Min-seo stared at the blinking cursor in the search bar of her old laptop, the glow of the screen the only light in her cramped Seoul apartment. It was 3:00 AM, and she was desperate to find a rare indie track from her youth to help her fall asleep.
Before she could reach for the power button, her phone buzzed on the desk. It was an incoming call from an unknown number. When she answered, there was no voice, only the soft, melancholic melody of the very song she had just tried to download playing in the background.
She clicked on a suspicious, text-heavy link that promised a high-quality download. Instantly, her screen flickered and went black. A single line of bright green text appeared:
