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Maria grew up in a beautiful, quiet Spanish town where every day was a struggle for survival. Her parents passed away early, leaving her with only an old house by the sea and debts. She worked as a maid in a cheap motel on the outskirts of Alicante, earning pennies.
Alicante is a resort town and the center of a large wine-growing region, with affordable housing and a peaceful atmosphere. Convenient transportation links and a lower cost of living than in Spain's big cities make this place ideal. The city, its seaport, and tourist center are popular. Especially among families with children and entrepreneurs who invest in cryptocurrency.
The young woman dreamed of traveling the world, learning several programming languages at a prestigious university, starting her own startup to help poor children, and eventually buying a big house for herself. Maria's dreams were simple but temporarily unattainable — Maria just had a realistic view of the world. The reality was different, and to make her dreams come true, she had to work hard. “Money and crypto don't grow on trees,” she told herself every morning.
One evening, upon entering room 13, Maria saw scattered belongings, cups from under the bed, pizza boxes, empty bottles, and... a laptop on the table. The laptop was not locked: the hackers had left the session open as they fled. The monitor glowed dimly: an open browser with a crypto platform interface, wallets with large amounts of SOL tokens. She wasn't a hacker, but she also dreamed of her own crypto investments.
Maria understood why the tourists, two suspicious men with Chinese accents who were staying in the room, had left in a hurry. Later, the news reported: "Cybercriminals used a ‘bridge’ between systems, manipulated requests, and withdrew funds from the Earn program, where users deposited SOL to earn money. Although the attack affected only 1% of customers, the amount is quite large. The hackers who broke into the Swiss platform SwissBorg through a vulnerability in the API of staking partner Kiln are wanted. SwissBorg promised compensation to the victims, but the hackers disappeared."
Maria hesitated. “It's not my money,” she thought. But then Maria decided: this was a chance from fate itself. The hackers were criminals, so her conscience would be clear.
She quickly transferred part of the SOL to an anonymous wallet she created using a mobile app. She left the rest so as not to attract attention.
Overnight, she became a millionaire, quit her job at the motel, and moved to Costa de la Luz, where she bought herself a house by the sea. Her life changed dramatically: from a cleaning lady to a businesswoman.
Finally, her plans began to come to fruition: online education and trips to Paris, Tokyo, and New York became a reality. Maria began investing in cryptocurrency and opened a charitable foundation for children with heart defects.
