Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Now that he had taken over the original owner’s job, he spent most of the day checking MIK’s network, and then wrote down the vulnerabilities he found in a report one by one and handed it to the department manager when he went to work in the afternoon.
But his conscientiousness turned out to become a joke in the eyes of his supervisor. The other party was holding this thick report and mockingly said: “Zhuang Li, you just need to repair the computer, why do you care so much?”
“If these loopholes are not patched as soon as possible, the company will be attacked by hackers.” Zhuang Li sat opposite the supervisor, his long legs crossed leisurely, and his attitude was very relaxed and casual.
“Our company has been established for fourteen years and has never been attacked by hackers. Aren’t you too worried? Besides, your expertise is only average. To find and repair network vulnerabilities, we will naturally hire a professional technical team to do it. It’s not your turn yet. Just go and fix the computers.”
The supervisor casually threw the report into the wastebasket and waved his hand: “You can go out, I want to make a phone call.”
Zhuang Li glanced at the wastebasket and reiterated patiently: “MIK’s network is completely open. Just now, I easily invaded the intranet through PDF and cracked the management password in the background. I can install one in the background dropbox, connect any computer in the company to my PC and copy all the local files. I also found the complete location map on pastebin. Do you know what this means?”
“This means that any hacker in the world, based on this location map, can launch any form of attack on the company’s internal computers.”
“The company’s operating procedures have not been updated for seven consecutive years, 7 of the 37 firewalls have been lost, and 119 monitoring components have disappeared inexplicably. The security center that should be online 24 hours a day has been shut down since the last power outage. It has still not been restarted today.”
Zhuang Li lightly tapped the armrest of his chair and asserted: “MIK’s network is like a chicken in the eyes of those of us. If the company does not make improvements in this area, hackers will soon find you.”
The supervisor tilted his head and looked at him, as if he was listening carefully, but the sneer on the corner of his mouth had become more and more obvious. He didn’t take Zhuang Li’s warning seriously at all.
But 7480 knew that the host’s premonition was accurate. The conclusions he derived based on the current situation and logical connections would soon become a reality in the near future. And this hacker was none other than Zhu Jianrui, the son who the original owner had worked hard to raise.
“Okay, I will submit your report to the superior department.” The supervisor spread his hands and said, “You also know that the five million fund cannot be used casually by our department and must be approved by President Fang.”
Zhuang Li heard his perfunctory manner and knew that his opinions would not be taken seriously by these people, but he did not say anything more.
This company was not his, so what if they lost hundreds of millions? Was it any of his business? He had done his own job extremely well, and that was it.
After returning to the office, he closed his eyes and rested for a while before starting his afternoon work.
Not long after, several colleagues walked in, pointed at his back, whispered something, and then snickered mockingly. Other colleagues felt strange and walked over to ask a few questions. When they returned to their seats, their expressions were very subtle. Not long after, a document quietly circulated in the department and was eventually thrown into a corner.
Zhuang Li never cared about other people’s eyes. He clearly noticed something strange but didn’t take it seriously.
One intern couldn’t stand it and chased him out while he was on the toilet. He whispered, “Brother Zhuang, they are all laughing at you.”
“Why are they laughing at me?” Zhuang Li had his head buried in his hands.
“Did you submit a submission before to improve the network security situation? Just now, the supervisor threw the submission to Team Leader Ye and asked him to smash it. Team Leader Ye passed the submission to Deputy Team Leader Wang——”
“Anyway, everyone in the entire department has read what you wrote. Everyone thinks you are incompetent and just want to mess around. Seeing you asked the finance department for five million yuan to upgrade the company’s network, they think you’re just out of your mind.”
However, the intern showed admiration: “But I can understand your submission. My major is computer science. I know that Brother Zhuang, you are a very capable person. Those who say you are joking are real idiots. They don’t even understand! Brother Zhuang, I’m going to resign after working this month. This company’s management is lax and doesn’t pay attention to talents. The entire network operations department is full of laymen. There is no future in hanging around with them, and it’s a waste of time. Brother Zhuang, I advise you to resign as soon as possible and stop being so loyal. If your opinion letter was obtained by my tutor, it could even be published as a teaching material.”
Zhuang Li nodded and was about to speak, but an exaggerated sneer came from behind him, “Oh my, f**k, look what I heard? Zhuang Li is a capable person, this joke will make me laugh for a year!”
Zhuang Li glanced at the mirror, which reflected a man with a mean expression.
The man was laughing while lifting his pants, as if he had taken the wrong medicine.
The intern turned around and angrily said: “Brother Zhuang’s opinion letter can be given to any professional network company and it will attract the attention of the superiors. Even the most powerful hackers can’t break through the secure network built by Brother Zhuang in the opinion letter. Only people from small companies like you don’t understand his value!”
“Hahaha, according to you, Zhuang Li’s IT skills are very good? Why can’t I see it? Isn’t he still the same loser as before? He hasn’t changed much?” The man looked Zhuang Li up and down, and then touched his pants and crotch which was very obviously insulting.
“Are you looking for a fu**ing beating?” The intern raised his fist angrily.
Zhuang Li pressed his shoulders and said calmly: “Don’t worry about this kind of thing. Let’s go back and write a letter of resignation.”
The intern looked at him in surprise: “Brother Zhuang, what do you mean?”
“I’ll go with you.” Zhuang Li took out a tissue and wiped the water on his hands.
The intern immediately turned from anger to joy and followed him quickly towards the office, chirping and asking a lot of professional questions along the way.
The mean man walked into the office and dug out Zhuang Li’s opinion letter from somewhere. In front of him, he tore up page after page and threw them into the paper shredder. He kept making mocking snorts from his nose. He didn’t know why, but he seemed to be very prejudiced against the original owner.
The intern was so angry that his head was about to smoke, but Zhuang Li didn’t even give him a look out of the corner of his eye. He wrote his resignation letter and took it to the department head. It was funny to say that eight years of hard work could not even be exchanged for a few hundred yuan in salary increase, but it could be exchanged for a bright red seal without hesitation.
The moment he received the resignation letter, Zhuang Li sighed at the original owner reflected in the glass cabinet.
The intern also quickly packed up his belongings and invited him to ride home with him.
The two of them walked through the office holding the storage box. During this period, no one raised their head to say goodbye to them, and no one smiled and said they should cherish themselves in the future. The air conditioner blew a cool breeze, and the coolness of human feelings was also vividly reflected at this moment.
However, an accident happened at this time.
The computer placed in front of everyone turned into a black screen at the same moment. No matter what keys were pressed, it was useless, and there was no way to force it to shut down.
The office that was originally filled with the atmosphere of schadenfreude suddenly became noisy, and people kept shouting: “No, the computer is infected!”
The intern quickly put down his box and went to check everyone’s computers.
Zhuang Li walked forward on his own, with no intention of helping. He still said the same thing: This company is not his, so it losing hundreds of millions is none of his business?
But a few seconds later, the situation changed again. On the blackened computer screen, lines of red characters scrolled repeatedly – Zhuang Li, you must take responsibility for this hacker attack! Zhuang Li, you must take responsibility for this hacker attack…
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