Chapter 168: The East Wind Blows the Trumpet
Obviously, this country is too small, and there is only a piece the size of a mung bean on the map, Liu Xiao really can't think of how much impact an attack on this country can cause, the mung bean is smashed into the water, and if it dies, it will be able to make a flower the size of a bean, Liu Xiao is very disappointed, this is too much worse than he expected.
"Your news is not wrong, right?" Liu Xiao looked up at Shang Yue, "They bought so many botnets just to attack such a slap-sized country?" Liu Xiao meant, this is a bit overkill, and it kills chickens.
"It shouldn't be wrong!" Shang Yue pondered for a moment before nodding affirmatively, "I have recently strengthened the monitoring of some forums and chat rooms where hackers in Europe and the United States are concentrated, and I have found some clues one after another, and some members from different hacker organizations have invariably mentioned the same attack plan, intentionally or unintentionally. ”
"What attack plan?" Liu Xiao became interested, "You sit down first and speak slowly!"
"These hacker members have mentioned that they will launch a hacking attack around the 9th of next month that will shock the whole world, the target of the attack is not explained, it is just a code, but I analyzed this code, and the last one may be this country - Estonia. After Shang Yue finished speaking, he said: "I have pretended to be the seller of the botnet before, and I have been in contact with those who buy the botnet, and the time when they want to rent the botnet happens to be around the ninth of next month." The timing is surprisingly consistent, and I conclude that these people who bought the botnet, and those who have mentioned the mysterious attack plan, should be in the same group, and their target is Estonia, and the time to launch the attack will be the 9th of next month!"
Liu Xiao frowned, pondering, these two coincidences in time can be used as an explanation, but it is not completely explainable, why these multi-hacker groups are targeting a small Estonia at the same time, there is nothing that can provoke these multi-hacker groups to collectively anger, "Why do they want to attack Estonia, there must be a reason, right?" Liu Xiao asked Shang Yue.
Shang Yue smiled, dialed the globe back, pointed to Estonia and said, "You take a closer look at the location of Estonia, do you see anything?"
Liu Xiao stared at it for a long time, then shook his head, "I didn't see anything special." ”
Shang Yue smiled "hehe", and then pointed out to Liu Xiao: "Although Estonia is not a big place, its geographical location is relatively special, it is close to the Baltic Sea, and it is a cross channel linking Central and Eastern Europe and North and South Europe. After Estonia declared independence, it was also declared by Soviet Russia, and it was not until the collapse of the Soviet Union that Estonia was truly independent, and later, Estonia joined NATO and the European Union. Don't look at Estonia as small, but this small country is the most thorough network among all European countries, the most rapid development of network office, in Estonia, all people's daily behavior, more than seventy percent have to rely on the network to complete!"
"What does this have to do with hacking?" asked Liu Xiao, who really hadn't paid attention to this small European country with the size of a mung bean.
"Because of historical reasons, Estonia has not been peaceful, and several major international political forces are fighting openly and secretly against Estonia, especially after Estonia joins the European Union, the open side of the struggle is gone, but there is a lot of friction in the secret. I checked the past records, and there have been quite a few hacker attacks in Estonia every year in recent years. "Shang Yue Dao.
"Are you saying that this hacking attack is also related to history and politics?" Liu Xiao asked.
"Very likely!" Shang Yue nodded, and then said, "What do you think we are going to do now?"
Liu Xiao scratched his head and thought for a long time, "Forget it, don't issue a risk warning, so as not to involve us again when the time comes, we are in business, don't get involved with their business, don't do the things that cause the fire." ”
"Then what about the preparations and plans we have made during this time?" Shang Yue looked at Liu Xiao, "Is that it?"
"Of course we can't forget it, then we're not busy in vain, let's not get involved in this matter, but this doesn't mean that we can't borrow the light of this matter!" Liu Xiao pinched his chin and said in a deep voice: "It seems that we have to think of a new plan, not only not to get involved in this matter, but also to use this matter to beat our popularity out, and break the joint blockade of us by those European and American security agencies in one fell swoop." ”
"So what now?" Shang Yue asked.
"You continue to monitor, I still continue to work on our products, think slowly, there is still half a month to go until the ninth of next month!" Liu Xiao We can't think of any good way, so we have to do our own work step by step.
"Then I'll go first!" Shang Yue said as he prepared to leave.
