Free Web NovelChapter 143: Chapter 135: The Legend of One Eagle
"Yeah~~"
"Great job!"
Zhao Yi excitedly high-fived Professor Liu, who responded with a beaming smile.
It was indeed a success.
Professor Liu was a world-renowned computer research expert, but the field of computers was so vast. His research focused on artificial intelligence, and he had not delved deeply into hacking techniques.
Of course.
It wasn’t necessary for Professor Liu.
Joining Zhao Yi in hacking foreign websites was an intriguing experience for him, especially since their invasion was exceptionally successful. The virus they unleashed infiltrated thousands and tens of thousands, if not more, user computers, forcing dozens and hundreds of websites to shut their servers down. Suffice it to say, the impact was substantial.
Although they didn’t cause actual destruction, the effects were more significant than direct havoc would have been.
Professor Liu was contemplating further.
In the world, where there is white, there is black. Since the advent of computer technology, in corners hidden from the public view, the battle between black hats and white hats has been ongoing.
This was a battlefield without gun smoke.
The national cybersecurity department internally must surely be pure white, representing ’white’ doesn’t necessarily mean a passivity in defense. They can’t always be pure defenses externally; a long-term defense means extreme passivity, and they must occasionally take the initiative to genuinely deter the opponent.
The invasion virus Zhao Yi developed was terrific. There was no need for direct invasion; it could track user IP directly from the port; it was essentially a ’cross-dimensional strike.’
The virus was hugely beneficial for defense and deterrence measures.
...
The squad nineteen group chat was buzzing.
Everyone in squad nineteen was a bit resentful because they had an ’irresponsible’ squad captain. Due to the limited exchange between them, they didn’t understand the captain’s technology fully.
When they heard that they only needed the IP and open port, they were full of doubts and wondered how the flaws could allow for successful hacking.
Although their technical skills were reasonably high, they knew, at least, some basics about hacking, with some even capable of writing related codes. However, they did as instructed.
The members and captain of the Red Heart Alliance were not in a rigid hierarchical relationship, but there were too many normal members. Those who could serve as captains certainly had impeccable skills.
The squad members didn’t expect that the hacking effect would be so good? freewebnσvel.cøm
In the beginning, for more than an hour, they didn’t feel any effect and even thought that the captain was slacking off.
Overseas users would be ’hawked’ when they opened the websites, but they used a proxy server. When they opened the ’hawked’ websites, the virus could only track back to the proxy server, so they couldn’t see anything.
But then...
One by one, the websites couldn’t be opened?
If only one or two websites couldn’t be opened, it could be a website issue. But many target websites could not be opened, indicating a severe problem.
"Did you guys notice? Our target websites can’t be opened?"
"Most of them can’t be opened!"
"Some can still be opened, but I noticed that the latest user comments on the website, they’re all cursing..."
"Look, screenshot!"
This website is also not opening!"
"What on earth did Captain One Eagle do? This is so freaking awesome! One Eagle! Calling Captain One Eagle!"
"@One Eagle!"
...
Cybersecurity Department.
In a technologically-charged office with heaps of display screens, Zhou Ming and a few colleagues sat together with anxious expressions.
Huang Guocheng was the head of this department, responsible for counter-hacking foreign networks. His fingers pounded the keyboard relentlessly, and a jumble of codes appeared on the screen. He asked doubtfully, "How could the opponent be so powerful? They traced back to our server so quickly?"
"Impossible!"
"What is all this? A heap of data packets with direct access to core functionalities?"
"Is it a worm virus?"
"Like they’re tracking our visiting IPs over here, let’s see who the visiting IPs are!"
Soon enough.
The department found the information. They traced several IPs and found they all belonged to squad nineteen...
Squad nineteen?
Zhou Ming was about to inquire from Zhao Yi on Penguin Number. He typed a line of text and deleted it, then found the target websites allocated to squad nineteen and tried to open each one.
The majority couldn’t be opened?
What’s going on?
"Look! There’s breaking news from overseas media!" A startling shout echoed in the office.
Everyone immediately gathered to look.
The media in Oakland, California, reported the latest news--
"Oakland police website hit by hacker attack!"
The report stated that users visiting the Oakland police station’s website would encounter the hacker’s worm virus, which would ’track them’ and advised users ’not to open any prompted loading programs.’
"There should be more reports. Let’s have a look!"
By earnestly browsing recent overseas reports, they quickly discovered much content--
"Super virus emerges and invades user computers from regular websites!"
"The horrific Hawk Virus makes its arrival!"
"Cybersecurity Bureau: Our public service websites have suffered attacks from Eastern hackers!"
"Special reminder: Do not load any programs from your browser!"
"Be wary of the Hawk Virus!"
