Undercover Report – Case File 72-90
Agent: Quinn (cover identity)
Date: 08/09 – 08/12

Subject fronts a small software firm that has attracted high‑risk clients seeking data‑scraping and intrusion services. Agent embedded as a temporary QA tester, which offered proximity to build pipelines and the staging server. On 08/10, the subject approved a late‑night push titled “crawler‑plus” that contained modules for credential stuffing and proxy rotation. The code branch was kept off the main repository and shared via encrypted zip.

On 08/11, two visitors arrived with no badges and were escorted directly to the conference room. Subject requested the agent run a “sandbox smoke test” while the visitors watched a dashboard of login attempts against third‑party targets. Conversation referenced “clean lists,” “UID harvest,” and “deliverables by Friday.”

On 08/12, the subject floated a contract expansion involving a custom build for “telecom metadata capture.” When the agent hesitated, the subject advised to “just test the pipeline; leave the contracts to me.” Security posture inside the firm is lax; logs rotate every twenty‑four hours without retention.

Cover credible. Recommend rapid legal hold to preserve server images, quiet outreach to targeted platforms to harden defenses, and preparation for a coordinated search warrant before the next deliverables window.
 Cover remains intact. Recommend continued surveillance and coordinated warrants when feasible. Cover remains intact. Recommend continued surveillance and coordinated warrants when feasible.