Curiosity, the career-killer of many a sysadmin, won out. Elias right-clicked.

: Use WinRAR by selecting your files, right-clicking, and choosing "Add to archive."

“Extraction complete. We have been waiting for someone to open the door.”

The extraction bar stalled at 99%. His cooling fans began to whine—a high-pitched, metallic scream that shouldn't have been possible for a simple data pull. Then, the screen flickered. The .rar didn't contain code or documents. It contained a single, uncompressed .txt file that was somehow four terabytes large. He opened it.