Chapter 62 Global Computer Out of Control

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  Today, an unprecedented global cyber event occurred!

  At the same moment, a line of garbled characters suddenly appeared on all computer screens that were working around the world, and below this line of garbled characters was a progress bar. Many people were using their computers normally when the screen suddenly displayed this image, immediately stunning them.

  At first, some people thought their computers were infected with a virus, but when they tried all the antivirus methods and none of them worked, these people felt that something was amiss. Especially those computer experts, whether network security experts or hackers, everyone had this idea: Could this be a super virus?

  Almost everyone thought it was just their own computer that had a problem, but in less than a few minutes, this news item played:

  "Hello everyone, we have breaking news - at 5:13 pm US time today, a new virus has infected all computers connected to the internet worldwide. This is what we're seeing on our computer screens. According to analysis by computer experts, this virus appears to be executing some kind of program. The garbled code streaming across the screen is unrecognizable, but based on the progress bar below, it's clear that the virus still needs some time to complete its work. Because this virus is unprecedented, existing antivirus software has no effect on it whatsoever. At this moment, the global network world has fallen into a state of total paralysis - everyone has lost control over their computers, including major computer companies and powerful supercomputers. We will continue to follow this story and bring you updates. Thank you for watching."

  Everyone who saw the news was stunned. In everyone's impression, since the birth of computers, such a thing has never happened before. Who developed this virus that can actually make the global network completely paralyzed?

  Of course, people who think this way are basically outsiders to computer technology. They only lament the impact of this news event and do not understand its profound significance at all!

  People always put their vague and elusive ideals on the body of God. If there is a god in the network world, then the person who can make the global network paralyzed is God! In the past, it was not that there were no large-scale virus spreads, but these viruses could infect only part of the computers at most. To make all computers around the world paralyzed, this is an impossible thing!

  It is well known that a virus must obtain permission from the computer program or its operator to infect a computer, just like the most common Trojan horse virus, which achieves its purpose through deception. If someone disguises a virus as an email and sends it to you, as long as you don't open it, your computer won't be infected. In other words, even the most powerful virus cannot possibly infect all computers worldwide at the same time, as this goes beyond basic scientific common sense! It's impossible for all global computer users to receive a virus simultaneously and then have them all cooperate by running the virus on their own computers.

  But how can this situation be explained now? If this thing that paralyzed the global computer is not a virus, what will it be?

  Almost all computer experts are thinking about this issue, and no one has noticed that their computers are running at full speed. The fans inside the case are humming, and after a while, some computers automatically shut down due to overloading.

  At the Seattle Computer Research Center, Professor Vincent has been here for more than two days. He is studying the clues left by the hacker "God" with several top computer experts. For these two days, everyone has been working day and night without stopping to rest. It's not that they love their work so much, but because what they've discovered makes them reluctant to stop.

  What is it that has such great charm, making several top-notch individuals so infatuated? The answer lies in a software they discovered.

  The hacking competition is still fermenting, and hackers are still attacking major websites with abandon. What's even more worrying for Americans is the huge danger factor revealed by this incident - in short, there are loopholes in the US nuclear system.

  Claimed to be the world's safest defense system, it was easily hacked by a hacker, making Americans feel uneasy. After all, nuclear bombs are not something to be trifled with, they have the power to destroy humanity. If the US government loses control of nuclear weapons, who knows what will happen to humanity? This is what Americans have always been most worried about. Their lives are so good, how can they not fear being destroyed by nuclear bombs?

  President Bush, of course, knew the public's concern and also to show his strength, he immediately ordered the FBI: at all costs to catch the hacker who broke into NORAD!

  The FBI obtained the president's authorization and directly dismantled the server hardware of the hacker competition, moving it to the Seattle Computer Research Center. At the same time, they also brought in the top computer team from across the United States to help analyze and crack the hacker's methods. After research, Vincent and others finally made progress - they discovered the "Big Gray Wolf" software installed by Feng Xiaotian on the server. Through analysis, several people were immediately stunned, and they did not expect that this hacker could develop such software!

  According to Professor Vincent, this software has already possessed simple intelligence in a certain sense! This is not a joke. Although Feng Xiaotian defined the function of "Big Gray Wolf" as reflecting all flood attacks, this software has intelligent characteristics, such as actively inducing flood attacks without going through the computer itself. This is very rare. As we all know, computer programs must work through system calculations, but this software is an exception!

  Several computer experts were thrilled to discover this, feeling that a brand new door had been opened. Intelligent software currently only exists in fantasy, and the real world has yet to achieve it. If these individuals can make progress on the path of artificial intelligence based on their discovery of this software, then what awaits them is absolutely unimaginable glory!

  Nobody is a fool, everyone understands this point and immediately starts researching this software. As for the task assigned by the FBI, let's talk about it later when we're done with this one!

  At 5:13 pm US time, just as several people were gathered in front of the computer screen analyzing the "Big Gray Wolf" software, a line of garbled code suddenly appeared on the computer screen, with a progress bar below it. The few people first froze, then heard Professor Vincent say in confusion: "Everyone... could our computer be infected?"

  Professor Woket of MIT heard this and interjected: "This doesn't look much like a virus......?"

  Professor Vincent heard this and observed the row of chaotic code for a moment before nodding and saying, "Hmmm... indeed it doesn't seem like that, so what exactly is it?"