New York.
In an apartment building in the suburbs, there was a dark room with the curtains closed, and the air conditioning was turned on. The gloomy color of the room and the freezing cold reminded people of the morgue in the hospital.
If it weren't for the three large screens and a few empty cans of Coke on the table, as well as the humming computer case, the entire room would be devoid of life.
A man with a gloomy expression came back from the hallway with a pizza he just ordered. He sat down at the computer table and clicked the mouse twice.
On the black and white interface of the three screens in front of him, a series of codes spread out like a waterfall.
If an ordinary person saw this, they would be confused by the complexity of this code, but for him, he knew every string of characters on the screen like the back of his hand.
"A big fish …"
"I've caught you! Perfect! "
Gu Lang smacked his tongue and smirked. He grabbed the pizza and took a bite.
This time it was the "People's Internet".
Although he didn't have any instructions from his boss, he thought it was time to expand the battlefield outside of the media.
After all, they weren't a disciplined and unified organization, and he couldn't think of any official website of China media that hadn't been hacked.
Through the lines of fatal code, he seemed to have seen the exasperated expressions on the faces of the people who were thousands of kilometers away from him, anxious and helpless in the server room.
However, at this time, his account on a trading forum on the Dark Web suddenly received a private message.
"Did the 'takeout' I ordered arrive?"
The takeout here obviously didn't refer to the real takeout, but rather the broiler that was often used for DOS attacks or other bad things.
For a hacker, catching meat chickens was a basic skill. He himself had a lot of meat chickens in reserve, and there were many high-quality goods among them. However, what he was about to do now was earth-shattering, and buying some from his peers in the Dark Web was far more efficient than catching them himself.
Gu Lang looked at the unread message mark and muttered to himself. He clicked on the private message with the mouse.
However, when he saw the content of the private message, he suddenly froze.
[Um, my kind master asked me to give you a chance to turn over a new leaf. Why don't you turn yourself in (′???)?]
"… Puchi."
"Hahahahaha!"
Lone Wolf leaned back in his chair and laughed. He held back his laughter as he threw the private message into the recycle bin. He then logged off the account he used for trading and logged into the backup account.
"What a joke … You think you can deal with me just because you found the account I used to trade? Surrender? Go eat shit! "
It was not difficult to find their trading sockpuppets. Now the entire hacker circle was paying attention to this matter. The people who would choose to trade chickens at this time were either the sellers who wanted to provide them with bullets or the members of the Eagle Hunter.
As long as they saw his transaction information, they would be able to guess who this sockpuppet belonged to even with their toes.
However, he didn't panic at all. Finding the true identity of the sockpuppet from the dark web was harder than throwing a dart on a map of North America.
However, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eyes that on the interface on the left side of the screen, a line of information corresponding to the Chinese Jin Ling University's official server suddenly lit up with a green mark.
This meant that the server that he had planted the Trojan horse and the server that was physically disconnected from the network by the administrator had actually been turned on and connected to the network!
Are they not afraid of death?
"Hmph … Idiots who overestimate themselves."
Gu Lang sneered and placed his hand on the keyboard. He was ready to teach these idiots a lesson.
However, when he pressed the first button, he froze.
A dialog box suddenly popped up without any warning. It also had a string of unknown characters.
【(*? Ω?)? ̄ ̄ ̄)
Gu Lang: "???"
…
Internet surveillance bureau.
2.17 Major Internet Crime Investigation Unit Office.
Even though the clock on the wall was already ticking, the people sitting there were still working overtime.
Director Hong, who had a bottle of Jianlibao next to his computer desk, stared intently at the computer screen. He suddenly cursed.
"F * ck sake, it's like whack-a-mole!"
Yes, it was whack-a-mole.
The other party was like a group of rats that built a nest in a granary. They were trying to put out the fire, but they couldn't solve the root of the problem.
Director Li from the State Administration for National Defense was standing in the Internet surveillance bureau office. He frowned and spoke.
"Has the safety warning been sent out?"
The technician sitting next to him looked at his boss, and his boss nodded. He then looked at Director Li and spoke with a bitter expression.
"We've already sent it out, but to be honest, it's not of much use. Companies like Tencent and Alibaba can do a good job even without our notice. Even if some small and medium-sized enterprises receive our notice, they can do nothing but resign themselves to fate … Instead, I think our safety warning document may be spreading panic."
Director Hong said in a low voice, "It's better to be prepared than not. Do you have a better idea?"
