A Ethical Hacker and his reconciled mother, attempt to muckraking the person behind hackings of his employer

What threat does the hacking pose to the employer (and the white hat hacker) that he must expose the black hat hacker?

Yes, the hacking is a security breach. ?Yes, the hacking is embarrassing. ?But beyond that, what specific threat to the employer does it pose that compels the good guy to “muckrake” the perpetrator? ?IOW: ?what’s at stake, what does his employer and what does the employee stand to lose if he does nothing or fails to catch the hacker?

Given that hacking is rather pandemic, what makes this case different, makes it special, makes it so important that a movie audience would want to spend the money and time to watch him track down and expose the villain?