Chapter 24

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The person who posted this message was Professor Wang Hongxing from the Computer Science Department at Linhai University. Originally, he was sitting in his study, sipping tea and monitoring the forum. However, before he could finish his cup of tea, he suddenly noticed that his internet speed had become extremely slow.

Professor Wang Hongxing, like Chen Mo, waited quietly for a while, thinking it was caused by the internet service provider. But after waiting for some time, the situation did not improve. So, he took the same approach as Chen Mo: he turned off the network connection and then turned it back on.

This time, the internet speed returned to normal. Professor Wang Hongxing's internet was much faster than Chen Mo's. When he opened the forum, he was shocked to find that the forum's name had been changed. It was originally called "Linhai University Computer Technology Exchange Forum," but it was now called "Foolish University Computer Technology Exchange Forum."

At a glance, Professor Wang Hongxing knew what had happened. He put down his teacup and sighed, "Looks like I have a busy day ahead."

After saying this, he entered the backend program and tried to input the original code to regain control of the forum. This would allow him to drive out the hacker. However, after several attempts, he found that he could not gain control of the forum. This made his expression turn serious.

As one of the earliest people in China to come into contact with computers, Professor Wang Hongxing's computer skills were naturally excellent. The current situation indicated that the hacker's computer skills were also not to be underestimated. Since he couldn't enter the management page by inputting the original code, it was likely that the hacker had already cracked the original code and made modifications.

Thinking about this, Professor Wang Hongxing began to try to restore the original code using technical means. He was very confident in the program he had written. Even if the hacker had modified some of the original code, they definitely couldn't have modified all of it. He just needed to find the modified parts and restore them. However, after carefully examining the situation, he couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "How... How could this person do this?!"

Professor Wang Hongxing was extremely shocked because he discovered that the entire forum had been replaced. The hacker had used a pre-written forum to replace the original one!

This explained why he and Chen Mo had suddenly experienced extremely slow internet speeds and why the web pages they clicked on wouldn't load!

At that time, the hacker must have been tampering with the system. They likely infiltrated the internal network of the internet service provider, slowing down the traffic to the forum's IP address. This made the forum users habitually disconnect and reconnect their networks. During this time, the hacker completed the replacement of the forum's structure. This way, no one would notice that they had been disconnected from the forum, and there would be no suspicion.

It had to be said that this idea was very imaginative. Based on the current results, they had successfully deceived everyone! It seemed that the hacker was truly no ordinary person!

Faced with the hacker's forum, Professor Wang Hongxing's task was to break through the hacker's program and restore his own forum. However, this was not an easy task.

The hacker's biggest advantage was having the original code. It was unrealistic for Professor Wang Hongxing to crack it in a short time. The best approach now was to find a vulnerability in the forum and use it to infiltrate and completely destroy the forum's structure from the inside.

With this in mind, Professor Wang Hongxing began to take action. At that moment, in a small-scale forum, a few people were enthusiastically chatting:

Dong Xie: "Boss, you're amazing! You managed to take down Linhai University's forum so quickly!"

Xi Du: "Boss, my admiration for you is like a surging river that never ends! Please allow me to kiss your toes!"

Nan Di: "Boss, teach me this skill!"

Bei Gai: "Boss, how did you come up with this method?"

The nicknames of these four people were very distinctive, clearly indicating they were fans of martial arts novels. The person they called "Boss" couldn't help but chuckle at their words and typed, "This time, I just helped you vent a little. You still have a long way to go. Don't be so showy in the future. Hackers are not what you think they are, understand?"

Logically, the boss of Dong Xie, Xi Du, Nan Di, and Bei Gai should have been called "Zhong Tongshen," but this person was not called that. His displayed nickname was "Hearts Five."

Seeing the boss speak, the four subordinates immediately showered him with flattery. Hearts Five couldn't help but laugh smugly at their comments. Then he closed the chat window and typed in another window, "Boss, Hearts Five is ready, awaiting instructions! Boss, you can't just let me sit around this time. You have to give me something to do, please! I'm already in tears, I'm already desperate, Boss!"

The chat window quickly showed another person's message: "Little Five, don't you know that the boss is never swayed by sweet talk? You should just wait patiently. If the boss sends anyone this time, it should be me, Hearts Ten. I'm the most suitable person, right, Boss?"

Just as Hearts Five was about to retort, a person with the nickname "Hearts Queen" spoke up, "Can you two be quiet? I haven't even been given anything to do yet. What are you two so anxious about?"

Seeing Hearts Queen's message, Hearts Five and Hearts Ten immediately fell silent, "Since Queen hasn't been given anything to do, we'll just wait patiently. Please don't be angry, Queen."

Hearts Queen only replied with one word: "Hmph!"

Seeing this, Hearts Five couldn't help but shiver. After waiting for a moment, he realized that his computer had not been attacked, and he let out a sigh of relief. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and muttered to himself, "Thank goodness Queen didn't take action, or I'd have to reinstall my system again. Sigh, it's really frustrating! I can't even attend the global black hat conference this time, it's so frustrating!"

Feeling quite frustrated, Hearts Five sat there for a while and then said, "I might as well find a place to vent! Hmm... Since my apprentices admire me so much, I'll show them another trick! Linhai University, huh? Hmph! I'll show you the power of Hearts Five!"

After saying this, Hearts Five opened the Linhai University Computer Forum that he had already replaced. At that moment, he noticed someone trying to infiltrate the forum's backend. He couldn't help but chuckle, "No matter who you are, you'll face the ruthless attack of Hearts Five. Here comes my network bomb! Hahaha!"

Hearts Five then deployed the virus program he had written on the forum. Professor Wang Hongxing, who was looking for vulnerabilities to infiltrate, immediately noticed this. Seeing the virus's aggressive spread, he frowned, "If this virus spreads, it will infect all the computers that log into this forum!"

Professor Wang Hongxing immediately took action. He used the vulnerability he had found to infiltrate the forum's backend and posted a message: "Our school's forum is under a strong hacker attack! Everyone, quickly log out of the forum! There's a virus!!!!"

Just as Professor Wang Hongxing posted his message, another post appeared. It was very simple, with the same title and content: "You dare to set up a forum with this level of skill?"

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