As the minutes ticked by, Hillar and his assistant were glued to the screen, and there was no sound in the large room except for the slight sound of the fan when the computer was running, this little response center, which controlled the entire Estonian network remotely.

The square was already boiling at this time, and when the protesters heard the results of ZF, they immediately rioted, and the protesters took to the streets and began to march, and the police of Tallinn City immediately went out to carefully deal with the march and prevent further riots.

Liu Xiao stood by the window of the hotel, and could already see the police cars below hurrying towards the square, and some of the people on the street didn't even know what was going on, and they looked at so many police cars in one direction with great confusion.

"It's coming!" Hillar suddenly changed the data on their computer screens, and the assistant shouted to remind everyone, and the alarm light came on again.

"The data is increasing dramatically! In five seconds, it has reached 300 times the number of normal visits we normally have!" the assistant loudly reported the aggregated data to everyone in the room, "The data is still increasing, and now it has reached 400 times, 500 times, 600 times......

"Turn on all backup networks, and the website server's capacity is turned on to the highest state!" Hillar was unusually calm, and at this time he decisively issued the first command.

"After turning on the backup, the carrying capacity of the website has been greatly improved, and there has not been any network crash yet, but the other party's data is still increasing, and now it has reached 700 times!" the assistant reported the situation again.

Hillar was also a little unable to sit still at this time, the time for this number to refresh is too fast, if it continues to grow at this rate, even if the web server can withstand it, the gateway and router will definitely collapse due to reaching the limit of data communication, and that is the most terrible situation.

"Report to the President and the Prime Minister that Estonia's national network is being attacked in the worst way ever, and this is a well-planned and prepared attack that will cause massive damage to Estonia's network!" Hillar had to make this decision, and years of experience told him that the current situation is no longer under the control of a single department of the Computer Response Center, and that it must be attended by the highest command of the country, and may be able to resist this wave of attacks.

The Estonian commanders were struggling to persuade the people who were marching in the streets to go home, and when they heard the bad news about the Internet, they were furious, and they all knew that the people of Estonia could not do without the Internet, and the damage to the Internet was like a fire in the backyard, which was worse than those demonstrations.

Immediately, the vice president of the Estonian ZF rushed to the computer response center where Hillar was located.

"Mr. Vice President!" Hillar saw the Vice President coming, and immediately got up.

"How's it going?" the vice president hurried to the screen on the command podium, unsure if his major was cybersecurity, and if he could read the data.

"It's a very dangerous situation, it's a classic data flood attack, and it's more intense than ever, and I feel like my judgment is that this is an organized and planned attack, and our network is reaching the limit," Hillar said.

"I want to hear a solution!" the vice president looked back at Hillar.

"I suggest that the national network be cut off from the outside world immediately, and as long as this garbage data cannot reach our country, the other side will naturally retreat. Hillar paused, "To be able to organize such a large amount of flood data, this is not something that one organization or individual can do, our opponents may rent a large number of botnets, as long as they are patient for a while, the lease period of their botnets will end, and at that time, they will have no way to take us with their own strength!"

"Closure?" the vice president looked surprised, "this is not going to work, once the link is closed, we will incur many unpredictable losses!"

"If we don't close, our losses will be even greater, and while the situation is not too serious now, we still have the right to choose!" Hillar looked at the vice president very seriously, "Please trust my judgment, I am an expert in this area!"

The vice president gritted his teeth and looked contemplative, this is indeed a very difficult decision to make, if a ZF chooses to shut down the national network and the outside world when it is first attacked, it is a very cowardly thing, like before the opponent kills your city gate, you put away the drawbridge, hang up the free battle card, and avoid the battle.

"Eight hundred times the data traffic!" the assistant announced loudly at this time, "The websites of some of our large companies have been paralyzed, and the data traffic of our opponents is still increasing, but the speed has slowed down!"

Perhaps it was this "slowdown" that made the vice president make up his mind, "In any case, you can't turn off the link to the national network, you must do everything in your power to resist each other's attacks!" I will immediately suggest that the president ask for help from NATO and the European Union, and ask them to immediately send more cybersecurity experts to assist us in our operations, and the time will not be long, and during this time, everyone must hold on!"

Hillar was disappointed by the vice president's decision, and there is no one in Europe who knows how to deal with cyberattacks better than here, and it will not help to send additional experts because the other side is prepared. But Hillar couldn't help it, it was the vice president's order, and he had to do it.

"Turn on IP soft filtering!" Hillar gave his second command, "Soft shield the zombie IPs in the data torrent!"

The men under him began to get busy with thunderbolts.

Hillar thought for a moment, and then issued another order, "For countries with a large number of botnets, such as the United States, China, Peru, Brazil, and other countries, you can partially soft shield them from accessing our national network!"

The vice president is really a half-ass, Hillar's third order is actually equivalent to cutting off the link between the Estonian network and the outside world, but selectively, and the vice president has no objection, because he doesn't know what the difference between these orders is.

