Chapter 371: Chapter 44 Chu Anqing’s Life Gamble Chapter 371: Chapter 44 Chu Anqing’s Life Gamble National Security Bureau, Confidential eting Room.
Director Liu An’s countenance was stern, as though facing a formidable enemy.
He sat on one side of the oval conference table, continuously tapping his forefinger on the surface, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
Looking up.
Across the conference table sat his forr teacher and also the forr leader, Dean Gao Yan of the Dragon Science Academy, and beside Dean Gao Yan, chatting and laughing cordially with the old leader was…
the young man who had just handed over a stack of docunts to him, which he, in turn, had passed on to the information security departnt—
Lin Xian.
The afternoon of yesterday.
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Teacher Gao Yan called him, saying he wanted to introduce a young man to him, soone who had discovered nurous vulnerabilities in China’s Internet Security Great Wall and wished to submit them to him.
At first, he didn’t pay much attention.
He told his teacher that the young man could simply send it to the email address, and there would be dedicated personnel to review and handle it.
During this ti,
Ever since that genius hacker kid from Mi Country claid he would breach the Dragon Nation Skynet System during the “2023 World Hacker Competition”…
All of China’s netizens have been highly attentive to this matter, with patriotism soaring sky-high.
Every day the National Security Bureau’s public inbox receives a vast number of combat-ready emails—
“Ace technician of Huaibin Dragon City Internet Cafe, volunteering to defend the nation!”
“Discussing how to prevent cyber hacker attacks through physical ans such as unplugging network cables, cutting off power, and causing short circuits in the server room.”
“Who says China lacks young people?
Licheng City’s youth computer periodical first prize winner, computer hacking prodigy Wang Yiming willing to fight for the nation!”
“My grand vision is for the nation to shut down the network and power, not giving Mi Country hackers a sliver of opportunity!”
“Bold and in black font!
I’ve discovered fatal vulnerabilities in China’s Internet Security Great Wall!
I’ve scanned a total of 127 fatal vulnerabilities and recomnd repairing them with 2345 Security Manager.”
…
Seeing such a high rise in patriotic sentint among the netizens, Director Liu An was, of course, very pleased and comforted.
But,
As the saying goes, “Different trades, different skills.”
The majority of people’s understanding of hacker attacks remained confined to on-screen depictions, where a hacker donned in a balaclava taps away on a keyboard, and the screen scrolls with a rapid succession of 010101010101…
While the inbox did receive so constructive suggestions, and on occasion, so amateurs indeed discovered one or two vulnerabilities.
Compared to the abundance of “junk emails,” these were rely a drop in the ocean.
However, Director Liu An also had a profound understanding that in the field of computing, there has always been a tradition where “the greatest talents often lie hidden among the common people,” so he arranged dedicated personnel to ticulously inspect every ssage in the inbox, leaving none unchecked.
Therefore,
He told Teacher Gao Yan that if the young man sent the discovered vulnerabilities to the email address, they would be thoroughly reviewed by a specialist, with none overlooked.
However…
To his surprise,
The highly esteed Teacher Gao Yan then earnestly told him:
“Liu, you should really take the ti to et this young man, I will bring him to you myself.”
This statent shocked Liu An.
Who was this young man, to have such grand backing?
To have the Dragon Science Academy’s Dean, a titan of the scientific research community, a living fossil of China’s scientific history, personally escort him?
It was all too fantastical!
But since his teacher had said so, he of course took it very seriously and hastily arranged for this eting.
At first, besides him in the conference room, there were also two comrades from the security technology departnt, both top-level experts nationally, with one of them being a core mber of the Internet Security Great Wall project.
Upon receiving the stack of docunts handed over by Lin Xian, both were shocked.
Looking at each other in astonishnt…
Goodness, it’s so thick!
Just how many vulnerabilities were docunted here?
If they were all real, wouldn’t that an the Great Wall was riddled with holes, like a sieve?
“Impossible.”
One of the technical departnt’s comrades said after scanning through the first two pages, adjusting his glasses:
“Our network defense system in this segnt is definitely solid, can such an attack thod truly be viable?”
The other comrade also furrowed his brow:
“This…
this is an approach we’ve never considered, utterly inconceivable.
I’m not sure, can this really succeed?
How were these vulnerabilities discovered?”
Seeing them speak thus, Director Liu An also beca instantly anxious, realizing that today’s visitor was truly extraordinary:
“Quickly go and verify this, we’ll wait here.”
Afterward,
They left.
Twenty minutes later, the conference room’s door was once again pushed open, and four or five people entered with grave expressions:
“Director Liu, we’ve verified them, these vulnerabilities are real!
So of them even seem to be already exploited by the enemy, ready to activate at any ti.”
“This is truly unbelievable, these thods of intrusion are beyond our understanding!
If all of this is indeed the work of Kevin Walker, then on September 17th, we definitely won’t be able to defend against it!”
“Terrifying, what kind of genius is this?
How could this have been achieved?
To be honest, personally, I’ve always been a technical fan of Kevin Walker, although he’s never shown his face in reality, he’s quite active online and often provides guidance for those who ask, his approach is indeed unique.
But…
these thods of intrusion can no longer be described as unique, they’re more like fantasy!”
“Thankfully, it seems we really do have masters hidden among the populace!
The hacker domain is different from other academic fields; formally educated hackers aren’t as sharp as those hidden geniuses who are self-taught!
We must hurry to patch these vulnerabilities!”
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