My science and technology museum

As the announcement released by Future Technology spread quickly on the Internet, in addition to arousing heated discussions and doubts among netizens, several mainstream domestic Internet security companies also quickly paid attention and felt that it was also very incredible.

At noon that day.

Imperial capital.

Singularity Security Building.

Zhou Jinghe, who was resting on the sofa in the office, was suddenly awakened by a knock on the door. He quickly opened his eyes and sat up, paused for a few seconds, and then answered the door.

"Come in."

He rushed to the company from home last night. Because he wanted to fix the loophole as soon as possible to prevent the equipment from being attacked by this virus program, he stayed up all night with the staff of the technical department. Until the morning, there was still no major progress, so he couldn't resist the difficulty. I intend to sleep in my office.

If someone comes to see him now, something important must have happened, so naturally he doesn't dare to delay.

Duan Wusheng pushed the door open and saw Zhou Jinghe who had just gotten up from the sofa. He quickly said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou, for coming to disturb your rest at this time."

"If something happens, just tell me directly."

Zhou Jinghe ignored Duan Wusheng's polite words and directly asked him about his specific situation while walking to the seat in front of the computer.

After hearing his boss's words, Duan Wusheng naturally stopped beating around the bush and immediately reported the truth: "It's Mr. Zhou who just now officially issued a notice from Future Technology in response to the mutant ransomware virus that is spreading rapidly on the Internet."

"Oh, right, what did they say?" Zhou Jinghe suddenly became curious after hearing this.

"The other party said that it will launch its own security protection program in two days to ensure that users' devices are not attacked by viruses."

"They can do it in two days, given their strength." Listening to Duan Wusheng's report, Zhou Jinghe nodded in agreement and did not doubt the announcement issued by Future Technology.

After all, when Future Technology disclosed network attack addresses from overseas, it was enough to prove that they are not only a company that specializes in game engine licensing, but also have relatively powerful technical means in the field of Internet security.

To be able to achieve this level, the company must have a good internal protection system.

It's just not made public.

Under such circumstances, I chose to commercially release my own protection system. Although it was a bit stressful in two days, it was not impossible to complete it.

This is nothing to fuss over.

But Zhou Jinghe didn't expect that Duan Wusheng had to report much more than that. Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Duan Wusheng's voice rang in his ears again.

"There is also an information manager."

"They also said that their security protection program can intelligently crack the keys on encrypted files and achieve 100% recovery of data information."

What?

Recover locked data?

Zhou Jinghe, who had already leaned his back comfortably on the chair, was about to turn on the computer and check out the Internet when he was suddenly shocked by Duan Wusheng's words and subconsciously sat up straight.

His face was full of disbelief.

After being stunned for a few seconds, he came back to his senses and asked quickly: "Is this true? Can data be restored using technology in the future?"

Because this kind of ransomware is special, if you can’t get the secret key, you can’t restore the data to normal. After all, the producers used it to make money when it first came out.

Domestic Internet security giants are increasing their efforts and can only fix vulnerabilities and add patches to prevent other terminal devices from virus attacks.

But the equipment that has been infected can only consider itself unlucky.

Locked data is no different from being completely scrapped, and you must bear the loss yourself.

The latest virus program that has appeared now is an upgraded and enhanced version of the previous ransomware virus.

Not only is it easier to be tricked, but it can also attack mobile phones and computers at the same time. In addition, there is no way to obtain the key. It can be said that the loss is already a certainty.

At present, they are working overtime all night just to patch the loopholes and prevent the rapid spread of this virus program as soon as possible.

But Future Technology actually claimed to be able to recover locked data.

And still recovered 100%.

This is completely impossible.

You must know that there is no guarantee to what extent the lost data information can be recovered, let alone if it is encrypted and locked by a virus program.

When I was thinking about this, I heard Duan Wusheng reply with a serious face: "The other party did say that. Although it caused a lot of controversy on the Internet, many people are still willing to believe it."

When Duan Wusheng's words reached his ears, Zhou Jinghe suddenly fell into silence.

He really doesn't think that with the reputation of future technology, he will cheat on this matter. Since he dares to say it, he should have a certain degree of confidence.

However, the technical knowledge he possessed clearly told him that this was absolutely impossible.

So after thinking for a while, I had no choice but to ask Duan Wusheng for his opinion again, hoping to have a rough judgment in his mind.

