The Goddess Shines on America

As early as the morning news first came out, as the current CEO of IBM, Aker immediately realized that something big was going on for the company!

And it is an unprecedented event!

"Explain to me immediately, how did this news appear!?"

"Who gave you the power to hack the NASDAQ exchange!?"

"Bastard thing, the Internet field is not IBM's world at all. How dare you do this!? That Alice Wang is not only the second largest shareholder of Microsoft through technology stocks, but also the founder and patent holder of Cisco Systems, an industry leader. Someone, you actually broke ground on her head!?"

"Acor, call me all relevant personnel!"

The general meeting of shareholders was held at nine o'clock, and from the very beginning, the directors kept blaming Acor. Although the time is coming soon, there is no need to look at call auctions. No one will doubt that IBM's stock price will fall to an unprecedented low today.

And if they don't solve the problem quickly, it is possible that the entire Big Blue will be devastated in the next ten years!

"I did not authorize the technology department, or anyone in any department, to commit this intrusion."

Facing the angry directors, a group of senior executives also participated in the meeting, led by CEO Aker. At this point, it is time for Acor to explain to the board of directors.

"The company did purchase twenty old Cisco routers in December last year, but that, like the bulk purchases on the Nasdaq exchange, was just a regular behavior for the company to optimize the LAN. Of course, I can't deny that ordinary employees It is up to Minister Armin of the Ministry of Technology to explain this point.”

Acor sat down and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

A member of the board of directors looked coldly at the bottom seat of the conference table: "Then Almin, please explain."

Armin stood up nervously.

In front of him, the chairman at that time was pursing his lips tightly, and no one could see any emotion from his face. The quartz clock behind him was ticking, and it was past half past nine, but no one, no one dared to look at the current stock market fluctuations.

“I swear by my deceased grandfather, grandmother, grandfather, and grandmother that I personally did not do the above, let alone authorize any employee to do so.”

He said with difficulty: "After the meeting, I will immediately investigate the members of the technical department. At the same time, if this incident is really caused by the personal behavior of members of the technical department, I will definitely take the blame and resign."

Acor's face was sullen and he didn't speak.

If it's really just the personal behavior of the technical department employees, it's okay, at least the company will be less responsible, but as long as he is a little careless, he, the CEO, should take the blame and resign. After all, the general public will not focus on the company's ordinary executives. It is IBM's work, and of course he, the CEO, must come forward.

So next, it's time to turn the sky upside down.

Throughout the morning, the entire company headquarters was panicked, and no one was in the mood to work normally. What's more, after such a major incident, other companies that are doing business with IBM have no time to cancel the order or clear up the relationship. Except for the people in the sales department who have to call to comfort each other, people in other departments even want to work. , There is really no work to speak of.

For most people, all they can do this morning is talk about the Wall Street Journal article and watch with horror as stock prices tumble.

And the moment after the shareholder meeting and executive accountability meeting, it was time for these people to come to the company's computer room and conduct a field inspection.

"These are the routers, Mr. O'Dell."

An employee of the technical department spoke in a low voice, introducing the chairman and the accompanying shareholders. His forehead was covered with cold sweat, just as the directors might have a heart attack at any time.

At this moment, the Cisco router purchased in bulk has been dismantled and placed on a desk. Every white box is printed with Cisco's LOGO, that is, the short-line pattern that was born out of the Golden Gate Bridge in the form of network radio waves. What was originally very artistic, it is extremely dazzling to everyone now.

"Have you checked?"

O'Dell put his hands behind his back, his face livid: "According to the Wall Street Journal, they found the relevant IP address from the router of the Nasdaq exchange and found relevant evidence from the computer, and then they locked on us."

"Check... work in progress."

The employee had cold sweat on his forehead: "I'm showing you ten of them, and the other ten are being inspected by our technical department..."

O'Dell and the shareholders behind him all looked expressionless: "Then continue, we will wait here."

Unknowingly, it was already past noon, but none of the relevant personnel had plans to eat. Fortunately, IBM's technology department is the core department, and the most important thing is space, even if all the company's shareholders and executives are present, it is more than enough. Of course, they won't stay in the technical department all the time, there are too many things to do.

But it has suffered for all the employees of the technical department present here.

Checking routers still takes a while, and the process of vetting employees can't be slowed down. All members of the technical department were accompanied by a security guard, and they were completely isolated in each location. All the directors and executives of the company sat in the conference room for hours, and began to question everyone continuously.

