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On the third day my son went missing, I hacked into every smart system in our building. All 202 residents, from octogenarians to infants, were locked inside their homes. I sent my first message to the residents' SnapChat group: "My son, Leo, is somewhere in this building. From now on, every hour, I'll expose one family's secret. If we don't find Leo, we all die." A multi-millionaire CEO in the group exploded in rage: "Are you insane?! What does your son being missing have to do with us?! I demand you stop this immediately!" I typed out my second message, attaching a screenshot of an encrypted financial statement. "@Mr. Henderson from 1502, you have fifty-nine minutes left. Friendly reminder: check your offshore accounts. See if the IRS would be interested." I