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The battle of national destiny.

After the word came to mind.

Albert's mood suddenly became extremely heavy.

As the head of the China Strategy Department, he can be regarded as one of the few non-Chinese people across the sea who can fully understand the term national destiny.

In a sense.

The phrase "let us be great again" essentially refers to the national destiny.

Think here.

Abbott couldn't help but took a deep breath, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and said to everyone:

"Everyone, I'll give you 10 minutes to get ready. After 10 minutes, I will activate the 'Titan' loophole."

"At that time, you will have at least half an hour to fight with the guardians of Huaxia."

"I hope that by then... I can receive news that the Huaxia people's live broadcast signal has been completely interrupted."

"Titan bug?"

The man who looked exactly like Beckham was taken aback when he heard the words, then his eyes widened immediately.

Except for Abbott, the seven people on the scene are all top hackers affiliated to The Pentagon. Even the weakest one can rank among the top 20 in the world.

They have done countless dirty things for The Pentagon, so naturally they also know some confidential information on the Internet security.

For example

Titan bug.

This word represents the most advanced loophole or mechanism that The Pentagon has mastered and has not yet been cracked. It is defined as "an important backhand that will only be opened during a nuclear war."

No one knows how many Titan-level exploits The Pentagon has at this point, not even Abbott.

But for sure.

Within the Asia-Pacific region, there are no more than ten vulnerabilities of this level.

The mastering or layout process of every Titan loophole consumes a lot of manpower and material resources.

And these deadly backhands are prepared for the current situation.

Then soon.

A wave of attacks from IPs in 125 countries/regions re-attacked beyond the defense line of the Academy of Sciences.

Wang Qingchen and others successfully completed the blocking.

But in a corner where nobody notices.

A piece of js code content with filtered dangerous characters at a certain input point is rendered and output in a hidden area.

A few minutes later.

Inside the Cyber ​​Security Department of the Xirong Convention Center.

A terrified voice suddenly sounded:

"No, there is a 0day vulnerability in our background!"

0day vulnerabilities.

hear the word.

The scene was silent for a moment.

Even Xiaorong, who had been tapping the code, paused for a while.

Wang Qingchen also raised his head in surprise, with strong surprise in his tone:

"0day vulnerability? How is this possible? How can there be a 0day vulnerability in our system?"

0day vulnerability, also known as "zero-day vulnerability".

That is zero-day.

It refers to a vulnerability that has been secretly discovered but has not yet been officially patched.

In layman's terms it is

Except for the bug discoverer, no one else knows about the existence of this bug.

And the discoverer can effectively use it, and the attacks launched are often very sudden and destructive.

Even giants as strong as Microsoft and Apple.

In the face of 0day vulnerability attacks, the only way to make up for it is to take after-the-fact remedies, or to upgrade the system.

For example, in August 2016, Apple's IOS system had the largest loophole in history.

Due to its high quality and composed of three 0day vulnerabilities, it was named the "Trident" vulnerability.

The user only needs to tap the link sent by the hacker, and the mobile phone will be remotely jailbroken, and the hacker can obtain the highest authority of the mobile phone in an instant—this is the origin of iOS 9.3.5.

The price of 0day vulnerabilities in large enterprises is basically around hundreds of thousands of dollars, and very few can even reach several million dollars.

It's just that Wang Qingchen was a little startled and angry.

The Academy of Sciences has checked all the system software before today's live broadcast. In theory, it is impossible to have a 0-day vulnerability - because the framework of the live broadcast of the University of Science and Technology is not complicated.

As the strongest institution in the domestic computer field, the Institute of Information Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences can allow 0-day vulnerabilities to exist in such a simple live broadcast system if it goes all out.

Then these people from the accounting office can go to Dujiangyan to jump into the river.

But right now is not the time to think about this, Wang Qingchen can only force himself to calm down, and asked the speaker:

"Rhubarb, where is the vulnerability? Hurry up and share it!"

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The person who discovered the 0day vulnerability was a tall and thin young man in his early thirties. At this time, he was sweating profusely, typing on the keyboard non-stop.

But soon.

His movements stopped for a moment, and he looked up at Wang Qingchen in astonishment:

"Brother Yi, there is a problem with this loophole!"

