 Three months later, due to a public inquiry into M's handling of the stolen hard drive, M is pressured by Gareth Mallory, the chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament and a former SAS officer, to retire.She resists, claiming she is still useful, but MI6's servers are hacked, and M receives a taunting computer message moments before the MI6 building explodes.Bond, who used his presumed death to retire, learns of the attack and returns to London.