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The Hardy Boys discover that the Securitech company, holding a major contract with Bayport, will install and monitor a citywide crime‑surveillance network. A local official promotes the system as a cure for teen hooliganism. When the cameras abruptly go offline, a college student who works for Securitech on a computer‑science project is blamed for leaking secret information. The brothers investigate whether the student breached a confidentiality agreement or if someone else has cracked the codes they wrote, uncovering hidden motives and secrets along the way.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Franklin W. Dixon
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