Chapter I: Leaks
"So......" Xiang Shan carefully considered the words: "Ms. Ingrid Granat, could you please repeat the leak again?" ”
Across the mountain, Ingrid rolled her eyes, "What's wrong?" You've only been in charge for a day before you've fallen into bureaucratic vices? Won't you read the report? ”
As Xiu Angjing Hongtu expected, Xiang Shan is indeed a very popular individual in the scholar community.
In the past year, he has made a significant contribution to the exploration of "Ogung". So far, the young man has not shown any moral radicalism or flaws.
In addition, he was one of the first people to come into contact with Ogon .
As Jing Hongtu said, this is a huge kind of "political capital".
Xiang Shan sneered: "Doesn't this want to confirm again?" Maybe you can find more details? ”
"Nope." Ingrid rolled her eyes, "It's not my fault. ”
Xiang Shan sighed.
It's the second half of 2030.
In this short period of six months, the Rama project can be described as a chicken flying and a dog jumping.
Just last month, there was a huge crisis in the project.
One hacker posted a set of code from the Rama project on the hackers' website and left the message "It seems to be some kind of special algorithm, but I don't understand it at all." Does anyone know what this is? Message.
That's the big question.
2029 is a year in which the Rama project is growing by leaps and bounds. Xiang Shan creatively deciphered some "alien garbage of unknown significance" as plaintext, and succeeded. Xiang Shan and other scientists in the engineering department methodically obtained various data from the alien garbage, converted it into binary code, and stored it in the computer.
At the beginning, the officials of the Rama project were worried about whether there would be any super AI hidden in these codes, which was full of malice towards the current human race and could destroy the human race in an instant. But it didn't take much effort for Xiang Shan to convince them.
The reason is very simple, although the alien computer also belongs to the structure of "equivalent to Turing machine" in mathematics, but the engineering architecture is different from several types of earth, and it is a new Turing machine engineering implementation. Earth computers are not compatible with it from hardware to underlying protocols.
From the perspective of a terrestrial computer, this is an incomprehensible garbled file.
And after that, talents from all walks of life began to cross the sea with eight immortals, each showing their magical powers.
Work from many different perspectives such as logic, mathematics, evolutionary psychology, biology, linguistics, etc.
Everyone was trying to decipher the mysterious code.
When it came time to inspect afterwards, the security department of the Rama project quickly locked down the source of the leak.
It was from Ingrid Granat.
Ingrid used her personal computer to copy a portion of the data from "Ogon". After that, she left the park with her computer and returned to China for vacation. And according to Ingrid's own words, she did this so that she could think and record her inspiration anytime and anywhere.
However, her computer actually sent the contents out.
It is not known if Ingrid's leak was simply due to a security breach in her computer or because of her own betrayal.
And after that, there were two more leaks.
Both times, some binary code was leaked.
It's just that it's still code that doesn't work on Earth computers.
Presumably, the hackers who stole this thing don't know what this insignificant gibberish file is for. That's why he had to turn to the hacker community.
Thankfully, no one on Earth has been able to see the true face of this piece of data.
There are many people in the hacker community who simply ask the hacker who stole the data, whether this is a joke or a prank. Did he just roll the keyboard and make a bunch of gibberish to play with everyone?
However, the hacker who stole the data said that he vouched for his ID, which definitely made sense.
He pulled the data out of the computers of several different linguists. And these linguists are all based on a European technology company. The hacker said he suspected that the capital was building a technological hegemony based on "natural language".
For example, AI can be used to create a variety of literary and artistic works, or translation software that is ahead of its time, or AI that runs based on natural language...... Something like that.
The hacker's imagination is actually quite nonsense.
That company actually focuses on speech AI and translation software, and has certain business dealings with many scholars in linguistics and cognitive science, and Ingrid is just one of those experts and scholars who have received sponsorship and gone to name themselves. And it's no coincidence that several Rama fellows have done business with that company – after all, the project benefits the world's most elite academics.
However, the person who released the information turned out to be a very famous hacker.
And it's true that the code doesn't look like a product of this era at all [after all, it's not something that Earth computers can run at all], but it does seem to be very logical.