Liu ...... Mr. Liu ...... "The reception MM ran in in a panic at this time, and didn't even knock on the door, and when he came in, he saw that Shang Yue was also there, so he quickly straightened his face, and pointed outside, "Mr. Liu, someone ...... Someone is looking for you!"
"Just look for it, what are you panicking about!" Liu Xiao was also confused by the panicked look of the reception MM.
MM lowered his voice and said nervously, "It's the person who came to our company last time!"
"Which one?" Liu Xiao became more and more confused.
"Just the one with a lot of black bodyguards, the chubby one, he's here again!" MM looked at Liu Xiao, "Look...... You see if you want to ......" MM means, see if you want to call the police.
When Liu Xiao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, jumped up from the chair, and slapped his head, "How did I forget him, great!" Liu Xiao looked at Shang Yue after speaking, "I have an idea, whether we can succeed this time or not, it all falls on him!", Liu Xiao went straight to the door of the office, and before the person went out, his mouth was already shouting, "Old money, old money!"
Shang Yue and Na MM glanced at each other, they didn't know what Liu Xiao was talking about, and the two of them had a blank look on their faces.
The two shrugged, ready to go out to do their own business, and when they turned around, they saw Liu Xiao running back, and he said to the reception MM: "Quick, you go to a five-star hotel nearby, and call two cups of their most expensive and best milk tea!
Liu Xiao pushed open the door of the conference room, and saw Qian Fat Man lying on the windowsill looking out at the scenery, "Old Qian, you're here, I'm looking forward to you!" Liu Xiao walked over quickly and patted Qian Wann's fat back, "When did you come back, why didn't you notify me in advance!"
Qian Wanneng turned around and smiled, "It's been a few days since I came back, I went to Fengming first, and I knew that you must be looking forward to me, so I hurried over!"
"Is Feng Ming's matter arranged?" Liu Xiao asked, and then said, "Don't stand, sit down!"
"It's arranged, Zhang Xiaohua's movements are really fast, all the formalities have been completed for me, and the road into the mountain has begun to be repaired!" Qian Wanneng touched his belly and sat down with a smile, "How are you here? How is your counterattack plan prepared, why don't you even have any news? Madame has asked me many times!"
"Everything is ready, I only owe you old money!" Liu Xiao said with a smile.
"Oh?" Qian Wanneng became interested, "Tell me, what are you going to do, what do you want me to do?"
"Let's talk about the rest slowly, let me ask you first, do you know anyone in Estonia?" Liu Xiao looked at Qian Wann.
"Estonia?" Qian Wanneng touched his belly, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, probably finally remembering which part of the earth this country is, "That little place, why are you asking this?"
"I'll explain this to you later, can you tell me first?" Liu Xiao was so anxious that he was about to sweat.
"There must be!" Qian Wanneng said with certainty, "It seems that as long as there are people, there will be people who are Qian Wanneng of China!"
"Great!" Liu Xiao slapped his thigh and stood up, "That's fine!"
"What's right!" Now the money exchange is in a hurry, he is still confused, he doesn't know what Liu Xiao is talking about, "You explain it to me clearly!"
"Hehe!" Liu Xiao sat down with a smile, "Don't worry, you have to talk about this slowly, I'll ask someone to buy you milk tea, and when the milk tea comes, I'll tell you slowly." ”
"Okay, good!" Qian Wanneng was happy, "It's better to talk while drinking!"
Two days later, Fang Guokun looked at the report below with a puzzled expression, stood up and paced around the table twice, and then glanced at the report again, "Estonia?"
Xiao Wu stood aside, also confused, "The report will not be wrong, Liu Xiao did apply to go to Estonia two hours ago!"
Fang Guokun looked up at the world map hanging on the wall of his office, and muttered, "What is he doing in Estonia?"
"Said that they were going to do business, and the Estonian consulate had also verified with them in China, and it was an invitation from someone in Estonia to the soft alliance, saying that they wanted Liu Xiao to come over to talk about a security business!"
Two days ago, Qian Wanneng went to Liu Xiao, and Liu Xiao got a visa from Estonia so quickly, I think it was Qian Wanneng who helped him get it. Fang Guokun sat back in his chair and pinched his chin.
"You mean, Liu Xiao went to Estonia to help Qian Wanfu?" Xiao Wu asked.
