New York.

In an apartment building in the suburbs, a light-tight room was closed with curtains closed, and the air conditioning was turned on sufficiently. The dark tones of the room and the chill that makes one shiver are reminiscent of the morgue of a hospital.

If it weren't for the large screens on three sides on the table, a few empty cans of Coke, and the whining case, the whole room would not have been alive at all.

Returning from the entrance with a freshly ordered pizza, a man with a somewhat dark looking expression returned to the computer desk and sat down, holding the mouse and clicking twice.

I saw that on the interface with black background and white frame on the three screens in front of him, strings of code were spread out like a waterfall.

Ordinary people would be dazzled by the complexity of the code if they saw it, but for him, he knew every string of characters on the screen.

"A Big Fish ......"

"Let me catch you! Perfect! ”

Smashing his tongue, the corners of the lone wolf's mouth hooked up a hint of pride, grabbed the pizza and took a bite.

This time it's the "convenience network".

Although there are no instructions from the boss, he thinks that it is already possible to start expanding the battlefield beyond the media.

After all, they weren't a disciplined, unified organization anyway, and he couldn't think of any Chinese media whose official websites hadn't been hacked.

Through the lines of deadly code, he seemed to have seen the angry and depraved expressions on the faces of those people who were tens of thousands of kilometers away from him and anxious and helpless in the server room.

But at this moment, he hung up on his account on a trading forum on the dark web, and suddenly received a private message.

“…… Did the 'takeout' I ordered arrive? ”

Takeaway here naturally refers not to real takeaway, but to broilers that are often used for DOS attacks or other bad things.

For a hacker, catching broilers can be said to be a basic skill, and he also has a lot of broiler reserves, including a lot of high-quality goods, but what he has to do now is an earth-shattering thing, and buying a little from his peers on the dark web is far more efficient than catching it slowly.

Looking at the mark of the unread message, the lone wolf muttered to himself in his mouth, holding the mouse and clicking on the private message.

However, at this moment, when he saw the content of the private message, he was suddenly stunned.

[That, the kind master asked me to give you a chance to mend your ways, or you should turn yourself in (′???) 】

“…… Poof. ”

"Hahaha!"

Laughing and leaning back on the computer chair, the lone wolf held back a smile while casually throwing the private message into the recycle bin, and then offline the vest account used for trading, and logged in to the spare one.

"It's hilarious...... Found the vest I used to trade and thought it would get me? Still turning himself in? Eat the and go! ”

It's not hard to find their trading vests, and the entire hacking community is now paying attention to it. Those who will choose to trade broilers at this time are either sellers who want to provide them with bullets, or members of the Predator Eagle, that is, their own people.

As long as you see his transaction information, you can guess whose waistcoat it belongs to with your toes.

However, he didn't panic at all, because it was harder to find its true body from the vest on the dark web than to throw a dart on the map of North America and hit his address.

But at this moment, he suddenly found out that on the interface on the screen on the left, a line corresponding to the address information of the official website server of Huaguo Jinling University suddenly lit up with a green mark.

This means that the server that was originally implanted by him as a Trojan horse and physically disconnected by the administrator actually turned on and connected to the network?!

Are you so not afraid of death?

"Hmph...... Fools who don't think they can do anything. ”

With a slight sneer in his mouth, the lone wolf put his hand on the keyboard, ready to teach those who did not know how to do it a little lesson.

However, when he hit the first button, he was stunned.

I saw a dialog box pop up without warning, and it also carried a string of characters of unknown meaning.

【(*?ω?)? ╰ひ╯】

Lone wolf: "??? ”

……

Cyberspace Regulatory Bureau.

2.17 Office of the Extraordinarily Large Cybercrime Serious Crime Unit.

Although the wall clock on the wall has turned, the people sitting here are still working overtime.

There was a bottle of conditioned Jianlibao next to the computer desk, and Director Hong, who was meticulously staring at the computer screen, suddenly scolded and said.

"MMP's, it's like whack-a-mole!"

Yes, whack-a-mole.

The other party is like a group of rats that have built a nest in the granary, gnawing in the east and west, making them exhausted in the firefighting, but the symptoms are not cured.

Standing in the office of the network supervisor, Director Li of the Bureau of Science and Industry, who had just come from the National Hotel in Shangjing, asked with a frown.

"Has the security warning document been sent?"

The technician sitting next to him glanced at his boss and saw that his boss nodded, then he looked at Director Li and said with a bitter expression.

"It's been sent, but to be honest, it's not much use at all, like Tencent and Ahri, even if they don't have our notice, their security teams can do a good job of protection, and some small and medium-sized enterprises even if they receive our notice, except for resigning themselves to fate there...... Instead, I think our security alert document may be spreading panic. ”

Director Hong reprimanded in a low voice: "It's better to be prepared than not to be ready, or what better way do you have it?" ”

“…… There is no way, the best way in cyber warfare is to turn defense into offense, switch offensive and defensive positions, and make the opponent tired. ”

After these words were spoken, the office suddenly fell silent, except for the sound of keystrokes.