"Zhu Rong", a hacker who focuses on stealing technical data from large enterprises and then sharing them for free, is a cyber guerrilla in the information age.
Before that, he had stolen or dismantled the data of many large companies.
This is a significant event for the Rama Project Special Project. The entire park was immediately controlled.
Subsequently, the original head of the research department also resigned at the speed of light due to poor control of information.
Under the game of various major powers and the internal demands of the scholar community, several countries have put forward candidates to run for this position.
It is said that while they were arguing, a fourth leak occurred. The major powers are also ignoring the riddle and hastily reaching an agreement.
And as Jing Hongtu also expected, Xiang Shan won this position with a small advantage.
After a brief inauguration ceremony, Xiang Shan became the head of the R&D department of the Rama project, and immediately participated in the special working group to trace the problem of information leakage and reduce the impact of the incident on the outside world.
And the reason why he chose to come to ask was actually what Jing Hongtu told him.
"Anyway, find a way to directly interfere in the course of this matter." Jing Hongtu admonished Xiang Shan in this way.
Xiang Shan was very puzzled at the time: "Isn't it okay to read the report?" I don't think there's much more I can do...... Those professionals can't be missing, right? Useful information should be read in the report......"
"The focus is not on efficiency, but on signaling to the outside world, making a statement." Jing Hongtu shook his head, "You want others to know that you care about this matter......"
Xiang Shan was even more confused: "If you care about this matter, you shouldn't concentrate on reading the information that has been sorted out......"
"No, the 'actual work' is not the point, the point is 'expressing one's attitude'. You may not understand it now, but remember it. In order to become a qualified 'bureaucrat', the courage to express one's tendencies is more important than the ability to actually work. It's a completely different place from the academic world you're familiar with. ”
"And then? Does that make any sense? ”
"Even if this matter doesn't end up in the end, you'll get a good impression of 'I'm actively working for the organization'. It's also good for you later on. This is the worst-case scenario. On the bright side, this incident erupted during your last term and has nothing to do with you. And when it is resolved, you have a deep relationship with it. ”
"But this matter was finally resolved, and it was also thanks to the efforts of professionals in the cyber security department, right?"
Jing Hongtu shrugged: "That's right. But underneath these easy-to-understand 'rules', there are also 'underlying rules'. According to this 'underlying rule', the resolution of the incident is inseparable from your 'wise decision'. ”
"It is only when you have the authority to show interest in this matter that you have the opportunity to interfere with it in the subsequent process."
"So, Xiao Xiang, remember, no matter what, you have to show that you care about this matter."
"To master the 'power' to change the world, you have to learn to use this disgusting reality."
Recalling Jing Hongtu's words, Xiang Shan still rubbed the corners of his forehead and said to Ingrid: "Yingjia, I understand your feelings. But we have to solve this problem. ”
"So you're going to solve it?" Ingrid was very dissatisfied: "What did you change by chatting with me?" ”
Another UN official beside Xiang Shan shook his head: "Ms. Granat, I hope you can control your emotions. Now everyone has suspicions on them......"
"All suspicious? What do you mean? Who among us brought that virus in on purpose? Ingrid's eyebrows raised: "How is that possible?" That group of hackers didn't even know what that code was for! If some of us have that tendency, then they don't speculate about what the code is for, but they are against the big powers secretly dissecting alien friends! ”
The U.N. official asked rhetorically: "Could it also be that intelligence agents don't know how to securely pass on this code, so they put it online and then tell his nature privately?" ”
Ingrid felt a bit of a headache. She really didn't want to get entangled with these guys anymore: "I can't imagine which intelligence agent it is. 'Freemasonry' or 'Jewish Capital Group'? ”
The UN official tapped on the table: "Watch your wording, Ms. Granat. ”
"And besides me, there are other people who are more suspicious, right?"
"You mean Yogmov Foigt?" Xiang Shan interrupted: "Since Yogmo is suspected of being involved in the extremist wing of the 'open access movement', he has been brought under control and is under investigation. If he can't get away with suspicion, he may have to spend the rest of his life in a prison in the United States. ”