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1. There's a viral video of me 'confessing' to stealing Atlas.
2. What? Send the link.
3. TikTok trending right now, it's everywhere, please read.
4. I'm seeing it, is this actually you?
5. It's fake, it's not my voice or face, deepfake.
6. Who posted it?
7. Creator username 'Rooked', caption says 'bluebird saved me'.
8. Bluebird is our internal code word, impossible leak.
9. Bluebird? only people on the project knew that.
10. Exactly, which means someone inside this circle did it.
11. Investors forwarded it to me; I'm in a meeting.
12. Oh my God, my first day is today.
13. Don't call HR yet, you'll get suspended.
14. I am HR for this hire; explain now.
15. I never stole Atlas; Sarah mentioned threats last month.
16. Sarah? your ex? why is she relevant now?
17. She commented: 'Finally exposed,' under the video.
18. Pull comments, screenshot replies, and mute the thread.
19. Also check Rooked followers; could be a burner.
20. Rooked follows one account: @savannah_sam — that's Sam.
21. I told Sam about Atlas last week at the bar.
22. You told Sam? Luca, we never told interns.
23. Luca, were you with Sam last night?
24. Yeah, but my phone died; I left early, I swear.
25. The video's background shows my lamp, our old apartment lamp.
26. That lamp is in company photos, how did they match?
27. Someone used my old apartment footage, they matched angles.
28. I didn't post; check my Instagram activity, I was offline.
29. Metadata shows edit rendered from the office IP.
30. What? That implies someone at the office set me up.
31. I didn't render anything; IT will trace that IP now.
32. Sam used to date the Dev lead; Dev leads have access.
33. I... Sam texted me 'sorry' this morning, then deleted.
34. Do not confront anyone yet; preserve evidence.