As early as the morning news, as the current CEO of IBM, Akol immediately realized that the company was in a big situation!

And it's an unprecedented event!

"Explain to me right away, how did this news come about!?"

"Who gave you the power to hack into the NASDAQ exchange!?"

"Bastard, the Internet field is not IBM's world at all, and you actually do this!? That Alice Wang became the second largest shareholder of Microsoft by relying on technology stocks, and is also the founder and patent holder of the leading industry of Cisco Systems, and you actually broke ground on her head!?"

"Akol, call me all the people involved!"

The shareholders' meeting was held at nine o'clock, and from the very beginning, it was the directors who constantly criticized Akol. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although the time is almost up, there is no need to look at the call auction at all, and no one will doubt that IBM's stock price will fall to an unprecedented low today.

And if they don't solve the problem quickly, the whole blue giant will collapse in the next ten years, which is possible!

"I didn't authorize the tech department, or anyone from any department, to do this intrusion. ”

In the face of the angry directors, led by CEO Arkol, a group of senior executives also participated in the meeting. That's when Akol explains to the board.

"The company did buy 20 old Cisco routers last December, but that's just the same routine as the Nasdaq bulk purchase, which is just the company's regular practice of optimizing the local area network. Of course, I can't deny the personal behavior of ordinary employees, and this is explained by Minister Almin of the Technical Department. ”

Akol sat down and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

A member of the board of directors looked coldly at the end of the conference table: "Then Almin, you can explain." ”

Armin stood up nervously.

In front of him, the chairman at the time was pursing his lips, and no one could tell any mood from his face. The quartz clock behind him was ticking, and the time was already more than half past nine, but no one, no one, dared to look at the current stock market fluctuations.

"I swear by my deceased grandfather and grandmother that I personally did not do anything like this, let alone authorize any employee to do so. “

He said bitterly: "After the meeting, I will immediately investigate the members of the technical department. At the same time, if this incident is really caused by the personal actions of the members of the technical department, I will definitely take the blame and resign. ”

Akol grimaced and didn't speak.

If it is really just the personal behavior of the employees of the technical department, at least the company's responsibility will be relatively small, but as long as he is a little careless, he, the CEO, should take the blame and resign. After all, the public will not focus on the ordinary executives of the company, which is what IBM does, and of course it is up to him, the CEO.

So then, it's time to turn the sky upside down.

For the whole morning, the entire company headquarters was panicked, and no one was in the mood to work normally. What's more, after such a big event, other companies that are doing business with IBM are too late to cancel orders and clear up relationships, except for the people in the sales department who have to keep calling to comfort each other, even if people in other departments want to work, they really have no work at all.

For the vast majority of people, all they could do this morning was to keep talking about the Wall Street Journal and watching the stock price fall in horror.

And the next moment after the shareholders' meeting and executive accountability meeting, it was time for these people to come to the company's computer room collectively for a field trip.

"These are the routers, Mr. O'Deal. ”

A technical employee spoke in a low voice, introducing the chairman and the accompanying shareholders, his forehead covered with cold sweat, just as the directors could have a heart attack at any time.

At this time, the Cisco routers purchased in bulk have long been dismantled and are sitting on a desk. Each white box is printed with the Cisco logo, that is, the short-line pattern that was born from the Golden Gate Bridge in the form of network radio waves, which was originally very artistic, but now it seems to everyone that it is extremely dazzling.

"Have you checked it?"

Odell put his hands behind his back and his face turned pale: "According to the Wall Street Journal, they found the relevant IP address from the router of the NASDAQ exchange and found relevant evidence from the computer, which locked it onto us." ”

"Check...... Work is ongoing. ”

Cold sweat was oozing from the employee's forehead: "I show you ten of them, and the other ten are being inspected by someone from our technical department......"

O'Dell and the shareholders behind him all looked expressionless: "Then go on, we'll wait here." ”

Before I knew it, it was past noon, but none of the people involved had any intention of eating. Fortunately, IBM's technology department is the core department, and the most important thing is space, even if all the company's shareholders and executives are together, it is more than enough. Of course, they don't stay in the tech department all the time, there are too many things to do.

But it hurt all the technical department employees present.

It still takes a while to check the router, and the process of vetting employees can't be slowed down. All members of the technical department were accompanied by a security guard, completely isolated in one position, and all the directors and executives of the company sat in the conference room for hours, and began to interrogate everyone continuously.

