EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 23 MIN
The Poison Pill
from Pressure Zone a podcast by Hack The Box · host Tom Barter
The Poison PillA $50 million acquisition. A final code review. A hidden logic bomb buried deep inside the target company’s core database architecture.In this episode of Pressure Zone, host Christine Bartlett puts Hack The Box founder and CEO Haris Pylarinos into a fast-moving cybersecurity scenario where every decision raises the stakes. What begins as a suspicious discovery inside an acquisition target quickly spirals into a board-level risk crisis involving malicious code, regulatory exposure, internal leaks, and a countdown that could destroy customer data.As the pressure builds, Haris must decide how to balance growth, trust, disclosure, legal risk, and technical instinct, all while explaining each call in business terms. Should the deal be paused? Should the board be challenged? Should the issue be contained quietly, escalated immediately, or used to renegotiate?Built as a live decision game rather than a traditional interview, this episode explores what happens when executive leadership meets hacker instinct, and when a business opportunity comes with hidden secrets, bugs, and back doors.
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The Poison Pill A $50 million acquisition. A final code review. A hidden logic bomb buried deep inside the target company’s core database architecture. In this episode of Pressure Zone, host Christine Bartlett puts Hack The Box founder and CEO Haris Pylarinos into a fast-moving cybersecurity scenario where every decision raises the stakes. What begins as a suspicious discovery inside an acquisition target quickly spirals into a board-level risk crisis involving malicious code, regulatory expo...
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