By "the intelligence that may be on the laptop of a very high official" you mean "porn pics" right? :)

In movies, it often happens that the villain tells his malevolent plan to the hero before failing to kill him. The woman told her plan to a "romantic partner" the latter betrayed her. Oh, that is so hollywoodesque!

Pharmaceutics are making a covid vaccine out of shark liver oil and genetically modified tobacco. Witches used similar ingredients: toad's saliva, and garlics... Don't be demoralized by the contingency, become a sorceror ;)