Winston High School is under cyberattack. A hacked blog becomes a venue to threaten a cheerleader. Online videos of students and staff expose secrets and threats that begin to tear the school community apart. Reporter Emily O'Brien is assigned the story, along with fellow reporter Sarah Lowman, and they soon find themselves at odds with police as to how to handle coverage. As the media attention grows, the threats begin to escalate and Emily attracts the attention of an intelligent, but disturbed, individual working from the shadows. But when Emily begins to back away, the shadowy threat becomes all too real, striking out at Emily and those she loves.