Hacker Mark, aka 'Romulus', tail-gates his way right into the Khromacom corporate HQ where the IT Team are fire-fighting a cyber-attack. He secures a job on the IT security team, much to the satisfaction of his sinister handler, 'Mother'.
Even before his first day Mark has been interrogating the social media accounts of his new colleagues. They seem like a fun and slightly random bunch of people who love to overshare. He’s tasked with getting security tightened while…
AJ catches Mark trying to ‘phish’ Erica for financial information on the merger. Mark brushes this off as a phishing test for all the company. He asks AJ why he is so loyal to the company but AJ explains it’s about the people. Undeterred,…
Mark is running into a brick wall on Khromacom’s network security so he calls on an old contact ‘Rat’ to dumpster dive for confidential documents people may have casually disposed of. When he returns to his desk he is shocked that the…
It’s 2am and Mark is disguised as a cleaner to target Erica’s office. Her desk and office walls are covered with papers that might be useful. He steals a notebook from her desk. Later the next morning he has a tricky conversation with her…
‘Romulus’ is ready to ship out of his fake life as Mark Shepherd. He’s just about to send the crucial upload of killer information to his masters when AJ stops him. It’s Red Nose Day and the Khromacom gang are ready for some shenanigans.…
Who knows which way Mark will fall? His new permanent position will give him the chance to work from the ‘inside’, but there are signs he has a real conscience, that he cares about his colleagues. Fiona introduces him to newbie Charlotte…
Erica comes to Mark with a problem. She’s fallen prey to a ransomware attack and needs him to sort it without alerting their colleagues. Mark’s response shows he’s got her back. She owes him a favor now. The Controller threatens to deal…
Mark has a hunch that Erica will be targeted at a big finance conference, so he gets assigned as her security detail. To Mark’s shock and dismay, ‘Mother’ breaks cover. In the guise of an American businessman he charms Erica into…
Mark realizes he can’t do this on his own. He recruits AJ into the game. It’s risky but there’s no alternative. ‘Mother’ calls a clandestine meeting in a deserted underground car park. It looks like Mark’s plan will be thwarted when the…
This adversary is relentless. Mark and AJ know that just because an attack has been thwarted, they will just keep coming. The information hacked from ‘Mother's' phone leads them to a USB key, surreptitiously handed to Erica by the…
‘Mother’ or Maurice as we find his real name to be, is sure that he can keep the operation on the road. He uses Mark’s past to try to blackmail him. He tests the security guy’s sincerity in turning over a new leaf. Meanwhile AJ gets his…
Things are looking great for Mark. He’s got his dream job, working alongside his newly promoted buddy AJ. They do everything together. Episode 1 finds the Khromacom gang at a Karaoke bar. As ever there are security situations everywhere:…
Mark and AJ are called into the team on a new top-secret project, e.v.e. They get to meet technology biz guru, Justin, and the tech brains behind him, Dev. Mark is tasked with setting up security on the mystery project, but the first…
Mark and Charlotte’s dinner date is an opportunity for Mark to impress. While he’s a ‘wiz’ at all things security, that clearly doesn’t extend to the kitchen. Meanwhile ‘Aunt Margret’ is turning up the heat and Charlotte finds herself…
At last the wraps are lifted from the top-secret project. Mark, AJ and the rest of the team are introduced to e.v.e – a virtual assistant like nothing we’ve seen before. Mark voices his concern to Dev about the security implications of…
The new attack by Charlotte has set off some virtual alarms and AJ is helping their colleague Dawn to protect herself from a spoofing attack, after her phone was compromised. Meanwhile, Mark’s old hacker life threatens to come crashing…
Charlotte steps up her social engineering activity, manipulating fellow employees through vishing and impersonation. She’s an impressive adversary and even the security team are not immune. Mark finds himself teaming up with an unlikely…
Mark and Charlotte finally make it to dinner at a ‘hipster’ restaurant. Mark’s counter-attack begins, giving Charlotte a taste of her own medicine; using 3rd party apps on her phone. In the process Mark discovers Charlotte’s true motives…
The launch of e.v.e is just days away and the team is pulled into an unscheduled planning meeting. Dev is relying on Mark and AJ to keep the system secure against a threat of which only Mark knows the true scale. Finally, we start to see…
e.v.e’s launch day minus one and Charlotte is showing herself to be as skilful an actor as she is hacker. Maurice is forced to cash in some old favours, no matter how far flung, or how deep ‘undercover’, to find out who’s really behind…
It’s the day of the big launch. The excitement and the threat levels around e.v.e are through the roof. AJ and Mark take the team through the critical security protocols. Meanwhile Charlotte impersonates her way into a bedroom at the…
Finally, all of the secrets are laid bare, all of the webs of deceit unravel. The revelations come thick and fast for Charlotte, AJ and Dev. By the end of this emotional and tense episode everything they thought they knew will be turned…
Mark and AJ face the aftermath. In the remains of the e.v.e launch they survey a world seemingly turned upside-down. So many questions are still unanswered. Can their friendship survive? Could someone really end up in jail? And maybe most…
Good Shepherd Security’s crack team is carrying out a sophisticated penetration test, involving AJ in a bee costume. The stakes are sky high, as the ‘sting’ has been commissioned by an international bank. There’s a lucrative contract to…
