Both sides of the M4 motorway west of London to West Wales are called the "M4 corridor", also known as the "Silicon Valley of the United Kingdom".

It is the center of the UK's IT industry, home to many big tech companies, including many multinational companies such as Intel, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, etc., especially in Berkshire and Thames, which are home to nearly 40% of the UK's giants.

This is also the place where Chen Xu is preparing to "catch chickens".

Chen Xu went to London at night to catch chickens - of course, this is not to say that his people ran over, but through the Internet, he searched for the target of London. Find the most IPs of your computer under one IP address and start filtering through their targets.

According to the number, Chen Xu saw that there were more than 30,000 subdomain names under an IP address, well, if they could be hacked all at once, it would be developed, but Chen Xu glanced at the real address of this IP and immediately dispelled this idea - Damn, it is the address of the British [***] Intelligence Division 5 and the subordinate agencies of the Congress, with the address of the British Computer Security Center!

If Chen Xu dares to go there, wouldn't he be looking for death?!

Hmm, flip back next, this is not bad, 8,000 subdomains...... After seeing the name, Chen Xu was defeated again, and there was the Computer Research Center of Cambridge University.

Ahhh You must know that Chen Xu is not SMMH now! He's just an ordinary level hacker with some level, where would he dare to mess with this kind of place?!

Chen Xu finally set his sights on the M4 corridor.

Like Silicon Valley, there are many IT giants in the M4 corridor, but there are also many small companies that can't make money and are struggling to make ends meet. Among them, there are those who get rich overnight, and there are also those who fall from heaven to hell in an instant. The unemployment and resignation rates are extremely high, with an average of more than 500 people quitting their jobs every day and moving on to other companies.

Chen Xu didn't dare to start easily, because he knew his level, although with the help of Xiao Min, he was able to create a very hidden computer virus to open the opponent's back door, but he also knew that with his level, it was difficult to break into the opponent's network without others noticing.

Oops, it's hard to do, it's hard to do!

Now if Chen Xu wants to occupy an Internet café, it is definitely trivial, but in the face of these powerful existences specializing in IT, Chen Xu will inevitably be a little cowardly.

Technology isn't at home yet!

Of course, Chen Xu couldn't admit it without a hands-on experiment, he couldn't do that kind of thing...... The main reason is that Chen Xu made a move, he chose an IP to attack, and then he was photographed back very depressed, if it wasn't for Xiao Min's protection ability being too strong, he would have been exposed a long time ago.

Well, later Chen Xu checked what place he was looking for, and almost fainted at first glance...... He attacked Eston Science Park!

So Chen Xu doesn't dare to act rashly now, although he is not afraid of being caught by the other party at all, but the problem is that he can't handle others!

The persimmons have to be picked up and pinched, but the problem is that Chen Xu doesn't know which one is soft in the persimmon forest in front of him...... If it's too soft, he can't look at it, but if it's a little harder, he can't pinch it.

Woo, I don't know anything about the enemy!

Chen Xu squatted in the corner and drew circles, thinking that he was really embarrassed by the people here, but fortunately no one knew - catching chickens at night was to catch their own chickens, Chen Xu, Zhong Ziyu and Wu Yuan each exchanged a weird look, everyone agreed that catching chickens is such a thing, it is better to keep a low profile, the three of them are too arrogant together, so it will be better for everyone to fight honestly...... Therefore, Chen Xu is very happy, and at the same time, Zhong Ziyu and Wu Yuan are also happy, ah, ah, ah, the embarrassing thing has not been seen by others!

As for Gao Xiaojie, well, she is now squatting in the corner and drawing circles, looking at Zhan Jing pitifully.

Unlike Chen Xu, Gao Xiaojie is not at that level to catch chickens now, and Wu Yuan and Zhong Ziyu are not targeting foreign broilers, but targeting low-end customers in China.

As for Chen Xu, Zhan Jing's original words were: "As the chief disciple of SMMH, I don't think this task is very difficult for you, you go and work hard." ”

So Chen Xu could only figure out his own way.

I want to check it!

Chen Xu is now searching the Internet to see if there is any information about these companies in the M4 corridor. At the very least, he has to figure out which companies do what? And what is the strength of these companies.

This is called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles.

