NSA Cyber Command Center – Fort Meade, Maryland
"Status update," Commander Greg Mathis demanded, his tone clipped as he entered the operations room.
Agents seated at various workstations quickly responded. Monitors displayed traffic streams from global data centers, encrypted packet flows, and live server metrics. Despite the complex activity on screen, one alarming issue persisted—there was a dramatic decrease in usable metadata from Facebook.
"Still no resolution, sir," Agent Howard replied, swiveling to face Mathis. "For the past two weeks, we've been experiencing near-total obfuscation of user traffic metadata from Facebook's global infrastructure."
Mathis crossed his arms. "Explain. What's changed?"