Mark, Maurice and Fiona have a crucial meeting with Christina Mendoza, the CEO of GBT Bank. The outcome could transform the rocky fortunes of their fledgling company. Meanwhile AJ is engaged in an important bit of ‘outreach’, sharing his…
The subject of the next penetration test is revealed as Verite, the company whose state-of-the-art banking software is currently being trialled by GBT Bank. The Good Shepherd Security team gather in their temporary new headquarters to…
The planning for ‘Operation Verité’ is in full swing. Mark and AJ are excited to be deploying their hacker capabilities but unexpectedly come up against an obstacle that may threaten the whole business. Fiona finds herself having to…
AJ is terrified how Fiona will react to the revelations about Mark’s past. It looks like the game is up before it even gets going. Maurice, who is supposed to be ‘cleansing his karma’ seems to think honesty is the best policy but admits…
The questions about Mark’s past are having a profound impact on him prompting a disturbing flashback dream. Meanwhile AJ is busy recruiting the new specialist team member, Violet. Her skills are impressive and he’s clearly charmed. It…
It’s a job interview like no other. Mark’s sister’s return to his life has seriously rocked the boat. Violet tries to persuade Mark she can be trusted but their shared history has the potential to derail every part of Mark’s new life. It…
The emotional stakes are through the roof as Mark shares with Fiona and AJ the full picture of his previous life. The risk to the team seems unsustainable but Violet will not be put off in pushing her case. Her skills are unique, but in…
Maurice gets the go-ahead from Christine Mendoza to initiate the sting. It’s a true team effort starting with AJ and Violet, who have the challenge of stealing some top secret information from Verite’s CEO, Lee Berner. Meanwhile for Mark,…
The ‘con’ is up and running full tilt. It has taken all the team’s combined social engineering and hacking skills to get in place and keep the sting going. It’s all been planned like clockwork, Fiona will deal with Lee and AJ in place in…
The sting on Lee Berner of Verité hurtles towards its heart-stopping conclusion. Everyone is working at full capacity and the team has to synchronise like a finely tuned watch, combining exquisite social engineering with some serious…
Everyone is in a mood for celebration. It seems to be mission-accomplished. ‘Good Shepherd Security’, complete with its new team members, will live to fight another day. Maurice, as ever, is on hand for spiritual guidance but Mark is…
A mysterious hacker group, The 404, initiates a devastating ransomware attack on a Norwegian gas installation. The hack, a coordinated phishing and social engineering operation, makes the news. A high profile attack like this quickly…
Good Shepherd Cybersecurity is invited to deal with the energy company’s ransomware attack. Mark advises the CEO not to pay the ransom at any cost. It’s not clear if he’ll take Mark’s advice. George, Mark and Violet’s estranged father,…
Disastrously, despite all advice, the energy company’s CEO is planning to cave in to the ransom demand. Mark buys time, promising his team will extinguish the threat in days. Maurice is as elusive as ever. However, the arrival of a…
AJ informs the team that a fake calendar request to the initial phish victim enabled the hackers to access vital engineering systems. George tries to explain his motives to Violet, but she isn’t convinced. Mark in the UG & E war room…
Mark has enlisted Lars to locate the threat in the plant’s underground system of tunnels and comes to a stunning realization about the real nature of the attack. Thanks to a USB key, AJ manages to persuade a sceptical CEO that security…
Mark and AJ have an exciting ride out to inspect one of the stricken gas terminals, thanks to an old friend. In the offices, the GSC team watches nervously as Mark heads out into the deserted control room. The monitoring systems at the…
Maurice enlists Deathrage to do a little cyber-snooping on Agent Castillon to see where her loyalties lie. AJ’s growing social media presence secures an approach from a hugely popular influencer whose social media feeds have been hacked…
Violet has a flashback to the moment when 16-year-old her was finally able to cut loose from George. Back in the present day, George tries to persuade Violet to get some old tech off Mark allegedly to protect him. Later, Violet is…
Violet and AJ have worked out the scarily simple mechanism behind the hack of Rosie May’s social media feed. The influencer is delighted, and everyone at GSC is in a celebratory mood. Mark and Violet seem to have worked past their…
Fiona still has her suspicions about Mark’s sister and is intrigued to see Violet visiting a surprising location. Over at Good Shepherd Cybersecurity, a normal day is quickly taking an unexpected turn. How will Mark and the team respond…
All is descending into chaos. The Good Shepherd Cybersecurity team is driven out of their office. Erica makes a devastating discovery about Maurice, while Mark receives more humiliation from the mastermind behind the 404. Everyone thinks…
The morning after the attack, the team is trying to process what happened. A search through the security camera footage turns up some nasty surprises. Mark is shocked at what he sees and goes to confront the culprit; he feels betrayed and…
Season 5 picks up straight after the emotional finale of Season 4. In Romania a ruthless corporate lawyer is securing a vast Gothic castle for an unknown client. Meanwhile Mark, Violet and Good Shepherd Cybersecurity are monitoring the systematic dismantling of a ‘has been’ social media company, ‘The Village’. International security services are forced out…
In a castle in deepest Romania a lawyer is presiding over an audacious financial heist. In London, a sinister figure walks into a hospital. What links these two seemingly unrelated events? Who knows, but nothing good can come of this.
