Marco tried to unplug the phone. The USB port wouldn't release. The Octoplus window smiled—a tiny emoticon he had never seen before:

Perfect trap.

Then, through the phone’s earpiece, a voice said:

He opened a new tab and typed: descargar octoplus samsung software v4.2.4

The .exe was 847 MB—exactly the right size. No red flags. He disabled Windows Defender (old habit), ran the installer, and watched the progress bar crawl to 100%.

The voice whispered one last thing: "Start with the S22 Ultra on your desk. You have 48 hours."

He reached for his backup external drive. It was already ejected.