Chapter 431 - Another round of battles! (1/2)
Chapter 431: Another round of battles!
Evening.
It was a little cold outside.
After work, Zhang Ye went outside and bought a tray of buns. Afraid that he would be recognized, he brought them with him to eat on a taxi that he hailed. He alighted near his house in front of a shopping mall to buy a laptop. After finding the most expensive model, he settled the bill at the counter. He had long wanted to change the old, broken, and slow laptop that he owned. This new one cost him 27,000 (US$3900) and was the most expensive model available at the shop. It was an unknown brand to him, a brand that existed only in this world. In any case, the components list seemed to be the most high end.
He headed home.
He tried out the laptop, installed some software, and changed some settings.
In the past, he did not understand much about computers, but with over 200 Network Technology Experience Books eaten, he could handle it easily now. After changing the settings with just a few key strokes, he browsed the internet and saw an ad for this year's ”National Cross Talk and Skit Compet.i.tion”. He clicked on it to test the speed of his laptop before closing the window. Then he began to search through the news and Weibo, as well as other social media platforms.
On the web.
A curse battle was intensifying!
”Central TV has been hacked!”
”The Ministry of Civil Affairs too!”
”It was down for a full 30 minutes! Who did this?”
”Do you even need to ask!? It's definitely those Koreans! They're hacking again! F**k! They're even publicly scolding our country on our government websites? That bunch of grandsons are too c.o.c.ky!”
”Central TV, Ministry of Public Security, and more than a dozen other websites were hacked into. This is slapping our faces!”
”What are our country's hackers doing? Hit back at them! Why are you all just sitting back and watching!”
”The Internet Surveillance Bureau has already taken action. Did you all see the Ministry of Public Security's post denouncing the hacks that happened this afternoon? I heard that they even coordinated with the local authorities to capture one of the hackers. That person was a Korean undergraduate in China!”
”Well done!”
”Good job by the Internet Surveillance Bureau!”
”Capturing only one? What's so good about that?”
”Yea, they didn't even hit back after being attacked so many times? Isn't that silly!”
”The Internet Surveillance Bureau's responsibility is just to maintain network security. How can they go and hit back at other people's country? Eh, this is such a d.a.m.n grievance! I'm furious!”
”The Koreans are bullying us!”
The incident was becoming very heated now as even the citizens of China were feeling indignant. To them, it was clearly the fault of Lee Anson pus.h.i.+ng down someone and not apologizing, but he even dared to come up with nonsense reasons as excuses for himself after returning to Korea? Even appealing to your own countrymen to come and hack our websites? Aren't you embarra.s.sed?! Everyone pinned the responsibility of this incident on Lee Anson. Even the small minority of Chinese fans, who were still fervently supportive of him, were rocked when they saw these Korean hackers insulting them. Some of them even joined in to insult Lee Anson!
”We can't just sit still!”
”Fight back! We have to fight back!”
”China should also have quite a number of skilled hackers. Are there any G.o.ds who can lead them? Lead us to fight back! My computer skills aren't that bad, I should be able to help a little!”
”Me too!”
”Count me in!”
”I can't help much, but I won't cause you all any trouble either!”
”Ah, it has started again! Another website has been attacked!”
”The third largest travel forum is down too! It's been vandalized with words insulting us!”
”Tieba too. Quickly, go take a look. A few Tiebas have been flooded with several thousand threads scolding our country! There's even Korean on it! The administrator accounts have been stolen! They're unable to delete the threads!”
”No good! The skit actress, Auntie Ci Xiufang's Weibo had been taken over by Koreans too! They even posted offensive words on her account! F**k! That's too much!”
After an afternoon of inactivity, the battle had restarted again!
Seeing Ci Xiufang's Weibo being taken over, Zhang Ye's expression turned cold. Because the hacker who took over Teacher Ci's account posted — ”Lee Anson, you're my daddy.”
A few minutes later, Ci Xiufang regained access to her account and deleted that post immediately. She posted: ”My account was hacked into earlier.”
Following that, several other celebrities and public figures had their Weibo or Tieba accounts taken over as well!
Songstress Zhang Xia: ”The Chinese are all grandchildren of the Koreans!”
Singer Meng Xia: ”We are a country of uneducated people.”
All of these celebrities had a few hundred thousand to millions of followers. When these words were posted, the whole internet community flew into a rage!
”What is Meng Xia saying? Why did she scold us?”
”Are you dumb! Can't you see that the account has been hacked!”
”F**k! These Koreans are running amok!”
”I can't stand it anymore! I really can't stand this s.h.i.+t!”
”They are really not going to give up!”
......
At another location.
In a chatting window.
59-V: ”Ying” has been arrested!”
JIN: ”I've received news too.”
p.o.o.p: ”We need to take revenge!”
JIN: ”There's an expert in China's Internet Surveillance Bureau. Both 59-V and I were not able to take on that 'FAN'. Even if you all joined in, it wouldn't be much help. Just follow my plan and don't go for those important Chinese government sites and don't target any sites that are within the jurisdiction of the Internet Surveillance Bureau either. Spread out and do your own battles, target small and medium sites, as well as celebrity accounts. We will erode them bit by bit. Once you infiltrate them and get the job done, leave. Don't stick around. I repeat again, don't idle around and remember to clear your tracks. That 'FAN' is not a normal person. Even with a little bit of evidence, you will be found. Remember to protect yourselves!”