The NSA, quantum computers.............spiders......



Blomkvist reaches out to Balder's former associates and learns that Balder hired Salander to confirm that someone had robbed him, implicating executives inside Solifon in the theft. Thus, Balder went to the company to attempt to gain more evidence. He discovered that Solifon was collaborating not only with the NSA in their espionage efforts, but with the Spider Society, as well. It is this investigation, not Balder's groundbreaking work on quantum computing, that resulted in his death.