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Chapter 565 - 367 Borrowing a Sword

Chapter 565: Chapter 367 Borrowing a Sword

"Overseas attack signals?"

Meng Lang looked puzzled.

[Yes, according to the source of the attack signals, we preliminarily judge it to be a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) traffic attack executed by overseas attack sources using domestic Memcached, attempting to overload the target servers with junk internet traffic.

The peak of the attack traffic reached 1.94 Tbps, triggering the network attack alert you set.

The attack is not targeted at our affiliated enterprises, and the threat level to our affiliated enterprises is zero. Would you like to ignore it?]

Ignore it?

How could I ignore such a big ruckus? That’s against human nature!

Meng Lang casually tore open a bag of unappetizing sunflower seeds, asking with interest.

"Which enterprise is being attacked?"

[Huahang Science and Technology Second Research Institute.]

"Huahang Science and Technology? Sounds like a military enterprise involved in aerospace technology, right?" Meng Lang instantly became concerned.

[According to publicly available information, Hua Hang Science and Technology Group is a state-owned super-large high-tech enterprise directly managed by the central government.

Its Second Research Institute is the largest missile research and production unit in Country Hua.]

"Huh?"

A missile research and production unit?

In the middle of the night, a foreign hacker attacking such a military unit, their purpose is obvious — they’re after the military technology within the servers.

Though I already possess a "CNMD" defense system far beyond that of this era which will sooner or later need an upgrade, if my own precious things were to be taken by someone else...

Annoying is one thing, but what if hostile forces got their hands on some serious offensive missile technology? Wouldn’t that just increase the difficulty of my defense?

At the global strategic level, it’s the Night Demon Clan that is humanity’s enemy, but at the local strategic level, my enemies are not limited to the Night Demon Clan...

With a firm intention to ruin whatever my enemy wants to do, Meng Lang asked,

"If we step in to help, could we expose ourselves?"

Though it’s important to cause mischief, the principle of safety first must still be steadfastly adhered to.

[According to data monitoring, at least four different forces are currently involved in this cyber battle, with both sides engaged in a melee.

Given our technical lead, the probability of being discovered through a proxy intervention is virtually zero.]

"Then what are we waiting for, let’s go take a look at the action!"

[Yes!]

...

At the Huahang Science and Technology Second Research Institute, central control room.

At this moment, dozens of large screens were incessantly flashing blood-red warning pop-ups, with many windows already completely blacked out.

The staff on site was also in complete disarray.

"What’s going on?"

The slightly disheveled institute director Zhao Yan hurried in.

"We are under an attack by hackers of unknown identity, our servers have already lost responsiveness,"

the Network Security Department’s technical director reported in a sweat while rapidly typing on the keyboard.

"What?!" Zhao Yan’s back immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

The Second Research Institute’s servers contained a massive amount of top-secret military technology, even including the very latest that had just been developed...

If it leaked, the consequences would be unthinkable!

"How could this happen, isn’t our internal network physically isolated from the external internet?"

"It’s espionage tools! Based on our preliminary judgment, our internal network might have already been breached months ago by the adversary.

They didn’t act immediately but left behind hidden modules in our servers, including keyloggers, file stealers, and remote access software..."

"Months ago? What the hell is the Network Security Department doing!" Zhao Yan exclaimed furiously.

However, he knew that now was not the time to pursue responsibility.

"What’s the current situation?"

"We found that the invader used two completely different tools and methods during the infiltration process. The attacker is likely from two different organizations.

They have already breached our internal network through pre-planted vulnerabilities and are using a barrage of DDOS attacks to clog our channels, covering their intrusion.

Though we enacted an emergency physical blockade as soon as we discovered it, but... "

"But what?" Zhao Yan felt apprehensive.

"But before that, the adversary is suspected to have stolen over 18G of crucial information from our core servers, which... which might also include partial core data of the DF-17..."

"What?!" Zhao Yan felt a darkness before his eyes.

He knew that today’s network weapons had achieved a degree of automation and intelligence; from attack to completion, there often isn’t much time left for human reaction.

By the time you realize you are under attack, it might already be too late to reverse the situation.

But as much as he knew it, his heart couldn’t accept this harsh reality.

That was the DF-17 ballistic missile!

Compared to the regular ballistic missile family, its breakthrough lay in its terminal speed, which could reach up to 20 times the speed of sound.

In other words, it was the world’s first hypersonic ballistic missile!

This was the national treasure set to make its official debut at the 70th anniversary military parade next year—if the data were stolen by foreign powers...

Just thinking about the consequences made Zhao Yan feel dizzy.

"So what are your countermeasures?" His tone was furious.

"We have already notified the Network Security Department for urgent support and executed an emergency power cut, switching to the backup servers. We are currently attempting to retake control using preset firewall tools and trying to launch a counterattack..."

The technical director’s answer lacked confidence.

After all, they were caught off guard, scrambling to react in the middle of the night when it was difficult even to gather people, so one can imagine how limited their capability for retaliation was.

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