"The data flood traffic has begun to decrease, and it has now dropped to six hundred times the normal level!" the assistant began to report the situation again, and then added, "If the current traffic remains the same, our network server can maintain normal operation for a while under high load!"

"I hope the opponent has done his best!" Hillar sighed secretly in his heart, according to the past situation, if the flood flow of these countries where the cyber zombies are concentrated, the intensity of the attack will be reduced by at least eighty percent, but now it is only two percent, which is completely different from the previous situation, the opponent may not have done his best. "I hope to insist that the experts come!", Hillar scoffed, he wanted to see what the experts could do.

Time continues to drain, from the other party started to attack, it has been a full five hours now, the other party's traffic has continued to be a little higher than six hundred times, you filter to a point, he will increase a little, and the two sides have fallen into a state of stalemate.

The bad feeling in Hillar's heart is getting stronger and stronger, the other party definitely didn't use all his strength, he is playing with the people on his side, like a cat and mouse, he has to play enough before he can use the final blow.

The people in the room had relaxed a little after so much intense tension, and many of them were sleepy, yawning in front of the computer screens.

"Everyone, concentrate!" Hillar shouted, "The burger and coffee will be delivered soon, we need to keep going!"

The vice president sat in front of the screen, supporting his head with one arm, so that he didn't let himself fall, and when he heard Hillar's words, he was a little refreshed, and to be honest, he was a little hungry. The vice president stood up and spoke to the headquarters, then put down the phone and said: "The digital fire experts sent by NATO are already on the way, and they will be here soon, and there is another good thing, the crowd marching on the street has been dissuaded, and I believe that this matter will pass soon!"

When everyone heard this, they came to their senses, and it seemed that victory was not far away. But Hillar is even more worried, all the network servers in the country have been running under high load for five hours, at this time the performance is close to the limit, the opponent only needs to mention the traffic instantaneously, can paralyze all the servers here, everyone thinks that victory is in sight, but Hillar thinks that the opponent's final blow is coming.

As soon as the vice president finished speaking, the door was pushed open by the staff, and he was carrying a large bag full of freshly bought burgers, and everyone immediately smelled a tempting aroma and got up to get the burgers and chicken legs. The vice president was no exception, huddled in the crowd to get his own food.

"The president's website has been compromised, ask for backup!" the assistant suddenly shouted loudly.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then threw the food they had received back into their bags and quickly returned to their respective posts.

The aide continued to report the situation, "The president's website was successfully hacked, and the hacker issued an announcement that had been prepared long ago after the incursion!"

The big screen in the room quickly switched to the president's website, and the first announcement on it was titled "The president admits that the demolition of the Soviet army monument was inappropriate, and officially apologizes to the people!"

The vice president immediately jumped to his feet, "Withdraw, hurry up!"

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"Put the alternate server of the president's website on top and immediately send someone to the server to check the data records and find out where the intruders are located!" Hillar quickly issued the order.

"Report! Our telecom and mobile service operators were hacked by hackers at the same time, and hackers took advantage of the operator's authority to send text messages to all users who have mobile phones in China!"

The content of the intercepted text message was immediately displayed on the big screen, which was roughly the same as the meaning of the announcement on the president's website just now, which was an apology message sent in the name of the president, and some content that incited the people was also added.

"I'm going to inform the president right away!" the vice president was a little anxious and began to touch his phone.

"It's too late!" Hillar looked at the vice president, "please use your vice presidential authority to order that the president and the zf publicity website be updated immediately, and declare this information unreliable!"

"Okay!" the vice president froze, "this is an emergency, I order you to use my authority to issue orders, go and carry them out!"

"Yes, Mr. Vice President!" Hillar finally looked forward to a little autonomy, and immediately turned around and shouted: "All zf publicity websites are updated to announce that the previous messages are unreliable, and remind the people not to believe them! Send someone to the mobile operator's server immediately, use their backup network, and re-release the correct information to the people!"

Hillar's order had just been issued, and before his buddies had carried it out, they heard the latest news from his assistant, "The data traffic has increased to 800 times in three seconds, and all zf, Congress, banks, and media websites have been paralyzed!"

"Shit!" Hillar finally couldn't help but curse, the damn final blow came, and it was on point, as soon as the error message was issued, they paralyzed all the public websites in Estonia, and you couldn't send the right letter to the people. "Boot Standby, Boot Standby!", Hillar shouted, and it was clear that he was in a hurry.

"Report! The other party's data traffic has increased to 1,300 times in half a minute, according to the analysis, in front of such a large data traffic, even if our backup servers are all turned on, they will collapse instantly!" The assistant's voice announcing the situation also began to carry a hint of panic.

"Fifteen hundred!" The numbers were instantly refreshed again, and everyone stopped what they were doing, and in the face of such a flood of data, any resistance had lost its meaning.