"what is the problem?"

The tall and thin young man rubbed his eyes vigorously, and after confirming that he read correctly, he immediately said to Wang Qingchen:

"The loophole is not in the system, but in the live broadcast line of the conference center, which is the hardware device!"

"Damn the converter, the signal receiver, and the wave frequency debugger, these devices all have problems-they don't know when they were given decoding authority!"

"equipment?"

Hearing the words of the tall and thin young man.

Even though the situation was extremely critical at this time, Wang Qingchen couldn't help being dazed for a few seconds.

But soon.

He reacted, took a deep breath, and ordered:

"Xiao Zheng, you guys first try to fix the loopholes as much as possible, and I'll take care of the equipment!"

finished.

Wang Qingchen quickly bent down and retrieved some content on the computer.

After a few seconds, the content refreshes.

He slammed his fist on the table:

"Grass, these ghosts!"

Three minutes later.

Zhan Keren, who is in charge of the general scheduling of network security, hurried into the room:

"Xiao Wang, I heard that something happened?"

Wang Qingchen, who had just defended against an attack, nodded heavily, and said to Zhan Keren:

"Director Zhan, there is a very serious situation - the other side of the sea has tampered with the lines of the International Conference Center not beforehand, it should be said a long time ago."

"Now they have activated this backhand, intercepted all our preset defense codes and sent them across the sea, which means that the layer of 'barrier' we relied on before is now invalid."

Zhan Keren's pupils shrank immediately, and asked:

"Xiao Wang, doesn't that mean that our live broadcast signal will be cut off?"

Wang Qingchen pulled a far-fetched smile at the corner of his mouth, and explained:

"That's not enough—or it won't be for the time being, but after the barrier is destroyed, the advantage we built based on the time difference will disappear, and we can only fight with the bayonet with bare arms."

After Zhan Keren heard that the live broadcast signal was temporarily unaffected, his chest relaxed slightly.

Not the worst.

As the person in charge of the live broadcast data, he is well aware of how much attention is paid to this type of live broadcast from the outside world, and it is not at all a situation where some people make up the idea of ​​"will the public really pay attention to this thing?".

for example.

In the early morning of June 16, 2016.

The press conference where the LIGO cooperation team announced the results of gravitational waves had a peak audience of 56 million worldwide. Afterwards, the number of discussions on the Internet reached 1.24 billion, and domestic hot searches also hung up for several days.

And black hole photos.

After the black hole photos were released, the number of live broadcasters of the Event Horizon Telescope EHT press conference exceeded 12 million in China alone, and the number of global viewers was about 70 million.

Also, in the early days of the epidemic, do you know how many people who eat melons watched the live broadcast of the construction of the Fangcai Hospital for several hours or even half a day?

So this is not a situation of [no one watching] [overthinking] at all.

all in all.

Although the current situation is somewhat dangerous, it is not at its worst.

With the answer to the most concerned question in his heart, Zhan Keren breathed a sigh of relief, but also had the energy to focus on another matter:

"By the way, Xiao Wang, what did you say that the other side of the sea left behind on our equipment a long time ago?"

Wang Qingchen took a deep breath and turned over the notebook on the table:

"Director Zhan, take a look at this."

Zhan Keren leaned down and stared at the screen for a few seconds:

"This is."

Wang Qingchen nodded and explained:

"That's right, this is the bidding document for the equipment of the International Conference Center."

"Although the suppliers of the conference center equipment are domestic companies, many of their key components and technologies are imported from across the sea. After all, the International Conference Center is not a military institution in normal times, and many links cannot be entirely domestically produced."

Zhan Keren pulled down the screen and continued to look at it for a while, then thoughtfully said:

"That is to say. When the equipment was imported, the other side of the sea had already deployed these means?"

This is a fairly reasonable explanation.

He had wondered before why there was such a big bug as a 0-day loophole when all the main force of the Tangtang Information Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was involved.

This vulnerability does not exist inside the system, but is pre-set in the equipment path of the conference center.

Then without waiting for Wang Qingchen to answer, Zhan Keren frowned again:

"But it's not right"

"Not to mention that the International Conference Center was completed two years ago, and the purchase of equipment was obviously earlier. Let's just talk about the purpose of the other side of the sea. What is their purpose?"

