Chapter 8: The Toad Enters the Internet

  After being stunned for a moment, Feng Xiatian began to take action. He was already very familiar with computer knowledge, and now he wanted to try to see if he could use his skills to find an overseas network interface.

  Half an hour later, Feng Xiaotian finally found a feasible path, but he hesitated because this only path belonged to the military. Feng Xiaotian was only 14 years old, and if the military discovered this matter, how could he bear the consequences?

  After hesitating for a long time, the curiosity finally overcame the fear. Feng Xiaotian operated the computer and quietly entered the military system. The system was very quiet, it was New Year's Eve, and there were probably only a few people on duty, so Feng Xiaotian succeeded. He controlled a military computer through remote commands with ease, and then used this computer to send a port access request to the international Internet.

  In fact, the military's system was just for testing and belonged to a military-civilian cooperation project to detect potential problems with domestic network connections to the international Internet. Feng Xiaotian succeeded in becoming the first civilian detector under the radar.

  After all, with the participation of the military, the network configuration is quite good. After Wind Laughing Sky submitted his application, it didn't take long for the computer to display that he had successfully connected to the internet. Wind Laughing Sky suppressed the excitement in his heart and finally entered the international Internet.

  At this moment, Professor Vincent, as the person in charge of the National Computer Security Center in Seattle, USA, is doing his own job every day. What is his main job? Very simple, it's to deal with threats that appear on the network at any time.

  It's 9:30 in the United States now, Professor Vincent is sitting in a spacious and bright office, leisurely drinking coffee, with a newspaper in his hand, on which there is a very eye-catching headline: "Hacker Strikes Again! Causing Huge Losses!"

  Under the headline, the newspaper reported in detail: "Yesterday afternoon at 3 pm US time, a hacker invaded General Electric's internal network, causing the company to shut down for four hours. According to GE officials, the hacker's actions have caused the company nearly $8 million in losses. GE issued a statement strongly condemning the hacker's behavior and will assist relevant departments in tracking down the hacker."

  Professor Vincent took a sip of his coffee, looking very calm. He had already known about this yesterday. General Electric was able to recover normally thanks to his help. The hacker who appeared yesterday was quite formidable. Professor Vincent's team spent more than an hour cracking the virus software planted by the opponent. As for the whereabouts of the hacker, God knows where he ran off to.

  Professor Vincent put down the newspaper, sighed and shook his head. The current network security situation is getting more and more severe. Most computer experts are hiding in the private sector, and few people are willing to join the national security department to work. As a result, his work is becoming more and more tiring day by day. In the past, he still had time to take a short break and go out to enjoy the scenery, but now, every day's tasks make him feel overwhelmed. Professor Vincent has been stuck in the security center for over a month without returning home. If this continues, he wonders if his wife will file for divorce.

  Professor Vincent sat in his chair, stretching comfortably and yawning lazily. Such a leisurely atmosphere was rare these days, he thought, and he wanted to take the opportunity to relax properly. Just as he was savoring this tranquility, his secretary rushed in hastily and reported to Professor Vincent: "Professor, we've just detected a network signal from China. The other side has entered the Internet through that single port. How do you think we should handle this?"

  Professor Vincent was taken aback by these words and muttered, "People from China have entered the Internet? Isn't their test time between 10 am and 3 pm? How did they come out at this time?"

  Professor Vincent stood up and followed the secretary to the monitoring room, where there were eight massive supercomputers. At this moment, a staff member was sitting in front of a computer screen, staring intently at the situation on it. Professor Vincent came to the person's side and asked, "Rochi, how is the situation?"

  "Rochi replied: 'This guy has been wandering around on the internet since he got online, as if looking for something.'"

  Professor Vincent heard this and stopped talking, he stared at the computer screen tightly, after a few minutes he laughed: "It seems that this guy is getting familiar with the Internet, after all, he is a Chinese, seeing such a magical network world will naturally be surprised, don't mind him, as long as he doesn't make any outrageous moves, just let him go."

  Professor Vincent turned around and walked out after finishing his speech. In his opinion, this person from a backward country was simply a bumpkin. If he could pose a threat to the security of the Internet, it would be as unrealistic as a fairy tale in One Thousand and One Nights. Therefore, Professor Vincent did not take any action, letting the guy run around on the network.

  This person wandering on the internet is none other than Feng Xiaotian. Indeed, as Professor Wensen said, Feng Xiaotian is now a country bumpkin. Everything on the internet is so novel and full of various information, while Feng Xiaotian is like a sponge, constantly absorbing useful information for himself. Every time he sees something interesting, he will stop to ponder it carefully.

  Originally, Feng Xiao Tian had wanted to learn some computer knowledge related to the internet because he wanted to create an artificial intelligence system. However, now he has long forgotten this dream and as he continued browsing various information, a piece of news on the internet caught his attention - it was about hackers.

  As for the term "hacker", Feng Xiaotian also has some understanding of it, and roughly knows what these people are doing. To be honest, he himself is a hacker to some extent, because he entered the international network by controlling the military's computer. Any unauthorized entry is called illegal invasion, and those who control computers to complete illegal invasions can be called hackers.

  Feng Xiaotian looked at the news about hackers, which was the same one Professor Vincent had seen. Compared to Professor Vincent, Feng Xiaotian examined it more carefully and thoughtfully.

  There is nothing perfect in this world, and the computer operating system is no exception. A true computer expert usually gains control over other computers by finding vulnerabilities in the system.

  There are also some people who will write their own cracking software, powerful enough to destroy the defensive system of the opponent's computer, and Trojan viruses are related derivative products.