"It's hard to say, it's just a bit too coincidental, after Qian Wan finished looking for Liu Xiao, Liu Xiao applied to go to Estonia, there must be an intrinsic relationship here!" Fang Guokun frowned, "Estonia, Estonia, what is there in this Estonia?" Fang Guokun raised his head, "Has anything happened in Estonia recently?"
Xiao Wu thought for a while, "There is a thing, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with Liu Xiao and Qian Wann!"
"What's the matter?" Fang Guokun asked.
"There is a monument built in the Soviet era in the capital of Estonia, which was built by the former Soviet Union to commemorate the liberation of the Estonian capital, and recently the Estonian ruling party proposed to demolish this monument, which caused strong dissatisfaction in Russia and other countries, and now it seems that it is making trouble, and in two weeks, the Estonian ZF will officially announce the results!" Xiao Wu said.
"Qian Wanneng never mixes politics!" Fang Guokun shook his head, "Could it be that I'm too worried? Where does Liu Xiao really go to talk about business?"
Xiao Wu thought for a moment and said, "At present, we can't find any other explanation!"
"Forget it!" Fang Guokun waved his hand, "You give the customs a reply and let you go!"
"Yes!" Xiao Wu stood upright, and then said, "Then I'll go!"
"By the way, when is the exact time for Liu Xiao to go to Estonia?" Fang Guokun asked.
"A week later!" replied Xiao Wu.
"Okay, I know!" Fang Guokun waved his hand, "You go get busy!", as soon as Xiao Wu went out, Fang Guokun leaned back in the chair and frowned and thought, "Really go to business?", Fang Guokun still felt that Liu Xiao's move was a bit sudden, what kind of business can there be in a small place like Estonia, besides, Liu Xiao didn't go to the last black hat conference in person, why did he go out in person this time.
A week later, Liu Xiao appeared at the gate of Haicheng International Airport, carrying the leather bag he was carrying, but with an extra trolley suitcase for salutes. Standing next to him was the head of the company's business department, who seemed to be seeing Liu Xiao off.
"Mr. Liu, take care of yourself when you get there, we all look forward to your safe return as soon as possible!" The person in charge of the business department instructed while helping Liu Xiao drag the trolley box.
"Don't worry, I'll be back in a few days!" Liu Xiao smiled, "The company's affairs, I have already arranged it during the meeting, you just do it, if something happens, go and contact Mr. Qian and discuss it with him!"
"I wrote it down!" The head of the business department nodded, "According to your orders, I am ready, just wait for news from your side, and I will act on my side!"
"Whether we can break through the blockade of European and American security agencies, open up the European and American markets, and even establish the leading position of our soft alliance in the global security community, it all depends on this time, you must take all the details into account, and there must be no mistakes!" Liu Xiao was not at ease, and said a few more words.
"Don't worry, there will definitely be no problems!" The person in charge of the business department smiled, "You can rest assured that I will do things!"
Seeing that he had arrived at the security checkpoint, Liu Xiao took the trolley box, "Okay, you can go back!"
"Look at you go in, I'll go back, otherwise I won't be able to explain to them when I go back!" The person in charge of the business department smiled, he came to see Liu Xiao on behalf of others, at least he had to watch Liu Xiao pass through the security check safely.
Liu Xiao laughed twice, shook his head helplessly, and turned around and entered the security checkpoint.
After arriving in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, the person arranged by Qian Wanneng was already waiting outside the airport, and received Liu Xiao very smoothly, "Hello, Mr. Liu, I am the guide and translator of your trip to Estonia, my name is Will!", Will is a typical European, but he can speak fluent Chinese.
"Excuse me, Mr. Will!" Liu Xiao smiled and shook Will's hand.
"The car is parked over there, please follow me!" Will took the box in Liu Xiao's hand and dragged it for him, "I received the order from above a week ago, and I have already arranged everything for you here!"
"When will I be able to meet the person I want to meet?" Liu Xiao asked.
Will looked at the time, "This afternoon, Mr. Liu will be able to meet Mr. Hillar, the director of the Estonian National Computer Response Team. It's still early, I'll take you to the hotel first, you can take a break, and in the afternoon, I'll come to the hotel to pick you up!"
"Okay, thank you!" Liu Xiao followed Will into the car, and after half an hour of driving, the car entered downtown Tallinn, and finally stopped at the door of a hotel with a very simple decoration.