Lila, with her tech-savvy friend Ravi, a blockchain developer, and Zora, a former hacker turned cybersecurity guru, dove into the code. The Phantom had exploited a vulnerability in mazacoin’s smart contracts, siphoning funds to an anonymous wallet. Using mazacoin’s inherent transparency, they traced the trail to a darknet exchange, realizing this wasn’t just theft—it was a calculated attack on the trust binding Neo-Vega.