Chapter 662: Let's Find Fault (Part I)
"Bang", the notebooks on the table, folders and other office equipment were damaged, and the owner swept them away directly from the table, and fell to the ground with a series of loud noises, and several people standing in the room couldn't help but pick their eyelids, and their scalps were a little numb
It is not an exaggeration that the man who did all this can be the most powerful man in the world, but now this man is furious, scolding like a street gangster, but surprisingly, none of these people in the room feel that this man has no grace, on the contrary, several people have some sympathy for him, no way, although he is the president of the United States, but the president of the United States in this world is not omnipotent, and some people are not under his control, for example, gd!
Bush had just come out of the hospital, and the media did not know about Bush's hospitalization, and in fact he did not go to the hospital, but he just invited a doctor to help Bush check it, but the culprit was definitely GD, and Bush had some diseases, and this time he was so angry with GD that the old disease relapsed, but fortunately, it was not a fatal disease, so after the doctor prescribed medicine and told him a few words, Bush was fine.
But I didn't expect the news to come out just after I was discharged from the hospital! "Bastard! This bastard! What is i for? Why let him be at ease in this world! I don't care where he is! Get him here! Bush roared angrily in the Oval Office. The dozen or so high-ranking officials below all wisely lowered their heads and did not answer, including the director of I.
The president's anger is understandable, at this time, those of them who are subordinates do not go to be a punching bag, who is to be a punching bag? In many, TV series or movies, it seems that the United States does not have much power, it seems that the director of the bureau and the secretary of defense can control the president, in fact, strictly speaking, this is not the case, although such a law has a certain truth, but the power of the president of the United States in some specific circumstances is very large!
For example, when the president thinks that the security of the country has been challenged, the security of the country has been threatened, and he enters a special state, the power of the president is very great, but if it is peacetime, because these intelligence agencies are responsible for handling any intelligence, as well as protecting the president, etc., some black or gray operations are always there, and there are not many of the president's handles, so these people are not afraid of the president, but to paraphrase a sentence, face is given to each other, and they dare not get these handles out.
In addition, Bush is a very strong president, so these officials do not dare to do more, in fact, there is another reason for this, they are indeed ashamed in their hearts, the most powerful country in the world in terms of comprehensive national strength! There is no one, the most powerful intelligence service in the world! The largest military force in the world! The world's most powerful talent gathering country! But that's it, they don't have anything to do with this gd!
Can these people not be ashamed? Truth be told, hackers weren't without Kevin. Didn't Mitnik end up like that? Nubi is powerful enough, right? But the Department of Defense still has its very detailed information, although it is not enough to find the headquarters of the other party, but Gates knows that it is impossible to investigate any further, and if it continues to investigate, these things will be dug up quickly, and God knows what will happen when the time comes, and the funds in the hands of those capitalists are enough to cause economic turmoil in the entire American society!
But GD is an exception! There are no clues at all! Can't find anything at all! It's like a mysterious ghost on the network, suddenly appeared in front of everyone, and then there is a terrifying strength, at least on the network, the other party is like a god, although not as omnipotent as the god is so exaggerated, but no one can find his place if people want to run.
This has to make people hurt the egg, just like now, GD has McAfee and some departments in its hands to cooperate with the handle and so on, and the US government immediately fell into passivity. Gates is not an idiot, there are many important research institutes in the entire US defense system, etc., which have something to do with McAfee and Symantec, otherwise, why would McAfee listen to Bush? Isn't it because Bush has a big McAfee order in his hand?
But now the security of these important military secret departments has become a major threat, especially when the firewalls and products researched by McAfee and other companies cannot be trusted, there is a very serious problem in front of everyone, very simple! That's how these American guarantees it! A change of firewall and protection? Well, regardless of whether you can find the right company or whether the new firewall can block the GD problem.
The question of changing firewalls and protection measures is not simple in itself, thinking that this is a personal computer system? I don't want to use it, I don't want to use the hard disk to format it and make a new system? If you want to use McAfee today, you can use McAfee, and if you are unhappy, you will directly uninstall Symantec?
If it were that simple, Bush wouldn't have such a headache. The anger in his heart was almost vented, Bush also quieted down, took a deep breath and calmed down his emotions, Bush has always felt that he is a very urban politician, but during this time Bush feels that he is as impulsive as a virgin, and it is no wonder that Bush, who wants to be molested like this, not to be angry, there is a ghost, not to mention the most powerful person in the world?
"Well, I don't blame you for this, but as a member of the cabinet, as my assistant, as my staff, what do you think about the current situation? If we don't agree to GD's terms, what do we have to pay, and if we agree to his terms, what will we face? After getting angry, Bush sat down in his place, stretched out his hand and asked rhythmically tapping on the table.
"Your Excellency, let me talk about it." looked at the people left and right, and finally Gates took the initiative to speak, he is the most prestigious person in the entire cabinet, and he is also the person who has served several presidents, and only his words are the most divided" Bush nodded, raised his head and looked at Gates and asked seriously.
