"I paid a deposit of NT$500,000, and Mr. Martin gave me trial rights, but the trial rights are only once." He pushed up his glasses, which were sliding down again, and said, "If there is no problem with the things, we will pay the rest.
Final payment!”
"Confused!!"
The manager slapped the desk hard, pointed at the person standing in front of the desk, and said through gritted teeth: "You are so confused! You actually paid the other party NT$500,000 just because of a few words. If the USB flash drive
What if the content inside is empty? What if the content inside is not something created in the EG hacker virus laboratory at all? Didn’t we lose NT$500,000 in vain? You also know that our company’s current performance is not good.
With the rise of mainland mobile phone brands, we no longer have any competitiveness against them, and every penny of our company is now important!"
He stared at his toes and said nothing, but in his heart he sneered at the manager's words, saying that every penny counts. You spent far more than the NT$500,000 on that secretary, so you still have the nerve to do so.
explain!
The manager sighed and said to him: "Since the money has been paid, let's see if the contents of this USB flash drive are as magical as what Mr. Martin said. If this is a scam, then the five hundred thousand has been paid."
The NT$ will be deducted from your salary!"
Although he is the chief engineer of the company, his income is only NT$1 million throughout the year, and NT$500,000 is his half-year salary!
He didn't make any excuses. After all, he signed the check himself and handed it over to Martin (SHADOW). If something really happened, it was understandable that the manager would put the blame on him.
Returning to the program research and development center, only two of his assistants were left. After everyone left, he inserted the USB flash drive into his laptop and opened the USB flash drive.
There is indeed a set of codes in it. After analyzing the code with his professional vision, he is very sure that this set of codes, codenamed "Eternal Blue", has never appeared before. Later, it was discovered that this set of codes was originally written a few years ago.
, that is to say, this is a set of "expired" codes!
A set of virus codes that had been written a few years ago but had never seen the light of day appeared in front of him. This shocked him immensely. He felt deeply how unfathomable EG was!
After analyzing the code, he told the manager: "This is a ransomware worm."
"Ransomware worm?" The manager frowned, obviously confused by such a new term, and asked, "Can you tell me more details?"
"Simply put, this is also a worm, but the difference between this worm and previous worms is that this virus does not require the user to click on some pictures or programs, as long as he turns on his computer and connects to the network.
Will be attacked. This virus will spread automatically through system vulnerabilities, and it only takes a few hours to infect all computers in a system." Habitually pushing up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, he said: "This virus will
This virus locks the files in the user's computer and requires the user to pay a certain amount through online payment within a specified time before the locked files can be reopened. Otherwise, those files will be locked forever or even destroyed. This virus
It is far more destructive than the CIH virus I wrote back then."
After hearing what he said, the manager immediately became excited, and his wretched eyes shone with light, and he smelled the smell of money.
In today's society, no one can live without computers and the Internet. Office buildings, governments, hospitals, schools, police stations, and any place where work and study are required require the Internet. The convenience of the Internet makes work simple and fast, and the computers used in these places
Generally, important information is stored in the computer. Once you use this ransomware worm to lock the information in your computer, the other party can only pay the money and unlock the files according to your requirements.
"Can we try it out?" the manager asked.
"Can."
Operating on the computer, he said: "Mr. Martin is a master. He has already edited the virus program and can put it into use directly without us having to do too many operations. Manager, who should we target?"
"Let's target the gringo's company last time!" The manager said through gritted teeth: "Let him continue to be arrogant. I want him to taste my power this time and want to take advantage of me in the contract. This time I let him
He spit out all the money he took!"
He nodded and started working on the computer.
…
In a certain European country, a company that specializes in mobile phone communications was attacked by a new type of computer virus.
In just a few hours, this computer virus infected all the computers in the company. A window appeared on all computers, which clearly informed that the computer had been attacked by the ransomware worm and all the files in the computer had been compromised.
If you want to unlock the file, you must pay a certain amount of money to the account on the window within the specified time as required.
The company's top management immediately held an emergency meeting and asked the company's technical department to immediately solve the computer virus and restore the files in the computer. A large amount of customer information and cooperation contracts are stored in the company's top management's computer. These things must not be damaged.
However, all the technical engineers of this company worked continuously for forty-eight hours and were unable to solve the problem. At this time, there were less than twenty-four hours left before the stipulated payment time.
After discussions with the company's senior management, it was decided to pay the amount they requested to the account provided by the attackers.
After paying the required US$2 million, the files on the company's computer were immediately restored, but some files were still damaged and could not be restored.
…
Taiwan, Kaohsiung City, a communications company building.
When the manager saw the money deposited into his account, he clapped his hands and was overjoyed. This time, his attitude toward the company also changed fundamentally, and he repeatedly praised him for his effective work.
"I didn't expect the money to come so quickly. We have to carry out several more attacks before the virus is cracked." The manager patted his shoulders and said ambitiously: "This time our target is to choose the communication giants in Europe.
, we want to get more money from them."
He looked at the manager in embarrassment and said: "Sorry manager, we no longer have permission to use it. This set of codes has been locked and can only be opened by entering the correct password."