"Old Duan, is it possible to recover the encrypted data information by other means besides obtaining the producer's key?"

"The virus program we discovered this time directly encrypts and overwrites the original file. Without the key, it is almost impossible to recover. Even if a brute force cracking method is used and requires a lot of computing power, only a small part of the information can be recovered in the end."

Facing Zhou Jinghe's inquiry, Duan Wusheng had no doubts and immediately talked about the relevant actual situation based on his understanding.

The main reason is that there are more than 3 million device terminals under attack this time. There is no way to apply the brute force cracking method. No matter how you look at it, it is already a doomed situation.

However, Duan Wusheng didn't say a word.

That is, if you can decipher the key and use the key to recover the data information, you can naturally ensure that the file information is not lost.

But he does not think that this operation can be completed with the current level of Internet technology.

There is no difference between speaking or not speaking.

But it has to be said that Duan Wusheng's answer successfully increased Zhou Jinghe's confidence, and then he seemed to have made up his mind and immediately said: "Old Duan, no matter what method you use, I will release their security in future technology." Complete the vulnerability patching by our security guards before proceeding with the protection process."

"We must seize this opportunity tightly."

Zhou Jinghe is very aware of the company's current situation. Although it has made many major achievements in the field of Internet security and its technical level far exceeds that of domestic industry competitors, its own network protection software Security Guard is gradually in a state of death.

It is called rogue software by many netizens.

In the final analysis, it is still because it is unwilling to give up its benefits, so that it is basically not trusted by users today.

It is conceivable that drastic rectification will not only cause heavy losses to the company, but it will also be difficult to restore users.

However, as long as the patches can be updated first to prevent virus attacks, users will have to download and install them whether they like security guards or not in order to prevent their devices from being infected.

The only thing that threatens the singularity in this matter is future technology.

Don't worry about penguins at all.

After all, the potential user stickiness of Future Technology is much higher than theirs. Coupled with the popularity brought by the previous two chip design software and domestic top-level photolithography machines, if a security protection program is really released, users will definitely be welcomed in a short time. explosive growth.

By then, I'm afraid there will be even less room for security guards to survive.

At the same time, he was also gambling.

Bet that the security protection program released by Future Technology cannot recover the encrypted data information, or the recovery effect is not very good, so they will still have a chance.

Because the field of Internet security is not the main business of Future Technology in the final analysis, it will certainly not invest too much resources and energy.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, there is absolutely no problem with this. It is estimated that users will be able to download the patch tonight."

"That's great."

"You will stay in the company temporarily for the next two days to eat and live in the company to establish a safe line of defense for the majority of users. I will order a big meal for you later."

Knowing that the vulnerability would be updated at night, Zhou Jinghe finally heard the good news. He relaxed a little and immediately reached out to pat Duan Wusheng on the shoulder, deliberately showing that he was very generous and concerned about his employees.

Duan Wusheng naturally couldn't say anything to this. He nodded and made some assurances before turning and leaving the office.

…

8pm.

Just as Duan Wusheng promised, the technical department he led finally successfully patched the vulnerability through continuous work and released updated patches to users as soon as possible.

As long as you update and download the patch for the security guard on the device terminal, you can effectively prevent virus attacks.

Although everyone did not have a good impression of Security Guard in the past, because Penguin Butler and other company products have released updated patches, for the sake of the security of various stored data on their devices, they had to re-download and install Security Guard.

However, when more and more users installed security guards and effectively controlled the spread of virus programs, everyone discovered a new problem.

Although you don’t need to worry about your device being attacked, you do have to uninstall software and games that appear unexpectedly from time to time.

There are even some devices with low configurations that directly turn into elderly mode.

One card in half a day.

In the end, it just evolved into a situation where users endured a lot of inconveniences caused by security guards while running to Singularity Security-related accounts to vent their anger.

Looking at the history of the development of the domestic Internet, it is extremely rare to see such a scene that makes people call it outrageous.

But compared to the speechlessness of these users, the people who have been recruited are the most worthy of attention.

As of the update patch released by Singularity Security, the number of devices under attack has reached about three million, including individual users and small and medium-sized enterprises.

For this reason, many companies involved can only choose to temporarily suspend operations, and the extent of losses is difficult to estimate. Therefore, they can only place their last hope on the security protection program that Future Technology will soon release, hoping that this program software can really recover encrypted data information. .

Otherwise, many people's years of hard work and sweat may be wasted with these encrypted data information.