Chapter 189, the blue giant that everyone targeted
From the time she flew to Redmond before the IPO, to the time she noticed IBM's cathargy after the IPO, to the collection of evidence and the holding of a press conference, Alice has not been home for more than ten days. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 After making their findings public, Info didn't have the energy to bother with the news boiling, and she flew back to Los Angeles.
But there is no doubt that there is much more to follow.
While sitting on the plane, Alice was discussing this with her mother, Sophie, who was returning with her.
"It's really a sheep that broke into the wolf's den and died in vain, and actually used my router as a medium to hack the NASDAQ exchange, can the traces be more obvious? As long as you check the relevant cache data a little, Arkol's careful thinking will be fully exposed!"
Every time she thinks back to her actions in the past few days, Alice is also full of excitement. After contacting the FBI and obtaining their authorization, the relevant personnel first came to Cisco to obtain the technical specifications of the old router, and then immediately obtained the remaining data of the router used in the transaction from Washington. Of course, in terms of network infrastructure, the agents did not forget to go to the server operator at Alice's suggestion.
After five or six days, all the evidence was laid out in front of everyone.
"Congress must legislate in response to this incident, IBM's illegal hacking into the NASDAQ exchange to interfere with stock market data is not only the world's first cybercrime, but also a particularly serious crime!"
Sophie happily looked at the "Wall Street Journal" she had just bought before boarding the plane, and on the cover, the imposing image of her daughter at the press conference was deeply imprinted in history!
And that title as well.
"Cybercrime!?Caught by Cisco IBM!"
It was obviously Microsoft's press conference, but the news headline was firmly locked on Alice's Cisco, which was undoubtedly a change after Alice revealed that she was the boss of Cisco Systems. Press releases can be revised at any time, and every time a journalist perceives a more valuable piece of news, he will never hesitate to overturn the previous work, which is a prime example.
"It's a pity that we went home a little early. ”
Sophie looked at the article with joy, as one of the world's most senior financial magazines, this issue of the Wall Street Journal is rare to be like an entertainment newspaper, with so many pictures printed on Alice. It's a pity that it's not colored, otherwise it's more like it!
"Otherwise, you can see how IBM's stock market has fallen all the way after the market opens today, and they will definitely fall!"
Yes, the news was bought by office workers at 6 a.m., and the stock market opened at 9:30 a.m., which was enough for angry stockholders to withdraw their capital.
When the Wall Street Journal came out in the early morning, almost all readers in the United States were shocked!
It should be known that the Wall Street Journal has an extremely wide international influence, with a daily circulation of 2 million copies, and also publishes Asian, European and online editions, with a daily readership of more than 20 million people. These readers are mainly political, economic, educational and medical figures, financial tycoons and managers, as well as investors in the stock market, including about 200,000 chairmen and general managers. The vast majority of managers of the 500 largest companies in the United States also subscribe to this newspaper.
What kind of thoughts will such a group of people have after learning about such a criminal act by IBM?
"They actually hacked the NASDAQ exchange through the Internet!"
I don't know how many listed companies there are, but on the way to the company, the chairman immediately tried his best to contact the executives to hold a meeting.
"And they actually succeeded, did they see the data disclosed in the newspapers? On the day of Microsoft's public listing, the number of shareholders participating in the call auction was such a number! But what about the data we saw directly on the exchange? But almost no one cared about it! No one participated in the bidding, and the effect caused by this was much more terrible than suppressing it with large-scale funds!"
"Immediately sell our holdings in IBM, I personally suggest, if you here also buy IBM shares, hurry up and sell them, otherwise beware of bankruptcy!"
"Please contact Senator Black for me, cybersecurity legislation needs to be on the agenda......"
The reality did not surprise the public, and in the New York Stock Exchange, when the stock market once again ushered in the call auction stage today, the endless red selling occupied everyone's field of vision.
Sell!
Sell them all!
No one dares to continue to hold IBM shares, and if ordinary shareholders are still just this simple idea, the withdrawal of countless companies from their shares represents a deep fear of IBM.
The big chaebols also have times when they do unseemly things, but IBM's behavior seems to be a big taboo. Although the chairmen and executives of many traditional industries do not know what the so-called process of hacking the NASDAQ exchange and modifying the stock market data by the Internet is, they only need to understand one thing!
