For the hackers active on the dark web, today was definitely an extraordinary day.
With the "Lunar Hadron Collider Conference" and "five billion dollars" as the fuse, the well-known North American hacker group "Eagle Hunter" declared war on the China Internet.
In less than 12 hours, more than 50 websites were paralyzed or their domain names were hijacked, and more than 20 companies reported losses of more than half a million dollars.
Seeing that the flames of war were about to spread further, just when everyone was ready to watch a good show, this smokeless war came to an abrupt end.
Yes, it had come to an abrupt end.
Not only that, but several well-known IDs that were active in the hacker community had also disappeared. It was unknown whether they had fled or retired. In short, they had disappeared from the dark web as if they had vanished from the face of the earth.
Especially the boss.
Even without the Eagle Predator organization, he was still one of the most skilled hackers in the circle. The FBA had been looking for him for so many years, but they still couldn't find his whereabouts. It was enough to show how powerful he was.
However, it was like this person had been erased from the Internet. Not only did he not respond to any of his posts on the black market, but his personal technology blog also stopped updating, and his personal forum was "not found".
It was like a supernatural event had happened …
A well-known Internet technology exchange forum on the dark web.
Many scholars in the field of information security technology, white hats that served well-known Internet companies, and black hats that had yet to retire had their own sockpuppets on the forum. From time to time, they would exchange industry news or learn from each other.
Because Eagle Hunter declared war on the China Internet, almost half of the people on the forum were talking about it. Therefore, the moderator created a separate section for this topic …
[Does anyone know what happened?]
[It's been an hour, did those "birds" give up?]
[It can't be. I think I saw that China's defense was very passive an hour ago. They were basically running around trying to put out the fire. There's no reason for them to retreat instead of taking advantage of such a huge advantage.]
[Does anyone have the boss's email address? Why don't we ask him what he's doing? The war has already started, they can't just let it go.]
[Apparently, he was arrested.]
After this message came out, the thread was silent for a while.
After more than ten minutes, a reply broke the silence.
[That's impossible, right?]
[Yeah, he's a boss! I've seen him make the ATM on 14th Street in Long Island spit out money. The FBI has been looking for him for so many years, but they haven't been able to find him. There's no way he would be caught just like that, right? "
[That's right.]
Almost no one believed that the veteran of the hacker circle, who had dominated the hacker circle for many years, would die on the battlefield in the Western Pacific Ocean.
In the eyes of most people in the industry, even if the "birds" of the Eagle Hunter failed to expose themselves, they would at most stay dormant for a while, and when the limelight passed, they would surface again.
It was too difficult to locate a highly skilled and experienced hacker in the three-dimensional world.
As long as he didn't want to be caught, it was almost impossible for him to be caught.
Just as everyone was discussing what the members of the Eagle Hunter were planning, a piece of news published in an unknown evening newspaper in Los Angeles not only slapped everyone in the face, but it also made everyone's jaws drop to the ground in shock …
[Caught red-handed! The boss of the well-known criminal organization "Eagle Hunter" is caught!]
The news came out …
The entire hacker circle was in an uproar!!!
…
Ever since they received the email late at night, the focus of the major cybercrime investigation unit changed from strengthening the defense to investigating the IP addresses in the email.
Even though they had many doubts about the source of the email, this seemed to be the only clue they had.
After Director Li saw Dr. Z's IP address, he seemed to understand something. He promised Director Hong that they would follow the clues provided by the email and find something useful.
Even though Director Hong didn't really believe this layman from the State Administration for National Defense, he still followed Director Li's instructions.
Investigating an IP address outside the country was not an easy task, especially without sufficient evidence. The police in the country of the person involved might not necessarily cooperate with the investigation. However, when they found out that an IP address was actually located in the country, all the problems seemed to be solved.
Director Hong immediately called the Ministry of Public Security, who contacted the local police station. After 20 minutes of investigation, the hacker with the ID "Kid" was arrested.
It was beyond everyone's expectations.
Completely different from his ID, the captured hacker didn't look like a "kid" at all. He looked like a middle-aged uncle in his thirties.
According to the neighbors who were awakened by the commotion, the suspect had been unemployed at home for many years. His family wasn't rich, but he seemed to be a spendthrift and didn't lack money.
In the home of "Kid", the police easily found the electronic equipment used in the crime, as well as his laptop and mobile phone.
After investigating his social media accounts, the police found that not only did this person like to make some anti-social remarks, but he also had extreme hatred for the country and organizations.
According to his confession, he was brought into a hacker organization called "Eagle Hunter" by his boss last year. He provided a lot of "chickens" for the organization to use as a springboard for cyberattacks.
As for his motive, it was obvious that he wanted to vent his dissatisfaction with society …
…
It was four o 'clock in the morning.
Director Hong was drinking his coffee. He looked at Director Li and asked, "Do you know Dr. Z?"
Director Li blew the hot air off his vacuum flask. He smiled and said, "Actually, I'm not sure if I know him or not."
Not sure if you know him or not?
"Then why are you so sure that he's right …" Director Hong suddenly realized something and coughed. "Of course, it turns out that he's right. Out of the protection of the whistleblower, I have no intention of inquiring about his identity. I'm just a little curious, and I don't know if you can answer my questions."
Director Li: "Actually, there's no special reason. I trust him because he helped us before."
Director Hong frowned and said, "Helped us before?"
"That was about half a year ago." Director Li, who was holding a vacuum flask in his hand, continued in a nostalgic voice, "Just half a year ago, the Ares program failed. Out of humanitarian principles, we sent a spacecraft to Mars …"
The old man's storytelling began in the office.
From the Mars rescue to the invasion of the Martian bacteria, Director Li became more and more excited. He even put down the vacuum flask in his hand and gestured with his hands.
It wasn't until the sound of snoring rang out in the office that he awkwardly stopped talking and didn't say another word …
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