"You need to know what the company is facing right now."

When an intern who had just joined the job for a month was standing pitifully in the open space, Chairman O'Dell said blankly: "Because of this incident, as of noon today, IBM's stock price has fallen. 18%, do you know what 18% is?"

"This... this... Mr. O'Dell, I really don't know anything..."

"This behavior is tantamount to making IBM offend listed companies across the country. Invading the stock exchange and maliciously modifying data, creating the first cybercrime in the history of computer development, this 'honor' is not an ordinary honor. Your name is Dong Ni, don’t worry, if you admit that this is just your own personal behavior, even if you go to prison, we will send a generous compensation to your family..."

O'Dell is no fool, of course he knows that the CEO he handpicked would not do such a stupid thing. And to put it bluntly, if it hadn't already happened, O'Dell swears, no one would have even come up with the idea of ​​using special technology to hack into relevant institutions for private profit!

The company must have been framed, for sure.

The router's inspection results have come out, and the relevant data packet information was indeed found in the cache.

But no one believed that could be true.

It must be the companies in the industry that will frame IBM, and it may be that Microsoft and Cisco jointly framed it. They are all people in the industry, all programmers, and all experts. Who doesn't know what kind of skills everyone has?

Not sure, the information in these twenty routers is what Cisco's technical department deliberately left behind after invading IBM first!

In other words, Cisco and Microsoft teamed up to invade the NASDAQ exchange, and then blamed IBM!

O'Dell was able to come up with such a process. After all, Cisco Systems is the pioneer of the Internet hardware industry and the well-deserved leader. The second-ranked Lucent Technology is far behind it. Microsoft is not a fuel-efficient lamp. With a big brother like Cisco taking the lead, and then Microsoft's gang of programmers who have been focusing on the software field for ten years, is it not like playing tricks on IBM?

That must be it!

but……

"We have no proof."

At the conference table in the afternoon, when CEO Aker waved the tabloid aggressively, saying that he would issue a denial statement, O'Dell sighed deeply.

"It is logically feasible, but this is not a detective story, not to mention that even a detective story must talk about evidence at the end. Unless we can produce evidence of Cisco and Microsoft's intrusion, otherwise the other party's lawyer will be able to get us Play to death."

"The people in the technical department will work overtime and will definitely solve this problem!"

As the direct person in charge, Armin strongly expressed his determination to the board of directors: "After all, Cisco is only a two-year-old company, and their background is absolutely incomparable to ours. In a week, at most a week, we will definitely We can find clues to their invasion!"

"hope so."

O'Dell sighed, because just five minutes ago, the secretary walked across the meeting and informed him of a serious problem.

"I just learned that the company's stock price has fallen by 20%. Although it is close to closing, as long as we don't solve this problem, IBM will not be able to get out of the trough for a day. I am already waiting for the joint subpoena from Nasdaq and Microsoft Now, Acor, please bring the best lawyers we can hire, and we must kill them!"

Acor took the order with a heavy heart.

At the same time, the moment of closing has really arrived.

The measly 20% decline was actually more than many financial analysts expected. After all, the scandal exposed by IBM this time is really astonishing. As an established computer company, hacking the stock exchange privately and maliciously affecting the listing of new shares, this kind of thing is enough to easily destroy any ordinary company!

"The centipede is dead but not stiff, and its stock price can plummet by 20% in one day, which is enough."

The perspective returned to Los Angeles. After returning from Washington State, Alice bought enough relevant newspapers immediately, and then read them one by one in the living room.

"Ten billions of dollars just evaporated, the stock market..."

James is also following various financial newspapers, and the news of this day is heavy enough for media people to worry about running out of topics for many days: "Speaking of which, Alice, what do you think of Apple? Its current stock price is still That kind of half-dead state, do you want to sell it again?"

"Apple? Oh...don't move for now."

Alice glanced at the calendar: "Anyway, we didn't buy much at the time, and we didn't lose much. Its decline will continue, and we have to buy again when it rebounds."

"Are you sure that Apple's stock price will continue to rise?"

James frowned and said, "Jobs was kicked out of the company. Without him, Apple would not be competitive at all."

"So, those idiots must invite him back."

Alice said indifferently: "Compared to this, Dad, I have to apply for graduation when I return to school tomorrow, please help me prepare the materials first."

Thinking about how many troubles his daughter would have to deal with next, James laughed out loud.