After browsing the reports from overseas media, the staff in the security department office had a rough idea of what had happened. Simply put, the nineteenth squad of Red Heart Alliance seemed to have used an invasion method to plant a trojan virus on the target website, which then intruded into the user level through the target website...
This was too terrifying!
"So you’re saying, these data packets we received are that Hawk Virus?"
Huang Guocheng looked at Zhou Ming, "The nineteenth squad, you’re responsible for it, right?"
"Yes."
Huang Guocheng pondered, "First, get a computer and run it to see?" He wanted to evaluate the strength of the virus.
Soon after.
The evaluation results came out.
This so-called ’Hawk’ virus didn’t even alert the antivirus software on the computer. It simply used some basic functions to display a couple of characters and a number on the screen.
"It’s just a small program," Huang Guocheng sighed lightly, but everyone understood the crux of the matter.
The ’Hawk’ virus could stick to the target website’s server and infiltrate the user level directly along with the information transferred by the server?
This was the frightening part!
Huang Guocheng took a deep breath and told Zhou Ming, "Contact the nineteenth squad urgently and tell them not to leak the invasion program!"
Zhou Ming quickly contacted Zhao Yi, feeling a bit scared at the thought of what could have happened.
In fact.
Zhou Ming did not rate Zhao Yi very highly. Although Zhao Yi was indeed a genius with algorithms and seemed to be an expert in ’finding vulnerabilities,’ there was so much to the field of computers. Being good at writing algorithms and finding vulnerabilities did not necessarily mean he knew how to hack.
Zhou Ming just arranged for Zhao Yi to be in the nineteenth team and assigned him insignificant target websites.
In this counterattack against overseas networks, the teams ranked in the top ten were the main force and they got the important targets.
Now Zhou Ming suddenly found that he did the right thing. If he had really assigned important target websites to Zhao Yi, it might have caused a massive problem. Invading tens of thousands of overseas users could only stir up public opinion. But invading hundreds of thousands or millions of users...
The consequences would be unimaginable!
That would not just be an ordinary network counterattack, it would be like declaring war!
Zhou Ming urgently messaged Zhao Yi, "Don’t leak your invasion program or the Hawk Virus!"
"Your invasion..."
Before he could finish typing, he saw a message from the other side, "This is Professor Liu. I’m with Zhao Yi now. We developed this little program together."
"Send someone from your department to the Science Academy, and I’ll give you the source code."
"Don’t forget to commend us!"
"Got it?"
Professor Liu was very direct in his conversation and also very effective. Zhou Ming hesitated for a moment, then quickly replied, "Hello, Professor Liu. I understand."
Zhao Yi, finding the situation amusing, asked, "Can we really get an award? Any bonus?"
Professor Liu laughed, "They won’t publicly acknowledge our contribution, don’t expect much bonus. But there should be some recognition."
"Recognition?"
Zhao Yi didn’t quite understand.
Professor Liu shook his head and said, "They will find some other reason to commend you. Just wait and see."
...
Overseas, they quickly realized the issue. The invasion was just a small piece of executable code that disappeared quickly after execution. There was no problem with data theft or program damage.
Soon after.
They released the news, reassuring the public about the ’Hawk Virus’ and emphatically stated that a countermeasure had been found.
In reality, those in the know were more worried than the public.
Those websites affected by the ’Hawk’ could not find the problem at all. They could only meticulously examine the website’s source code. Once they were sure that there was no problem, they had to restart the server.
The inability to locate the problem was frightening.
They understood the port and the functionality of the ’Hawk’ virus, but the functions could be easily modified. As for the infiltrated port, these were commonly open ports on most websites. They could not possibly ask all the websites to close these commonly used ports.
How could they defend against such an invasion?
The overseas security departments felt a strong sense of crisis. Some media professionals also understood the threat of the ’Hawk’ virus and started reporting continuously.
"Security departments unable to counter the Hawk Virus!"
"This is the most indomitable virus!"
"The creator of the Hawk Virus is absolutely a genius!"
"This is a mysterious virus from the East!"
For a time.
The overseas public focus was all on the Hawk Virus. Continuous reports quickly spread across to the domestic front.
There was a continuous discussion within the Red Heart Alliance.
The members saw the overseas reports and were sure that the ’Hawk Virus’ was made by some big shot within the alliance who participated in the attack.
But who exactly was it?
Members from the nineteenth squad revealed that the ’Hawk’ virus was released by their Captain One Eagle, and the news spread quickly.
’One Eagle’ became very famous.
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Domestic security departments also started clearing people from various groups. Anyone with the term ’special invitation’ was removed.
This was to protect the individuals’ information.
Zhou Ming also reminded Zhao Yi to forget the name ’One Eagle’ and even suggested changing the codename ’Eagle’.
The source code of the Hawk Virus could potentially become a weapon of deterrence in the hands of the cybersecurity department.
One Eagle would only become a legend in the hearts of many.