"You have to know what the company is facing right now. ”

When an intern who had just been in the company for a month was standing pitifully in the open space, Chairman O'Dell said with a blank face: "Because of this time, as of noon today, IBM's stock price has fallen by 18%, do you know what 18% is?"

"This ...... This one...... Mr. O'Dell, I really don't know anything......"

"This behavior is tantamount to making IBM offend listed companies across the country. Hacking into a stock exchange and maliciously modifying data to create the first cybercrime in the history of computer development is no ordinary honor. Your name is Tony, don't worry, if you admit that this is just your own personal act, even if you go to prison, we will send your family a generous compensation ......"

O'Dell wasn't a fool, and he certainly knew that his handpicked CEO wouldn't do that kind of stupid thing. And to put it bluntly, using special technology to hack related institutions for private profit, if this had not happened, Odell swears, no one would have even come up with this idea!

The company must have been framed, yes.

The router's check results have come out, and the relevant packet information has been found in the cache.

But no one believed it would be true.

It must be industry companies that will frame IBM, or Microsoft and Cisco will join forces to frame it. They are all industry insiders, programmers, and experts, who doesn't know what kind of skills everyone has?

The data in these 20 routers is what Cisco's technical department deliberately left behind after invading IBM first!

In other words, Cisco and Microsoft teamed up to hack the NASDAQ exchange and then blame IBM!

Odell can fully come up with such a process, after all, Cisco Systems is the pioneer of the Internet hardware industry, and the well-deserved leader, Lucent Technologies, which ranks second, is more than a cut behind it. Microsoft is not a fuel-efficient lamp, with a big brother like Cisco taking the lead, and then Microsoft's group of program apes who have been focusing on the software field for ten years will not be like playing?

That's for sure!

But......

"We have no evidence. ”

At the conference table in the afternoon, when CEO Arkol waved a tabloid in a menacing manner, saying that he was going to issue a statement of denial, O'Dell's sighed deeply.

"It works logically, but this is not a detective novel, and even if it is a detective novel, it must be about evidence at the end. Unless we can come up with evidence of the intrusion of Cisco and Microsoft, the opposing lawyer's lawyer can play us to death with just one lip service. ”

"The people in the technical department are working overtime and will definitely solve this problem!"

As the person directly in charge, Almin made a strong statement to the board of directors: "After all, Cisco is only a two-year-old company, and their background is definitely not comparable to ours. In a week, a week at most, we can definitely find out the clues of their invasion!"

"I hope so. ”

O'Dell sighed, because just five minutes earlier, the secretary had walked through the entire conference site and informed him of a serious problem.

"As I just knew, the company's stock price has fallen by 20%, and although it is now close to closing, as long as we don't solve this problem for a day, IBM will not be able to get out of the trough for a day. I'm already waiting for a joint subpoena from NASDAQ and Microsoft, Arkor, get the best lawyers we can muster, and get rid of them!"

Arkol took the order with a heavy heart.

At the same time, the time to close has really arrived.

The 20 percent drop is actually more than many financial analysts expected, after all, the scandal exposed by IBM this time is too shocking. As an old computer company, hacking into the stock exchange without permission and maliciously influencing the listing of new shares is enough to easily destroy any ordinary company!

"The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and it can make its stock price plummet by 20% in one day, which is already enough. ”

Returning to Los Angeles, after returning from Washington State, Alice immediately bought enough newspapers and read them one by one in the living room.

"Tens of billions of dollars have evaporated like this, and the stock market is ......"

James is also reading various financial newspapers, and the news of this day is heavy enough for media people to worry about the topic for many days: "Speaking of which, Alice, what do you think of Apple?

"Apples, oh...... Don't move for now. ”

Alice looked at the calendar with a pleasant eye: "Anyway, we didn't buy much at the time, and we didn't lose much, its decline will continue, and we will have to buy it again when it rebounds." ”

"Are you really sure Apple's stock price is going to go up?"

James frowned: "Jobs was kicked out of the company, without him, Apple would not be competitive at all." ”

"Well, those idiots are going to have to bring him back. ”

Ellie said nonchalantly: "Compared to this, Dad, I have to apply for graduation when I go back to school tomorrow, so help me prepare the materials first." ”

Thinking about how much trouble his daughter would have to deal with next, James laughed. (To be continued.) )