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We were very aware
that Wirecard was spying on us. Dan had to operate in complete secrecy. We were basically acting
on the basis that anything on the FT network was at risk of being compromised. We got Dan set up
with an air-gapped laptop, which had the modem ripped out
so that it can't be hacked. So this pile of documents from Pav,
that went on the super-secure laptop. So every morning, I have to sign out
the key to the big safe. The key was about that long, which
gives you a sense of how big the safe was. It was like a giant fridge. Get out the laptop
and the files that I'm working on, then go into my own little bunker. A little room
in the middle of the building in the FT... and start going
through the material we've got
that Wirecard was spying on us. Dan had to operate in complete secrecy. We were basically acting
on the basis that anything on the FT network was at risk of being compromised. We got Dan set up
with an air-gapped laptop, which had the modem ripped out
so that it can't be hacked. So this pile of documents from Pav,
that went on the super-secure laptop. So every morning, I have to sign out
the key to the big safe. The key was about that long, which
gives you a sense of how big the safe was. It was like a giant fridge. Get out the laptop
and the files that I'm working on, then go into my own little bunker. A little room
in the middle of the building in the FT... and start going
through the material we've got
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We were very aware
that Wirecard was spying on us.
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Dan had to operate in complete secrecy.
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We were basically acting
on the basis
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that anything on the FT network
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was at risk of being compromised.
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We got Dan set up
with an air-gapped laptop,
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which had the modem ripped out
so that it can't be hacked.
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So this pile of documents from Pav,
that went on the super-secure laptop.
00:00:35.004 --> 00:00:38.032
So every morning, I have to sign out
the key to the big safe.
00:00:38.084 --> 00:00:42.076
The key was about that long, which
gives you a sense of how big the safe was.
00:00:42.084 --> 00:00:44.024
It was like a giant fridge.
00:00:45.006 --> 00:00:48.072
Get out the laptop
and the files that I'm working on,
00:00:50.052 --> 00:00:52.044
then go into my own little bunker.
00:00:52.096 --> 00:00:56.052
A little room
in the middle of the building in the FT...
00:00:58.044 --> 00:01:00.008
and start going
through the material we've got.
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Movie Summary
Upstart payment firm Wirecard wowed the financial industry with its runaway success — until a tenacious team of journalists exposed massive fraud.