"All of our standby servers have been washed out, and we can't send the right message!" the assistant reluctantly announced the result, and the situation has changed dramatically in less than a minute, "Our large routing equipment and gateways have reached the limit and can crash at any time!"

"Mr. Vice President!" Hillar turned his head abruptly and glared at the Vice President, "I beg again, please turn off the physical connection between our network and the outside world immediately!

"Ah......" Mr. Vice President was obviously so confused by the sudden reversal that he forgot to reply to Hillar's request.

Hillar no longer waited for the vice president's order, and directly turned around and announced, "Give an order to shut down the physical links between our network and the outside world!

Ten seconds later, all the alarms were silent, and there was a terrible silence in the room.

"Where's the loss report!" Hillar shouted, "I'm going to see our loss report in a minute!"

Only then did everyone come to their senses, and they clicked on the keyboard to aggregate all the data.

"The presidential website servers, including the alternate and rotating servers, are all down and need to be repaired before they can be activated!"

"The Congressional website servers, including the standby and rotating servers, are all down and need to be repaired before they can be activated!"

"All the servers in all departments of ZF, including the standby and rotating servers, are all down and need to be repaired before they can be activated!"

"The websites of the six major media outlets in China are all paralyzed, a large amount of data is damaged, and it is difficult to return to normal within a week!"

"The banking system is down and needs to suspend business, the bank has activated the backup system, but the backup system can only carry out some simple debit transactions, and the bank estimates that it will take three days or more to repair and detect whether the system is damaged!"

"The network of telecom and mobile operators was damaged and is currently being repaired, and it is expected to be rushed through within 24 hours!"

The assistant announced these summarized news in a timely manner, and every time it was announced, the hearts of the people present would be cold, which was an unprecedented loss.

Hillar turned around and glared at the vice president again, he was very angry, it was all because of the vice president's wrong decision that Estonia suffered so much damage, and all this could have been avoided if the link had been closed earlier! The vice president was already slumped in his chair at this time, and he also did not expect that the damage would be so great, and the people who marched in the streets had just been persuaded to go back, and such a serious incident occurred, and tomorrow morning, it is estimated that those people will protest not only as simple as moving a monument, but also that something big will happen.

"Immediately report all the situation here to the president, and ask ZF to immediately activate the emergency response plan and take measures to ensure the stability of the domestic order!" Hillar no longer asked the vice president, and directly issued an order.

After giving the order, he also sat in the chair, and now he didn't need to do anything with his computer response center, although he had long judged that the other party was planning to attack, but he didn't expect the other party to have such a massive botnet, even the moment he ordered the network link to be closed, he didn't know if the other party had used all his strength.

Being able to attack millions of zombie computers, or even tens of millions of zombie computers, in a uniform manner, as if they were operating on the same computer, the strength of this opponent is so terrifying that Hillar really can't imagine that there will be such a powerful character in the world. His side has done its best, and the other party has not only commanded millions of zombie computer attacks, but also has time to coordinate the intrusion pace of other hackers, so that all the attack plans can be completed in one go, which is simply something that only God can do!

The assistant was still reporting the damage reports one by one, and everyone no longer had the courage to listen to them, so they sat silently in front of the computer and pondered.

"Ahh

"Wow!" everyone stood up at once, and this news was like suddenly seeing a small green grass seedling in the vast desert.

The big screen in the house instantly switched to the page of the website, and sure enough, the page could be opened normally, and the access was not affected in the slightest!

"Update the announcement of this website immediately and send the right message to the people!" Hillar also stood up from his chair, and this website immediately became the only official window for Estonian zf to publish information on the Internet, which is also unfortunate and lucky.

After Hillar issued the command, he suddenly thought about it, and couldn't help but shout, "It's the soft alliance, it's the soft alliance!", his eyes were full of disbelief, he remembered, this website just replaced the hardware firewall of the soft alliance two days ago, remember that Liu Xiao said clearly, this firewall is mainly used to resist the attack of the data flood, could it be said that this website can survive the disaster, is it because of the use of the firewall of the soft alliance?

Hillar suddenly came to his senses, pulled his coat from the chair, although it was late at night, he was still ready to go to Liu Xiao, he must find Liu Xiao, he wanted to ask Liu Xiao in person, and he couldn't delay for a moment.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and a big European man walked in, and said, "Mr. Vice President, Mr. Hillar, the President, please come and talk!", and after speaking, the man moved the door away.

Mr. Vice President, who had already made a mistake by this time, got up from his chair and walked towards the door, looking disappointed.

"Damn!" Hillar cursed again, quickly found a pen and paper, wrote down a string of numbers, and then handed him to his assistant, "You immediately follow this phone number to check, be sure to find a Mr. Liu from the Soft Alliance, he is very important to us, after finding him, guard him, don't leave a single step, wait for me to come back!"

"Yes!" the assistant reassured, taking the piece of paper.

Hillar said that, he didn't stop and hurried away, following behind the vice president.