An hour and a half later, Lotte Mart and Gu Cheng in Myeongdong found Cheerilee's barbecue restaurant. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He was 15 minutes late—mainly because he took too much time to shower and change clothes before heading out.

It's not easy to get a haggard decadent man back together.

Fortunately, Cheerilee didn't mind this, she knew that Gu Cheng was busy.

Cheerilee looks a little more refined than when we met last week.

Obviously, because this is the date time she took the initiative to choose, she can dress up and put on makeup "for a long time".

Gu Cheng praised out of politeness: "It's beautiful." ”

"Where, old, can't be compared with the university. Cheerilee was modest, but her expression was honest, and she smiled.

Perhaps sensing that she was too proud, Cheerilee deliberately restrained herself and pretended to look around at the scenery.

The waitress who served the food relieved her in time and brought seven bowls and eight plates of meat slices.

Cheerilee rolled up her sleeves and skillfully spread two plates of pork belly and fat beef on an iron plate with tongs and roasted them with oil. Then put on the pure beef rib flakes, and scorched them slightly for more than ten seconds before they were sandwiched on Gu Cheng's plate.

Gu Cheng was a little uncomfortable: "I just put it down...... Can you eat it?"

"The beef ribs are the freshest, and it's no problem to eat them raw. ”

Gu Cheng smiled slightly bitterly, couldn't bear to disobey the other party's kindness, and ate the meat slices in a few bites. After entering the entrance, I felt that it was really good, and there was no bloody blood.

Raw beef is the main cause of gastrointestinal upset, so as long as the meat is absolutely fresh and butter-free, it doesn't matter.

And believe in the professional ethics of a high-end Dongyi barbecue restaurant.

"Sister Che, don't just clip it to me, you can eat it yourself. Gu Cheng poured wine for Cheerilee while thinking about how to get down to business, "I want to ask you something, since your company is engaged in online games, do you have any resources related to network security business? ”

Cheerilee thought carefully with a wine glass: "It's only been two years since I graduated, and when I first started working in '98, there was basically no one stealing the number of online games on the market; However, since the second half of last year, the phenomenon of number theft has increased, and I heard that it is related to some number thieves hanging up viruses.

Our company is too small to afford a cybersecurity team, and this aspect is contracted to third-party consultants. The identities of those people are also more mixed, and some of them are hackers themselves, who know a little about botnets or something, and can help us reverse analyze and make some disposal plans. ”

Gu Cheng pretended to listen casually, but in fact, his heart was already too excited.

Even the hand holding the glass was trembling slightly, and the rim of the glass rattled against his teeth when he drank it.

Everything was exactly as he thought!

Before going out, he accepted Cheerilee's invitation for this.

"THE FIRST PHASE OF BOTNET GROWTH WAS DUE TO THE NEED FOR DDOS ATTACKS. However, in the environment of 2000, it didn't take many computers to launch DDOS, so Huaxia hackers, who mainly engaged in this kind of business, lost the motivation to further expand after their own botnets were infected to a certain number.

The second stage of the development and growth of botnets in history is precisely to rely on the demand for online game account theft! The number thieves can only keep infecting new computers, record keystrokes and behavior habits from the computers of online game users, and then they can continuously steal more game accounts and then sell equipment to make money. ”

These are the joints that Gu Cheng figured out in a flash of inspiration when Cheerilee's phone call came in!

Some people may ask: Now that you have figured out the real growth of the botnet, why don't you return to China to find a large-scale botnet owner?

There really is no other answer to this question.

The reason is simple: in 2000, the online game market in China was not large enough.

This is not to say that there were no popular online games in China in 2000 - Stone Age, Net3, and King of Kings, these games have been operated in China, and each of them still has at least hundreds of thousands of players.

However, these online games are not enough to support the business model of "after the number theft in the game, the equipment can be used to sell for RMB", so Huaxia has not yet bred the industrial chain of "professional number thieves".

In Chinese history, the first game to make number thieves a profession was Legend.

"RMB 300 will be awarded, and how much will be charged. ”

"8,000 Xiaoyao fans, 30,000 dragon slaying knives. ”

These slogans give the thieves an economic incentive to make a career out of number theft - the ultimate goal of professional number thieves is to cash out the equipment stolen in the game and exchange it back for RMB, rather than just pretending to be forced in the game.

And now, the online game version of "Legend" is still lying in the codebase of WE-MADE, waiting for Gu Cheng to buy it.

The equipment in other online games is not enough to have the "hard currency" attribute that is as strong as the renminbi.

Therefore, there are no people in China who take game number theft as a profession in China, and there are no large-scale and large-scale botnet resources.

Gu Cheng must be found in Dongyi.

In the Internet industry, Dongyi people, on average, are several years earlier than Huaxia.

At this juncture in 2000, Dongyi has several masterpieces such as "Paradise" in China, forming a scale of hundreds of thousands of players, and forming a market for "real-world currency trading in-game virtual equipment".