"… There's no other way. In cyberwarfare, the best way is to switch from defense to offense. Switch from offense to defense, and tire the opponent out."
After he said this, the office suddenly became quiet, and only the sound of typing could be heard.
Director Hong coughed and spoke.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. The higher-ups won't allow us to attack. If we take the initiative to attack, it means that the Chinese government is involved in the attack on foreign servers. No matter who attacked first, we'll be the ones at fault … What we need to do now is to find enough evidence to get the country where the IP address is located to cooperate with us to arrest the culprit. "
Not to mention that they didn't even know where the other party's server was. Once China's cyberwarfare forces attacked, the diplomatic damage would be far greater than a few websites being paralyzed.
Not to mention that the International Lunar Hadron Collider Conference was still going on. If the conference was affected by the diplomatic waves, it would be exactly what the other party wanted.
Director Hong cleared his throat and asked, "How's the website recovery going?"
The information security engineer sitting in front of the computer pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and spoke in a tired voice.
"The Headline News domain has been recovered … I've recovered at least ten websites, but we can't go on like this."
At this moment, a technician wearing a military uniform sitting in front of a computer table suddenly spoke in a loud and clear voice.
"We received a report that a new website has abnormal traffic. After investigation, we confirmed that the domain has been hijacked."
Before Director Hong of the Internet Surveillance Bureau could speak, Director Li anxiously asked, "Where is it this time?"
"The People's Internet."
When Director Hong heard that another website had been hijacked, he angrily slammed his fist on the table.
"What the f * ck!"
The flames of war had spread beyond the news media and had begun to spread to government websites.
A drop of cold sweat rolled down Director Hong's forehead.
Although the websites of several major government departments had been fortified, China was so big that it was impossible for them to take care of so many websites. They could only rely on the strength of the local network department to defend themselves. When that time came, they would have to face another round of fire fighting, and they would be exhausted in the process.
But this wasn't what he was worried about the most.
If the enemy expanded the battlefield further and expanded the target of attack from the website server to the medical, power, logistics, and transportation systems of various places, it would cause even greater harm …
If that happened, the losses would be unbearable.
However, the information security engineer sitting in front of the computer table suddenly frowned and looked at the screen.
"Wait a minute, something's wrong."
Director Hong quickly asked, "What's wrong?"
"The traffic data we were tracking was suddenly interrupted …"
Hearing this, Director Hong's face darkened.
"Did the other party discover us?"
The information security expert shook his head and said, "I'm sure the other party didn't discover us … But they inexplicably retreated one by one."
Director Hong frowned and was about to ask what was going on when a loud voice suddenly came from the side.
"The hijacking of the People's Internet domain has been lifted!" A man in a military uniform sitting in front of a computer suddenly stood up and said excitedly, "It seems like they really retreated!"
Director Hong frowned and gritted his teeth as he stared at the screen in front of him, thinking carefully.
"… But why did they suddenly retreat?"
The information security expert sitting next to him shook his head.
"I don't know …"
With his professional abilities, he was 100% sure that the traffic data he was tracking wouldn't be able to detect his surveillance.
However, his opponent had inexplicably stopped his attack without any warning at all.
For the websites that were attacked, this was something to be thankful for. But for the Internet Surveillance Bureau task force, this was definitely not something to be happy about.
If they couldn't catch the person, it meant they could come back at any time.
If they didn't figure out why the criminals retreated, they wouldn't be able to sleep well tonight.
Director Hong looked around at the people in the office and spoke in a firm tone, "Continue to investigate.
"Continue to investigate. No matter what reason they have for stopping, no matter where they hide, we must find them!"
"Yes, sir!"
Even though it wasn't a victory, it was still an achievement to make the enemy retreat.
The soldiers in the office were full of fighting spirit, and they continued to fight at their posts.
Director Hong nodded and was about to sit back in his office chair. However, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in."
The door was pushed open, and a skinny staff member walked in quickly.
"Director!"
Director Hong: "What?"
"Just now, our department's mailbox received a … special alarm email."
"What email?"
"The body of the email only has a string of strange codes, and it says …" The staff member had a hesitant expression on his face. He hesitated for a second and said, "The murderers' IP address has been found …"
The murderers' IP address has been found?
When he heard this, Director Hong was stunned at first, then his face was filled with ecstasy.
Realizing a possibility, he immediately asked, "Who sent the email? Did the person leave any contact information? "
"No …" The staff member shook his head and said, "There's only a name on the email."
"Who?"
"Dr. Z …"
Director Hong: "…?"
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