Battlefield Contractor

"Then what can we do?" Lin Rui frowned. ?

"Before I get any further news, you suspend your mission in Africa." Silver Wolf groaned. "Our opponents are setting traps for us every step of the way, especially at this time, we must act cautiously. We must take one step, think two or three steps."

Lin Rui nodded.

"By the way, we must also fight for more support." Silver Wolf Michelle nodded. "So there is a task for your team. It is not a big task, but it can reflect our value."

"What task?" Lin Rui frowned.

"A mission provided by the Americans." Silver Wolf frowned. "You received it before you came back. Angel will discuss the specific situation with you in detail."

Lin Rui nodded, "Okay, I will go to the Paradise Bar to find him later."

"He is not there, in the communications command room, with Cobain's team. Go and find them there. The completion of this mission may bring us enough convenience for the future." Silver Wolf Michelle Nodded.

Lin Rui frowned, "How do you say?"

"This mission is commissioned by the National Security Agency. As you know, our relationship with them was not very good before. And the attitude of the Americans will directly affect how much influence the secret agency will have in Africa in the future." The wolf whispered. "As a private military company, in addition to the military, it is best to maintain a good relationship with these departments." After Silver Wolf hurriedly confessed to them, he immediately got up and left. There are so many things he has to do, and Orumi's problems alone are enough for him to have a headache.

After Silver Wolf left, Jiang An said strangely, "Lin Rui, what do you think of this mission?"

"What do you think? We don't know the specific content of the task yet." Lin Rui shrugged.

"I know, I mean the National Security Agency, they are different from the military. There are very few outsourced tasks like this. I am a little curious about what the task is this time?" Jiang An frowned.

"It's definitely not a good task." Lin Rui shook his head. "Let's go, accompany me to meet Angel."

They left quickly and saw Angel and Cobain in the underground communications command center.

"Hey, they're here." Cobain stood up and touched Lin Rui's fist. "How is it, Captain. How is the scenery in the Mediterranean?"

"Very good, but our mood is not very good." Lin Rui shook his head and said, "Don't mention this, Angel, what's the task this time?"

Angel looked at him and said, "The goal of this mission is an organization."

"Terrorist organization?" Jiang An frowned.

"No, it's a hacking organization." Angel shook his head. "A hacking organization that is very popular on the Internet recently-Shadow Broker. Cobain, you are better at this, you can tell them."

Cobain nodded, "Recently, a ransomware that has swept the world is still invading people's computers, and at the same time a hacker organization has surfaced. Starting on May 13, a new type of worm virus began to spread. Spreading on the Internet, it can lock the infected computer within 10 seconds. All files in the computer are encrypted and cannot be opened. You can only decrypt it by paying the ransom according to the pop-up prompt.

This virus is widely recognized as an upgrade from Eternal Blue, one of the hacker penetration tools previously leaked by the US National Security Agency nsa. Internet experts claim that this document was stolen by a criminal group called shadow brokers (shadoBrokers) and made public in April. According to previous reports, the hacker tools stolen by the Shadow Brokers are far more than "Eternal Blue". They claimed to have hacked into nsa's hacker arsenal and obtained a large number of Internet attack tools. "

"A group of computer hackers?" Lin Rui frowned.

"You can say that. But you can also say that they are arms dealers among hackers." Cobain shrugged. "When you mention the shadow broker, you have to mention the'Formula'. One belongs to the nsa and is called nsa’s cyber arsenal. This “formula organization” was once the world’s top hacker team, and the level of encryption of this team is unmatched. The Stuxnet virus and flame virus that destroyed Iran’s nuclear equipment in 2o1o are also widely believed to come from The hand of the'Formula Organization'.

Cyber ​​security vendor Kaspersky released a monitoring report in 2o15 that the'Formula Group' is one of the world's most technologically advanced hacker organizations. It has been active online for nearly 20 years and is the crown maker of cyber espionage. That year, Kaspersky had 5oo infections of the ‘Formula’ organization in 42 countries around the world. At the same time, Kaspersky also stated that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Because the virus program created by this hacker team has strong self-destruct ability, after most attacks are completed, no traces will be left. "

"The first time I heard of it, I thought you were the strongest in this industry." Lin Rui frowned.

"That's because you don't understand this industry." Cobain shook his head. "The shadow brokers started to auction these files online after claiming to have stolen the attack virus from Formula Organization. They are like arms dealers among hackers. They often sell advanced attack programs, and sometimes they sell important world military and political information. They like to sell weapons among their competitors. After the customers have the same attack ability as their own, they will naturally become repeat customers of the shadow broker in order to purchase updated equipment."

"It's a good way to make money." Jiang An frowned.

"The organization claimed to have obtained detailed information about nsa hacking tools. It is said that the U.S. government is using these tools to invade the international banking system, to detect the flow of funds between countries, and to monitor the flow of funds between banks in the Middle East and Latin America. If they expose the information and tools It was confirmed to be from nsa. This will be the most serious revelation that nsa has encountered after the "prism" incident. The National Security Agency is now struggling with this matter. While denying it strongly, it is trying to track down the shadow broker." Cobain replied Tao.

"It seems that they haven't tracked it down." Lin Rui frowned, "Otherwise, we wouldn't have thought of us."

"Yes, this time, they even used the U.S. military's cyber operations command center, and they clashed with this organization to the end. But there is still no result yet." Cobain mocked. "I appreciate this shadow broker more and more, but the damage they cause cannot be underestimated. The ransomware that has been looting the world recently "wants to cry" is allegedly derived from the hacker tool leaked by the organization. When cyber attacks were born, 30,000 computers in 15 countries around the world were attacked. Among them, the attacks also had a great impact on many industry networks, including education, oil, transportation, and public safety."

(End of this chapter)