"What value is there in such a business-type conference center that can make the opposite side of the sea willing to take the risk of breaking the law and risking the disgrace of the world?"

Looking at Zhan Keren who frowned, Wang Qingchen couldn't help but look at Xiao Rong beside him:

"Director Zhan, to tell you the truth, in fact, I also had this question at the beginning."

"Until Brother Rong reminded me of something—this is Xirong, the absolute core area of ​​China's strategy."

"Three lines in depth?"

Zhan Keren repeated the word, and a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in his mind.

I see

yes.

Under normal circumstances, Tiantian International Conference Center is just an ordinary business center.

But once it comes to war time, it comes to a head.

Xirong is bound to become the political center after the transfer—at worst, it is also one of the political centers.

And then.

The International Conference Center will inevitably carry a strong political color.

Various meetings, various press conferences and even mobilization orders may be held here.

Just imagine.

If at a critical juncture, the meeting signal is cut off, or replaced with some negative images and content.

Then this situation will have a huge blow to morale.

Indeed.

Judging from the current global situation, it is basically impossible to start a nuclear war, let alone move westward.

But such things as the second hand have little to do with the probability, especially for the two big countries.

As long as the probability of something happening is 0.000001%, then it still has the value of being deployed.

Let alone Xirong, there was a den of thieves back then

This is also the reason why various incidents have occurred in Xirong many times.

Therefore, during the construction of the conference center, through various overt or covert means, it is entirely possible for the den of thieves to extend its tentacles into the international conference center.

Today's 0day vulnerability detonation is a good thing and a bad thing.

The good thing is that it is equivalent to lifting a major crisis in the future - the scope of this lifting is not limited to Xirong, but includes the whole of China.

It is absolutely impossible to tamper with the equipment in Xirong, and there must be similar loopholes in other parts of the country.

Therefore, after this incident is over, China will definitely conduct strict inspections on all sensitive points.

In other words.

This loophole will no longer work.

The rabbits have carried somersaults over the years, and it can even be said that they have carried many somersaults, but they have never fallen on the same thing.

As for the bad things, of course

Xiaorong and the others have finally built a defense system with a fatal gap.

Once this gap is not closed, all the calculations of the Academy of Sciences will be in vain.

Due to the urgency of the situation.

Therefore, Zhan Keren only had a brief understanding of some problems with Wang Qingchen, and left the scene with information related to the problem nodes - he wanted to find someone to replace these devices as soon as possible.

But Wang Qingchen, Xiaorong and others continued to join the tense defensive front.

Although cyber offense and defense are not as bloody and bloody as real battlefields, there is one element in common between the two.

That's morale.

Especially when the strength of the opposing sides is almost the same, the importance of morale will be magnified many times.

For example

The offense and defense this time.

Setu and others who used the 0-day vulnerability to break into the defense of the Academy of Sciences were greatly boosted, and many people broke out in a state far beyond their usual state. Whether it was Group A or Group B, their respective fronts were being eroded rapidly.

Fortunately, the resources on the other side of the sea are not unlimited, so every once in a while, Wang Qingchen and others can have some respite.

After repelling a Kevin Poulsen attack.

Wang Qingchen glanced at the chaotic scene.

This moment.

The atmosphere of the entire Internet Security Center has fallen to a low point, and the only dull sound is the sound of keyboard tapping.

See this situation.

A trace of darkness flashed across Wang Qingchen's face.

Academician Pan and others in front of the stage performed so perfectly under the heavy pressure, completely controlling the rhythm of the entire press conference, and the institutions that entered the set could only obediently obey.

But his behind-the-scenes team failed to defend the rear line of defense.

Once the release is interrupted due to signal problems.

No, the other party doesn't even need to interrupt the live signal.

As long as they can cut off the feedback signals from those institutions, the most critical goal of the Academy of Sciences this time - to let those institutions personally verify and admit that the Academy of Sciences is correct, will be completely in vain.

Indeed.

The Academy of Sciences can still announce the results in front of Higgs, Weiteng and others, but the influence of the press conference will be reduced to a very low level.

Even in the future, when many people mention dark matter, they will think of the bugs that appeared in this press conference.