Mark and AJ are testing out an ingenious weapon to add to their cyber-armoury. A phone call brings news that will rock their world. Who is the mystery man in the hospital? He looks familiar somehow.
Violet and Mark are approached by the security services. The siblings are faced with an impossible choice that tests their already fragile relationship. The name Cyrus Barclay re-enters their lives; that’s never a good thing.
Mark and Violet make a decision regarding the approach from Europol. The mechanics behind the next stage of Cyrus’ plan are starting to become clear. A ‘has been’ social media company called ‘The Village’ seems to have attracted his…
The Europol security chief outlines the extent of Cyrus’ criminal activities and the involvement of his merciless lawyer Lenora Van Deroef. Maurice is starting to feel the heat from old contacts from his hacker black book. Violet is…
AJ is excited to be taking on a huge career opportunity on a TV news programme . Cyrus’ hacking operation gets into its relentless stride and recruits a couple of familiar faces to his shady ‘corporation’. Looks like Violet is in way too…
Violet overhears something that chills her to the core. Turns out the stakes are way higher not just for The Village, but for her, Mark and everyone they care for. Similarly for Maurice, who finds himself having to do a deal with a part…
Fiona is keen to be operational and volunteers herself for a high stakes mission to infiltrate ‘The Village’. AJ gets to wheel out his favourite bit of kit while Mark runs backup. Maurice enlists an old ally to carry out a personal…
Cyrus’ grip around ‘The Village’ is closing ever tighter. Fiona, Mark and AJ need all their collective powers of persuasion on the senior board members before its’ most precious asset is extracted. The clock is ticking and Lenora Van…
The Good Shepherd team are in full flow but they are up against an agile adversary. After a lengthy tussle, where each side takes the initiative over ‘The Village’ it seems like Fiona, Mark, AJ, Violet and Maurice have dealt the killer…
The champagne order was premature. Good Shepherd are up against a world class villain who can never be underestimated. Seems that all that work was for nothing. Violet’s next move puts her in the eye of the storm. Surely it’s game over.
At last, Mark and Violet finally get a chance to reconcile. The occasion is not the one they would have chosen. Maurice strikes a bargain but at what cost? As for Cyrus, where in the world is he?
The stakes have never been higher in the explosive new season of The Inside Man! Sinister mastermind Cyrus has gone to ground, and the Good Shepherd Cybersecurity team must track him down before his devious plan can come to fruition. With lives on the line, as events build to a final, inevitable confrontation, Mark and his allies will need to draw on every…
In Berlin, the Good Shepherd Cybersecurity team are on a covert mission to extract information about Cyrus’s sinister intentions. Meanwhile, in Romania, a monstrous operation is silently getting into gear.
Mark and AJ try to understand why Cyrus is so desperate to get his hands on Mark’s vintage gaming device. Cyrus demonstrates his growing influence to a politician with serious ambitions.
The Good Shepherd Cybersecurity team convenes in their cool new premises. Mark and AJ have some unnerving insights to share while Cyrus’ Romanian operation is expanding.
The Good Shepherd Cybersecurity team works on tracking down Cyrus’ whereabouts. Europol puts Maurice in contact with an old adversary, but as he loses control of the situation, their hand is forced, and the consequences will be devastating.
Catherine Martin returns to deal with the fallout of the previous night’s operation and the infiltration of Erica’s apartment. Tough choices are made as she attempts to keep the situation from escalating any further.
Mark’s world is shaken as the news of recent shocking events is revealed to him. Powerless to resist the forces pulling at him, he takes matters into his own hands as the stakes are raised higher than ever before.
AJ, Violet and Fiona carry out the first phase of a social engineering attack in order to access a seemingly unreachable target. Meanwhile, there’s a reunion in Romania as Cyrus and Mark finally meet face-to-face.
Fiona must use all her guile to outwit a sophisticated target and discover the location of Cyrus’ base of operations. As Mark is trying to make sense of his new surroundings, Charlotte reaches out to him… But can he really trust her?
As Violet and AJ bring ‘Hollywood’ to rural Romania, Mark tries to buy himself some time. Meanwhile, Charlotte makes her own dangerous bargain with Cyrus.
Mark and Charlotte must work together to create a version of Mark’s code that will fool Cyrus without giving him what he wants. The odds are against them, but then fate sends a lifeline — AJ and Violet make contact, ready to help!
Cyrus gives a chilling demonstration of the power wielded by his new AI system, which has dangerous and global implications. Meanwhile, Mark and Charlotte light the fuse on their plan to stop him.
Time has run out for The Inside Man. While their plan has worked, Mark and Charlotte find themself trapped. AJ and Violet must mount a daring rescue as Cyrus’ Romanian operation comes to an explosive end…