"It's very simple, I won't beat around the bush, GD knows that we are behind it, there is no need to doubt this matter at all, even if the other party does not know, but it is clear that this is nine out of ten, the other party just doesn't want to push us too hard. Then the question is very simple, if we follow the conditions of GD, I don't want to know how much we will reach in the end, but undoubtedly with the character of GD, a madman, there will definitely be other conditions in the future, the price we pay...... Money is secondary, and the reputation of the U.S. government is probably ruined. "Gates said it beautifully.
But the implication is that none of you are stupid, you can hear it, Gates's so-called reputation of the US government has been ruined, in fact, in fact, the president will be a big loser, and I am afraid that he will be directly ousted from office at that time. There are many ways for any US president to step down, but this method of stepping down is undoubtedly the most humiliating, and it is absolutely impossible for Bush to tolerate!
"Talk about the rest." Bush was noncommittal, and at this moment Bush has become an excellent politician with a blank face, and ordinary people cannot see any joy, anger, sorrow, or specific thoughts from his face. Gates nodded and continued: "If you don't agree with GD's opinion, then the problem is very simple, first of all, McAfee is going to go bankrupt if he is by GD like this, then we will have to pay, we calculated, probably close to 10 billion dollars in losses!" ”
"Money is not an issue." Bush waved his hand directly, Gates did not despise Bush or anything, money is really not a problem for the US government, this money does not need to be paid by the US government, in fact, it is very simple, it is nothing more than a mutual conversion problem, such as giving McAfee some compensation according to some federal laws, and then operating through some means, the money will come out, and then, even if it is directly paid, the US government does not lack this money, or, the president does not lack this money, and even Congress does not need to pass it.
"Well, I've asked my subordinates to analyze this issue, after McAfee goes bankrupt, in fact, we can influence it through the government, for example, hasn't Inel always wanted to buy McAfee? Now is the right time for Inel's acquisition, and everyone knows what McAfee's overall strength looks like, but it's just that they met GD, so Inel must be very interested in this. When the time comes, we just need to give INEL some policies, and then McAfee's shareholders will accept this fact. "Gates came up with a solution to McAfee.
As soon as he heard Gates's words, Bush's face immediately showed interest, and he nodded: "Go on." Gates immediately said: "In fact, this problem is secondary, and the second key problem is that there are many key systems in the entire federal government that use McAfee products, and GD is undoubtedly using these things to threaten us, if these systems are really attacked like McAfee before, I am afraid it will cause more than trillions of dollars in economic losses." Gates' expression was serious.
Bush also raised his eyebrows, his face was a little ugly, if tens of billions of dollars, or even hundreds of billions of dollars, the US government can accept it, then trillions, this is unacceptable to the US government, and it is impossible for Congress to allow such a thing to happen. The House and Senate don't mind letting him go, and the government can't account for it.
"Is there any solution?" Bush asked the most crucial question, and Gates immediately spoke: "Before coming, Ms. Litano and I (US Secretary of Homeland Security) have already discussed this issue, and after our discussion, the best way is for us to do it first!" Before GD reacted, we first announced the termination of the contract cooperation with McAfee, anyway, we have decided to sell McAfee to Inel, and it will not be difficult to cooperate with Inel in the future! After we announced the termination of our cooperation with McAfee, we immediately uninstalled McAfee's products, and I had already talked to Symantec's senior management before coming, and they could complete the transition to the entire network security work in 8 hours, and they would have a large number of security personnel to complete the work! ”
Sitting on the other side of Gates was a gray-haired Caucasian woman, she was not tall, and she was relatively thin, but no one dared to believe that this woman was the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, another important department in the entire cabinet. At the same time, I'm afraid everyone doesn't know that this woman who looks like the fu person next door is very strong! Otherwise, it will not conform to Bush's style of employing people.
After pausing here at Gates Road, Litano said: "Mr. President, I have explained the relevant tasks and quickly prepared them below, the Department of Homeland Security will quickly arrange this matter, and within the time of the 8-hour system maintenance and upgrade announced to the outside world, we can complete the conversion of the entire system security and defense work, so that GD will not have any excuse to attack us, if he really attacks, then we can completely throw him into the perspective of anti-humanity, so that We have enough popular support! As for GD, if it really attacks us desperately, we have a back-up plan, after all, nine out of the thirteen root servers in the world are in the United States! ”
Litano's words were sonorous, her tone was full of strong confidence, and her words also showed her confidence and determination! Litano's last sentence made it clear that if it could not be fought, it would use the nuclear weapons of the United States in cyberspace! In this way, whether GD is really just a simple hacker or an organization, or simply an organization in some countries, he has to think about the consequences! After all, without the network, GD is a person, and it is impossible to be stronger than the US government!
"Good! Very good! Bush finally had a smile on his face! After pondering for a moment, he immediately decided that following in the footsteps of the GD was definitely not a reasonable approach, and the U.S. government could not afford to lose that man. "The President, Secretary Gates, Secretary Litano, I have a different opinion." Director I, who was sitting next to him, hesitated for a moment but spoke