Battlefield Contractor

"In this way, if we find a dark web forum that has similar technologies or provides similar services, we might be able to find this person.

Maybe the name itself is a network ID. "Cobain asked.

"You can say that." The professor nodded.

"Professor, I think it's a bit strange. Since they are conducting video communication, why do they want to make the other party blind to themselves in this way?

Wouldn't this trouble be avoided by direct voice communication? Sergey asked.

"Because voice communication is very likely to be deceived, the current voice synthesis technology is very sophisticated. It can be faked.

Therefore, when some hackers make contact, they will use video to confirm that the person talking to them is indeed the other person in front of the camera.

But this method is likely to cause people to discover their looks, so they use such a technique to cover up their faces. "The professor explained.

"But now there are no such video tools as virtual masks, which make people look like cartoon avatars or animal masks." Sergey asked.

Cobain shook his head, "This is not the same. This is based on the principle of video masking special effects, but in fact, it still reveals what you really are.

In other words, on the surface, you may be well covered by the virtual mask.

But in fact you still appear in the camera with some self-deception special effects added to it.

It is still possible for the other party to discover your true appearance. "

"What about their video call?" Lin Rui asked.

"Through a dark web forum, you can use a special camera to communicate there, causing your face to be very blurred and unable to be scanned or recognized by your face.

It started two years ago because the use of face recognition technology began to increase. Many hackers use this technique to evade.

In Russia, there should be four to five companies providing similar services on the dark web.

But there are three in St. Petersburg. I know who is running these dark web forums.

We can look for it and see if this photo was taken from the instant messaging software provided by which forum.

After finding it, maybe we can try to find the ID of Gorpov you mentioned. "The professor explained.

"This is a good idea. We might as well try it now." Cobain smiled.

"Now?" the professor frowned.

"Yeah, it's very urgent." Cobain took out the computer from his backpack and put it on the table, then turned it on, and connected to the network.

The professor immediately logged on to the dark web and quickly accessed several forums on the dark web, but he and Sergey were busy for a long time, but they did not find a similar communication service.

"There is no match." The professor shook his head. "Will it be the uncommon one? There are several very niche dark web forums.

Maybe we can try our luck there. I remember that there were several forums organized by hackers who provided similar instant messaging before. "

"Try again." Cobain nodded.

I have to say that the professor is indeed a well-known figure in this circle, and soon he found a dark web forum through other people.

They did find a similar video communicator on this dark web forum.

"That's it." The professor nodded, "Neither communication parties can directly contact each other, only through the special interface of the dark web forum.

The photo of this person should have been intercepted on this. "

"Can you track down this information?" Lin Rui asked immediately.

"No, this kind of dark web forum is to ensure that it is hidden from being tracked down. Even we may not be able to find the person you mentioned.

But we can't, you may. "The professor replied.

"Professor, don't be kidding, I haven't been to college." Sergey shook his head. "The computer is of no use except for playing games.

Let me track down cyber hackers, how is this possible. "

"It's not like that." The professor shook his head. "We can try to find the administrator of this forum.

The administrators of such dark web forums generally profit from the illegal information. I know who this dark web forum belongs to.

You can find him, as long as you find the forum administrator, you can get his permission.

And through his authority, we can view all registered users and find this Gorpov.

If the ID he uses is indeed this, we can roughly lock him, and then it depends on whether he logs in frequently.

Once he logs in, we can try to locate and find him. "

"That means we have to find the forum administrator first and get his administrator privileges." Lin Rui nodded.

"Yes, I happen to know this person. This person is also somewhat famous in the hacker circles in St. Petersburg.

His real name is Yang, and he is of Chinese descent. In recent years, I have been living by operating dark web sites and forums.

And he doesn't live far away. I can give you the address, but I can't take you to him.

After all, no matter what you are going to do, I don't want to pull myself into it. "The professor replied.

"Of course, we are already very grateful for what you have done." Lin Rui nodded.

Cobain also patted the professor's arm, "Thank you very much. But after this is done, you'd better leave St. Petersburg during this period. Go out for a vacation."

The name given to them by the professor is of Chinese descent, near a large supermarket in the western part of St. Petersburg.

Lin Rui and others found the place according to the address.

But I found out that Yang was just an ordinary supermarket employee,

Although he secretly operated dark web forums and made a lot of money, he still appeared in his job position while working.

But when he saw Lin Rui took out the pistol, he also knew that he was in trouble.

Lin Rui walked over and put his hand on his shoulder, showing him his weapon by the way.

"We just want to find a place to talk to you, don't do stupid things. The things you do on the dark web are worth more than ten years."

The Yang turned around helplessly, "Well, find a place to talk."

Lin Rui was taken to the warehouse behind.

"Mr., what do you want? Do you want money? How much do you plan to want?" Yang looked at Lin Rui and asked.

"I want your account and password. I know you are the system administrator of this website." Lin Rui turned on the phone and showed him.

"It was for a while," Yang replied, "but I basically don't pay attention to these businesses anymore."

"You don't care, I don't care. We are not police officers either. What I care about is other things.

I need to find someone. This person should be a registered user of your dark web forum. "Lin Rui looked at this Yang, "You only need to hand over the administrator account and password. We will take care of other things by ourselves. "