Director Hong coughed lightly and said.

"Okay, don't talk about this anymore, the initiative will definitely not be approved. Once we take the initiative to attack, it means that China's official forces are involved in the attack on overseas servers, and no matter who makes the first move, we will be the one to lose...... What we need to do now is to find enough evidence to get the country where the IP is located to cooperate with us in arresting people, instead of expanding the incident. ”

Not to mention that the other party's server doesn't know where it is, once the Chinese cyber warfare forces take the initiative to attack, the diplomatic losses caused are far from comparable to the paralysis of several websites.

What's more, the International Lunar Hadron Collider Symposium is now underway, and if the diplomatic turmoil caused by the conference is affected, it will be in the hands of the other side.

Clearing his throat, Director Hong continued to ask, "How's the website recovering?" ”

The information security engineer sitting in front of the computer pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said in a somewhat tired voice.

"Headline Network Domain Hijacking Has Resumed...... I've restored at least 10 websites so far, but it's not an option. ”

At this moment, the technician who was sitting at the computer desk next to him and wearing military clothes suddenly said in a loud voice.

"After receiving the alarm, a new website found abnormal traffic, and after inspection, it was confirmed that the domain name had been hijacked."

Before Director Hong of the Internet Supervision Office could speak, Director Li anxiously asked, "Where is it this time?" ”

"Convenience Network."

Hearing that another website had fallen, Director Hong slammed the table in a grumpy manner.

"What the hell!"

The war has spread beyond the news media and into government websites.

A drop of cold sweat ran across Director Hong's forehead.

Although the websites of several major government departments have been fortified and fortified, but with such a large area in China, in addition to the central and local governments, it is impossible for them to take care of so many websites, so they can only rely on the strength of the local network department to start defending themselves, and at that time they have to fall into a new round of firefighting, and they are exhausted in it.

And that's not what worries him the most.

If the other side further expands the battlefield and expands the target of the attack from the website server to the medical, electricity, logistics, and transportation systems in various places, it will cause even greater harm......

In that case, the loss may be a bit overwhelming.

But at this time, the information security engineer sitting in front of the computer desk suddenly approached the screen with a frown.

"Wait, something seems wrong."

Director Hong was excited and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Several of the traffic data we were tracking were suddenly cut off......"

Hearing this, Director Hong's face suddenly sank.

"Did the other party find out?"

The information security expert shook his head, "I'm sure the other party didn't find out about us...... But they just inexplicably retreated one by one suddenly. ”

Director Hong frowned, and just wanted to ask what was going on, when a loud voice suddenly came from the side.

"Convenient domain name hijacking has been lifted!" A man in a military uniform sitting in front of a computer suddenly stood up and said excitedly, "They really seem to have retreated!" ”

Director Hong frowned, gritted his teeth and stared at the screen in front of him, thinking carefully.

“…… But why did they retreat suddenly? ”

The information security expert sitting next to him shook his head.

"I don't know ......"

With his expertise, he was 100% sure that the few pieces of traffic data he tracked would never be aware of his surveillance.

However, the other party just stopped inexplicably, without any warning.

Although it is a thankful thing for those websites that have been attacked. But for the task force of the Cyber Regulatory Bureau, this is definitely not a thing to be happy about.

If you can't catch someone, that means they can come back at any time.

If they don't know why the outlaws are retreating, I'm afraid they won't be able to sleep soundly tonight.

Glancing around at everyone in the office, Director Hong said in an unwavering tone.

"Keep investigating, no matter what reason they stop, no matter how far they hide, you must find them out for me!"

"Yes!"

Although it is not a victory, it can be regarded as a phased result if the enemy can retreat from the difficulty.

The fighters in the office are highly motivated and continue to fight at their posts.

Director Hong nodded and was about to sit back in his office chair, but at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the office.

"Please come in."

The door opened, and a clerk who looked emaciated walked in quickly.

"Director!"

Director Hong: "What's the matter?" ”

"Just now we received a ...... from our department's mailbox A bit of a special alarm email. ”

"What mail?"

"There is only a strange string of codes in the body of the email, and then there is a ...... written on the checkout," the clerk hesitated with a hesitant expression on his face and continued, "The IP of the murderers has been found...... Something like that. ”

The murderer's IP was found?

When he heard this, Director Hong was stunned for a moment, and then there was a burst of ecstasy on his face.

Realizing a possibility, he immediately asked, "Who sent the email?" Did the caller leave contact information? ”

"No......" was asked by Director Hong on the shoulder, and the clerk shook his head tremblingly, "...... Only one name was left on the mail. ”

"Who?"

"Dr. Z......"

Director Hong: "......? ”

Director Li: "??? ”