Chapter 73 - Chapter 73: Chapter 73 Is the Hacker Bored and Playing Around? (2/2)

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Xia Qingqing didn’t beat around the bush, her fingers rapidly tapping the screen of her phone, “Writer Lin, suppose there’s a program that has been implanted into users’ smartphones and computers, but it doesn’t reveal any data information. How do we continue to locate its data information?”

Due to confidentiality regulations.

Xia Qingqing was purely asking a technical question, which did not pertain to any case.

Lin Chuan thought for a moment and asked, “Do you have a smartphone or computer that has been breached?”

“No.”

“Your Cyber Police can investigate their backend network information, can’t you?” Lin Chuan asked.

“Yes, that’s possible.”

“Then you only need to retrieve its backend network information and check the network data item by item according to the time frame. Once you find an anomaly, follow that thread. It’s highly likely you will obtain quite a bit more information.”

In the rented room, Lin Chuan only mused for a short while before coming up with a suitable solution.

This method sounded quite simple, and indeed it wasn’t difficult at all.

Lin Chuan incidentally explained the method of ‘identifying anomalies in network data’ to Xia Qingqing—after all, the police and the public should work hand in hand.

Xia Qingqing, as an excellent member of the Cyber Police.

She possessed even more powerful techniques, which naturally enabled her to maintain the cybersecurity environment of Anling.

She was a beneficiary herself.

That’s what Lin Chuan believed, although the outcome might deviate slightly.

“I understand now, thank you, Writer Lin,” Xia Qingqing suddenly realized, the fatigue on her face diminishing considerably, replaced by a smile.

“It was nothing.” Lin Chuan smiled.

“Your ‘nothing’ has spared me two hours of overtime. I’ll take you out for a meal next time to thank you,” Xia Qingqing said with a beaming smile.

Lin Chuan smiled and replied, “Sure, I’ll look forward to Officer Xia treating me to a feast.”

After closing the chat window, Xia Qingqing rubbed her cheeks with both hands.

Following that.

She reported to Captain Yu Shan, requesting permission to access user backend network information, and received approval.

Subsequently, she began to inspect the backend network information of those users she had just checked, just as Lin Chuan had suggested.

With the guidance of an expert, her efficiency greatly increased.

An hour later.

Xia Qingqing sat dazedly in her chair, her eyebrows tightly furrowed.

At that moment, she was utterly baffled!

Because the anomalous data she had tracked down originated from the Sailing Novel Website.

And all these anomalies had one thing in common—they automatically redirected users to the Sailing Novel Website, opening the page to read a particular novel.

“Hacker Kingdom.”

Knock, knock, knock.

“Captain, because the program implanters are overseas hackers with superior skills, it’s difficult to track their IP, so I have only tracked down part of the data from the implanted side,” Xia Qingqing reported in the captain’s office.

Captain Yu Shan’s expression shifted in surprise, “Your tracking efficiency has increased so much?”

Xia Qingqing was slightly startled, and when she thought about “Hacker Kingdom” and how her increased efficiency was thanks to Lin Chuan’s advice, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Then, she continued her report, “For now, it looks like the program that was implanted is not a virus, nor a Trojan, but rogue software.”

“Rogue software… A foreign hacker implants rogue software into the devices of tens of thousands of users, what’s their purpose?” Captain Yu furrowed his brows, puzzled.

“Uh, I suppose it’s to promote a novel,” said Xia Qingqing, her lips twitching slightly.

“Hmm?”

In the office, Yu Shan’s eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief:

“Invading the networks of tens of thousands of users, seriously disrupting cyber order, just to promote a novel?”

“Is that hacker just idly causing trouble for fun?”