine to a technology recycling program operated through Hart Advisory.
Vanessa organized the charity drive.
She told me the laptops would be securely wiped.
Most were.
Mine wasn’t.
A forensic review found the device serial number later activated from Hart Advisory’s office network.
Someone recovered stored browser certificates.
Not passwords directly.
Enough to support a fake signing environment after additional credential compromise.
Mom’s missing tablet?
Also resurfaced.
At a Hart Advisory conference room.
Security footage showed Malcolm’s executive assistant carrying it.
How?
Vanessa had found the tablet in our car after Mom’s conference.
She said she gave it to “someone from Mom’s office.”
She didn’t.
She gave it to her father’s assistant because Malcolm claimed he could return it through business channels.
It never came back.
Maybe Vanessa truly thought he would.
Maybe not.
Investigators would decide based on evidence.
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But Malcolm had access to both devices.
That made the attempted wire much less mysterious.
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