The term "public" does not necessarily mean professionalism, but they can easily deny the so-called professionalism.

No regime or institution can ignore the influence of the masses.

And just when Wang Qingchen was dumbfounded.

Suddenly there was a warm and heavy touch on his shoulder:

"Xiao Wang, are you ready to give up now?"

Wang Qingchen raised his head and found that Xiaorong had come to his side at some point.

Seeing that Wang Qingchen was still very sad, Xiao Rong patted him on the shoulder again:

"Xiao Wang, do you remember 22 years ago? The night before the hacker war."

Then, without waiting for Wang Qingchen to answer, Xiaorong continued:

"At that time, our organizers were King, Lion, and Eagle. The commander-in-chief of the attack was Bing'er. The main force was you, me, Frozen Blood, Goodwell, Binghe, aullik5, and the lonely swordsman."

"That night we huddled in the chat room and distributed the flood software to everyone. Relying on the internet speed of tens of KB, we broke the wrist with the other side of the sea."

Listening to Xiaorong's description,

Even though he was a little depressed at this time, Wang Qingchen couldn't help showing a trace of reminiscence on his face.

have to say.

That is indeed a memory that he will never forget until his death, and it is also the most dazzling song of Huaxia Hongke.

At that time, the technical level on the opposite side of the sea was at least five years higher than that in the country. Their irregular army was able to suppress the opposite side of the sea and limit the battle loss ratio to 3:7. It has to be said that it was indeed a miracle.

Then Xiaorong paused, and said:

"Xiao Wang, in 2001 we were able to fight back and forth with the opponent without any defense system. Why do you have no confidence now that the Internet is developed?"

"Whether it is 2001 or 2023, there is one thing that has never changed. Do you know what it is?"

Hearing this, Wang Qingchen forcibly pulled a far-fetched smile from the corner of his mouth.

The purpose of Xiaorong's remark is obviously to cheer herself up, so most of what she will talk about next is chicken soup for the soul, such as blood, courage, and so on.

It's just that as a science student in his forties, Wang Qingchen has already passed the age when he would be poured into chicken soup.

Moreover, the problems before us are far from being solved by one person's explosion - even if Kevin Mitnick, the strongest hacker in human history, is present.

However, considering that Xiao Rong said these words for his own benefit, Wang Qingchen decided to follow Xiao Rong's words:

"I understand the things that don't change, Brother Rong, you mean faith, right?"

"Trust me, sir!"

Xiao Rong was stunned for a full two seconds when she heard the words, and when she recovered, she suddenly gave Wang Qingchen a brain-breaker:

"Really think that reality is a Japanese manga novel, and you can give the enemy to biubiubiu by yelling a few words about Ollie?"

"As I said earlier, if you are in your 40s, you should watch less middle school anime. If you sell any Asunarem figures at home, there is no cure for this disease in the late middle school."

".?"

Wang Qingchen touched his forehead blankly:

"Brother Rong, what you said will never change is."

Xiaorong really wanted to give this guy another brain break, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it:

"The tmd I said is a person, do you understand that it is a person? ——Back then, there were so many big players in the Huaxia Hongke League, so you wouldn't think about shaking people to fight team battles?"

"I just contacted Dean Hou, and a group of people will be online within fifteen minutes!"

Xiao Rong just finished speaking.

The mobile phone on Wang Qingchen suddenly rang.

Wang Qingchen subconsciously took out the phone and pressed the call button.

After a while.

A familiar loud voice came from across the phone:

"Old Wang, back then our National University of Science and Technology owed your Chinese University of Science and Technology a favor, and now I'm here to repay your favor, Grandpa!"

at the same time.

In a chat room software that is almost extinct now.

An account called [Ming Boy] suddenly lit up from gray and white.

Then came 【KING】.

【CHINAEAGLE】.

【goodwell】.

【Frozen Love】.

【Glacier】.

【lion】.

22 years ago.

A group of grassroots netizens from all over the country, with their passion, showed the world that the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and the Chinese chivalrous soul roars when it sees injustice.

22 years later.

Following Xiaorong's cloud-piercing arrow.

These daring and iron-blooded first-generation Internet hackers gathered together again without hesitation because of a summoning order.

The fire that ignited that year, so far

According to residual temperature.