The formation of this market is the prerequisite for the emergence of professional thieves.

Professional thieves are also the prerequisite for the emergence of large-scale botnets.

Interlocking and tightly knit.

Of course, Gu Cheng didn't need to cooperate with the thief.

There are times when game companies take the initiative to cooperate with hackers who are engaged in security consulting in order to thwart the number thieves. These hackers also want to raise botnets in order to study their peers, or simply to obtain data on industry behavior patterns.

It's like a master of "panda incense burning", and after being caught, he can immediately become a cadre of an antivirus software company.

The talents of the police and the bandits are often the same.

……

Gu Cheng seemed to have thought about it so much, but in fact, he was only a little distracted for a few minutes.

The two ate three or four plates of meat and grilled several plates of vegetables, and Gu Cheng's conversation finally reached the moment when he was poor.

"Sister Che, can you introduce me to one or two cybersecurity consultants you are familiar with--I mean the kind of insider who knows about botnets. ”

"Ahh ”

Cheerilee was puzzled: "Could it be that he is thinking about the security needs of online game operations in the future? That's still early, the game hasn't been bought yet, so it's too precautionary to think about that kind of demand first, right?"

At the same time, Gu Cheng was also struggling in his heart: "Sister Che is just a matchmaker, don't tell her the truth, ......right?"

After all, the friendship between the two is not very deep.

In the end, Gu Cheng lied calmly: "It's okay, I just have a little personal grudge, and I need to find someone who can take on the work of DDOS attacks-everyone has something to hide." ”

His expression didn't show the slightest flaw.

"That's right...... Then I do know someone. Cheerilee didn't doubt him, thought about it carefully and said, "That's a senior sister I met when I was a student at Sungkyunkwan University, who studied computer science and was very talented. After graduation, he worked at E-SofNet for more than a year, supervising the development of anti-theft numbers. Later, I don't know what I was angry about, and my family had a lot of expenses, so I left the company to take on my own private work - when our company did the anti-theft number assessment, we outsourced it to her. ”

Cheerilee's description made the last stone in Gu Cheng's heart fall to the ground.

"That's the kind of person I'm looking for - I don't know, when will you introduce me to me?"

"In such a hurry......? It's okay to finish eating. ”

Cheerilee bit her lip, originally she wanted to rub Gu Cheng to accompany her to buy something this afternoon.

There is a tall and handsome guy to accompany him shopping, no matter how you look at it, it is very heartwarming and vain.

Gu Cheng's eyes were not bad, and he could see Cheerilee's hesitation.

Now that he is employing people, he naturally has to do everything possible to stabilize the other party.

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry. If you have other arrangements, don't force it. ”

Cheerilee's face turned red: "That'...... I was going to go shopping and buy two pairs of shoes today—"

Gu Cheng smiled generously: "How long does it take to buy shoes, if you don't dislike it, I'll help you carry your things - as long as your boyfriend isn't angry." ”

"People don't have boyfriends. ”

Cheerilee knew that Gu Cheng was still a little anxious in his heart, and he didn't pinch him. After dinner, I called her senior sister first, confirmed that the other party was at home, and made an appointment. Then he took Gu Cheng to walk around Lotte Mart for a while and bought a pair of high heels.

Gu Cheng helped her carry her things, and the two of them took the subway and went straight to Cheerilee's senior sister's house.

……

Cheerilee's senior sister lives in Chungmuro-ro, a rather dilapidated penthouse.

In Gu Cheng's impression, the creature "hacker" must be a loner, and it is normal for the residence to be "unkempt".

When he arrived at the place, he opened the door, and the scene inside was quite unexpected.

It turned out to be a large family crammed into a small apartment of more than 60 square meters, with five people.

The door was opened by a middle-aged woman in her forties.

Cheerilee seems to be very familiar with each other and greets each other affectionately.

"Hello Aunt Liu, I brought a friend to talk to Sister Ying about something. ”

"Little car, your boyfriend? The gossip attribute of the middle-aged woman immediately exploded.

"Auntie, you misunderstood, Sister Che and I are just business friends. Gu Cheng hurriedly explained politely.

"That's right...... Come in, Ah Hui is in the middle room. ”

Gu Cheng could only smile bitterly at this.

Dongyi people are too superficial, and their faces are delicious all over the world, so why don't many people appreciate his connotation.

He goes with Cheerilee into a girl's boudoir. There was a bed, a computer desk, bookshelves, and nothing else.

A middle-of-the-road, short-haired girl who is one year older than Cheerilee, sits in front of the computer and looks at things, and doesn't get up to greet the guests when she hears them.

There are also two little Loli playing next to her, one is twelve or thirteen years old, and the other is only eight or nine years old.

Gu Cheng somewhat understood what Cheerilee said, "It's not easy for this senior sister to support her family".