Like these IT companies, they generally have their own homepages, and Chen Xu is also easy to search, so Xiao Min asked Xiao Min to search the Internet for the network information of all the companies in the M4 corridor, and then sort the strength - because you can find some IT websites on the Internet to evaluate these companies and other information. It is impossible to know all the information about the thousands of companies in the entire M4 corridor through this information, but it allows him to find some useful information.

For example, the UK's software industry has grown by 17% to 24% per year over the last decade, making it the largest in Europe. What other British political axes have enacted to promote the development of the software industry, and so on...... However, what caught Chen Xu's attention was the following piece of news: "The once glorious Liam Company fell into a crisis of confidence, and a large number of key subordinates resigned. Nyala told the media: "We will fight to the end. According to the reporter's investigation, this resignation incident was actually a poaching operation by Liam's fierce rival Mirador, because Liam had previously lost a competition with Mirador on a project. This not only deprived Liam of a good opportunity to make money, but also caused employees to have a serious lack of confidence in the company's public relations capabilities. ”

Here's an introduction from Liam Corporation.

Liam Company, founded in the eighties of the last century, when the IT industry was emerging. Its founder, Mel? Nyala's vision for excellence led to the company entering the top 30 of the UK's IT companies in the mid-90s. But after entering the new century, the elder Nyala abdicated, and his son John? Nyala's several decision-making mistakes put the company in a difficult position. Liam's position in the M4 corridor is particularly awkward, Liam's total assets are now in the upper middle of the ranking, but the year's profit is not as good as that of several small companies downstream, and it is no wonder that Liam's employees do not have confidence in their bosses and leave the company after being poached.

Chen Xu took a look and felt that this company was still relatively promising, so he went to the Internet to search for this Liam company in detail and found that this company was really a bit promising.

First of all, the hardware equipment of this company is quite strong.

Because a big part of their business is server rental, and at the same time set up hardware firewalls. So their equipment is excellent...... But you know, in the M4 corridor, this kind of cybersecurity company abounds, with IBM on top of it, and other small companies are not doing very well.

What's more, John? Nyala isn't actually a good leader, this guy is hot-tempered, easily provoked, and often refuses to admit his mistakes. If Liam had been a publicly traded company, he would have been impeached and removed from office by the other shareholders, but the company was owned by the Nyala family, so the only way for employees to show their displeasure with him was to ...... Leave.

Including a lot of senior veteran employees.

Chen Xu asked Xiao Min to search for all about John? According to Nyala's online report, the online media have called him "tyrant", "clown", and "grande". Because John? Nyala is very greedy for money, he pays very low wages to new employees, and the welfare of old employees is not good, so it is reasonable to say that Liam Company has fallen into today's situation.

But Chen Xu is eyeing Liam's hardware equipment.

If you can take all the hardware of this company for your own use, then you have a decent hardware assistance system.

Of course, Chen Xu knew his level and wanted to hack into this security company - even if it was just a very garbage security company, but this was not something his level could solve.

But he didn't want to give up this opportunity, because Zhan Jing had told him that now the black hacker group has a background. For example, the Red Guest Alliance, Yanjing is the military, hey, when the Sino-US hacker war was in place, did you really think that only the Red Guest Alliance was on it? The military hawks are not moving at all in the back?

Of course, there must be no big movement, otherwise it will not be a civil hacker battle, it will turn into a war between the two countries. But behind the scenes, in terms of hardware, there is no less support...... And many hacker organizations are also powerful behind them, such as the military-industrial complex of various countries, intelligence agencies, and some consortia that are alive. Even under Microsoft, there are a number of high-level hackers who are in use.

Such hackers need broilers?

Of course, they do need it, but these "broilers" of theirs are provided to them by others!

Both the quality and the quantity are much better than ordinary hackers!

How does this work?

So this is what Zhan Jing means, I hope Chen Xu can find a good quality broiler in case of emergency.

And how to eat such a big cake in front of you?

In fact, the best way is to invade, but it is obvious that Chen Xu does not have this strength. But as a hacker, a hacker in the truest sense of the word...... It is not limited to the use of computer means.

And even if Chen Xu successfully invaded this company, if this company goes bankrupt, then Chen Xu will gain nothing in the future, or even waste his efforts.

Oops, it's a shame that you can't even get a broiler chicken!

But thinking of SMMH, Chen Xu suddenly had an idea.........

(To be continued)