FBI: Most Wanted

"The USS 'Constitution' was launched in 1797

"and is the world's oldest three-masted naval vessel

still afloat."

Mom, I've been on the website.

I could totally write this report without seeing the ship.

I think it's exciting.

We've lived here 20 years, and we've never been, right?

Hudson, cut it out.

- I like that song. - It's boring.

I was thinking after, maybe we could grab some food

and picnic by the harbor.

Sounds good to me.

Hudson, I said cut it out.

Wasn't me.

Look out!

- What are you doing? - There's something wrong.

Dad!

My God!

It's not me. It won't stop.

- What's going on? - It won't stop!

Dad!

- Ben, what are you doing? - It won't stop!

- Dad! - Ben, my God!

Hey. So who are we chasing today?

This morning in Melrose, Massachusetts,

an unknown subject hacked the electrical system

of the Lewis family car and crashed it.

The daughter, Kelly, was left at home,

but the crash killed Ben, Maureen, and Hudson.

Local PD thought it was an accident,

but a few minutes after the crash,

the car's manufacturer, Faybien Motors, got this.

"Oops, looks like your car has a security flaw.

"Unless you want more cars to crash,

send 1 million in Bitcoin to this address."

What's interesting is "unless you want more cars to crash,"

not "unless you want more people to die."

Yeah, focused on machines, not lives.

It might bea linguistic quirk.

They want money fromthe company, not the family.

Faybien Motors. Aren't they new?

Yeah, they're about four years old out of Quincy.

They make hybridsand high-end SUVs.

Their selling point isa state of the art technology.

- Might want to rethink that. - Yeah.

They're working to patch the software,

and their lawyers are discussing the ransom.

But in the meantime, we have

murder, cybercrime, and extortion,

not to mention an ongoing threat to the public.

How big of a threat?

How many people drive this type of car?

In Massachusetts

- 2,000, give or take. - Jeez.

That's a lot. Now, why the Lewis family?

And who would have the chops to do this?

In the Route 128 area, practically anybody.

It's a huge tech center.

I need to pull code from that car.

All right, as soon as we get to Boston,

you and Kenny hit the impound yard.

The rest of us will go see the daughter,

see if she has any idea why her family was targeted.

Copy that.

We've been roommates for three years.

He's been working remotely, so he was like,

"I'm gonna go live with my parents for free, screw it."

Me and Zadie were like, "Seriously?"

I mean, we've still got a whole year left on our lease.

If I had a chance to live rent-free, I'd take it.

It just sucks.

I mean, now I'm gonna have to sublet to some random person?

I could see if any of my friends are looking.

- How much for rent? - 2 grand a month.

What?

I pay that for a studioin Cobble Hill

that gets natural lightfor about eight minutes a day.

There.

The first chip was a bust, but the backup downloaded.

We're good.

They must've knownthey were gonna crash.

And been helpless to stop it.

Then then the car catches on fire.

It's awful.

Whoever did this, they're a monster.

We're very sorry we have to do this, Kelly.

We realize you're in pain.

Can we ask you a few questions?

Do you know anyone who wouldwanna... hurt your family?

No.

You mean this wasn't some random attack?

We're exploring everything.

Kelly was supposed to be with them, but she had a migraine.

Is she in danger?

We're not sure yet.

You'll come stay with me and Uncle Judd.

We'll take care of you.

Were your parents having any problems at work?

No.

My dad restored antique clocks

and played in a Matchbox Twenty cover band.

My mom stayed home and sewed COVID masks for nurses.

I mean, who would wanna hurt them?

Hey, guys.

- Your brother was a gamer? - Yeah.

I'd hear him in here all the time

yelling at the screen.

It was practically all he did besides play baseball.

I'm sorry. I can't.

You think she's a target?

Let's post someone at the aunt and uncle's house

until we know what's going on.

A lot of overlap between gamers

and people good with computers.

And online disputes can have offline consequences.

True. You know, a few months ago,

a gamer my brother knows was arguing with another player.

He put in a fake 911 call. Sent SWAT to his house.

Almost got him killed.

You're thinking the Lewis kidpissed off another gamer?

It's possible.

Let them knowwe're taking that.

We heard from Faybien.

Their lawyers told them not to pay the ransom.

Can't blame them.

That'd only lead to more demands.

- Thanks, Clinton. - Hey, check this out.

Hudson Lewis played a lot of "Rubicon's Crossing."

Are those texts?

No. These are direct messages.

Gamers send them to each other when they play.

Now, Hudson is a big instigator.

What do you mean?

Well, for example, this one guy, he posted a hack

that supposedly made your character immortal.

Now, Hudson tried itand it didn't work,

so he started flaming the guy,

and all these other peoplejoined in.

Wrote, "Poser.""You suck."

"Loser.""Wannabe."

"Go kill yourself." I mean, everything.

Like a bully on the schoolyard.

Yup, and this gamer was his target.

It's A-U-G-H-T. Aught.

Gamers substitute numbers for letters.

Okay, you run it through SENTINEL?

Yeah. Nothing.

Ought means should.

Fits the profile that they like to control things.

Also means anything.

They could look at themselves as having access to

or capable of anything.

So is the hacker going after Faybien,

or other players who bullied him?

If it's Faybien, they should warn their customers.

We should tell them it's a platypus.

- A what? - Platypus.

It's tech slang for malware when you get a bunch

of different codes all hacked together.

Like the animal.

This guy's good.

He built it and used it to infiltrate.

Faybien's electronic control unit.

From there, he could control steering, braking,

anything connected to the computer.

Can we trace where we got the code?

I'm running it through an algorithm

trying to get a fingerprint.

You can identify someone

based on how they put their platypus together?

Yeah, everyone writes code differently.

It's kind of like how you can tell the difference

between a van Gogh and a Picasso.

- This is interesting. - What?

One of these pieces is similar to a code

that was used to decrypt credit cards a couple years ago.

- Code was posted by an X2. - Run it and see.

All right, we got a Lucas Earley,

Arrested 2/27/15 for credit card fraud.

From stolen credit cards, to hacking a car,

to killing three people, and a million-dollar extortion

over a video game?

That's a hell of an escalation.

Getting caught didn't teach him to behave.

It taught him how to hide his tracks.

Last known address is in Rockland?

Yeah, it looks like he still lives with his parents.

Okay, you guys stay on Faybien,

work the software patchand that customer list.

Let's go see if this is our hacker.

Dude, I got him. I got Hudson.

Who?

The kid who flamed meon "Rubicon's."

- I killed him. - You didn't kill anybody.

- You're mental. - I'll show you.

You didn't kill him. They crashed.

Yeah, because I hacked the car.

Fine, you hacked the car.

And the car company's gonna pay me a million in Bitcoin.

Buy yourself something nice. Now move!