If IBM and the exchange had not adopted Cisco Systems' products, and had not made Alice Wang, who is also a shareholder of Microsoft, aware of the connection, the conspiracy would certainly not have been detected!
So what about after that?
The blue giant who can hack into the stock market and modify the data at will......
Arrived as scheduled at 9:30am.
At the moment of opening, countless stocks were frantically sold, and a miserable red line was like a flood that opened the floodgates.
5%!
This achievement was achieved within 10 minutes of the opening of the market, as a blue-chip stock that has been listed for decades and managed to have a market capitalization of nearly $200 billion in the 60s, it has plummeted so much in just 10 minutes of opening!
10%!
An hour later, tens of billions of dollars of wealth had evaporated, but the downward trend was still unchecked. This morning, the entire New York Stock Exchange was almost a sea of rage, filled with stockbrokers yelling and screaming at all their might.
No one lamented IBM, and no one had the energy to lament the loss, even if some people suffered losses because they sold late. Because, everyone is roaring at the electronic screen, and everyone is even rejoicing at IBM's crash!
It's hacking and modifying stock market data!
Whether it is a stockbroker, a major listed company, a large proportion of shareholders, ordinary shareholders, or even the most ordinary people, at this moment, they all hope that IBM's stock price will sink into the sea!
"An unprecedented sell-off is ongoing, with blue-chip IBM shares already down 18% as of midday, with new declines expected in the afternoon......"
The reporter was stationed at the New York Stock Exchange for the first time, and behind the reporter's speech was the noisy and densely populated interior of the exchange. There are stockbrokers in suits and leather shoes everywhere, and even if it's noon, these people don't have much energy to go out to eat, at most they just sit on the floor with a boxed lunch, and no one wants to leave!
At the same time, as of noon today, 15 listed companies in Manhattan expressed their anger at IBM's behavior, and expressed their heartfelt congratulations on Microsoft's opening rise, and at the same time, they also expressed their sincere thanks to Alice Wang, honorary chairman of Cisco Systems, and highly praised its exposure of IBM's behavior. But considering that IBM relied on Cisco's old router to carry out the network intrusion into the Nasdaq exchange, the president of Rothschild Bank said that he hoped Alice would appear in public to answer the situation in more detail. ”
Everything happens in one morning, and if you count from the time the stock market opens, it will only be three hours until noon. For many people who didn't follow Microsoft's press conference and didn't subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, they really didn't feel anything unusual until they saw the TV show at noon. After all, not everyone is speculating in stocks, and not everyone is buying IBM shares.
So at this moment, a new figure appeared in public again.
James Cameron, who threw $100,000 at Microsoft during the call auction that day.
If there is no IBM's behavior, according to the issue price of $21, even if it reaches the highest point of 32 yuan in the session, it is nothing more than a nearly 50% increase. Of course, this is already a huge increase, but compared to the current difference, the difference between the opening eight cents and the closing price of 29.90 yuan......
"In five hours, I want to thank Microsoft, Alice, and IBM for their selfless dedication. ”
That's what Cameron said to the camera when the reporter in question found him himself.
A young man who has just turned 30 years old can turn 100,000 yuan into 40 million in five hours!
The American Dream is a reality in every second!
This interview video was broadcast all over the five major television networks in the United States for the first time, and how many overseas immigrants watched the legendary experience of this Canadian, and all left tears of emotion.
However, some people made some untimely remarks and were quietly published in some tabloids that no one noticed.
"Why did everyone else's call auction go vied, while Cameron's $100,000 managed to buy so many shares of Microsoft at a low price of eight cents?"
Microsoft's publicly sold share capital accounts for 15% of the company's total share capital, and if Cameron throws in 100,000 yuan at a bargain of eight cents, he will directly jump to the end minority shareholder who is qualified to enter the board of directors!
However, such a tabloid article, in such a big context, only a small group of people will pay attention.
"See?"
In the afternoon, in the conference room of IBM headquarters in Ackmon, New York, Akol waved the newspaper in his hand and said sadly to the table full of people.
"That's the truth!"
"Preparing to make a statement, we at IBM will not admit to the trumped-up crime of hacking the NASDAQ exchange!" (To be continued.) )