Chapter 48

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Li Ranzhu thought more and more that this matter was no small affair. She felt that it must involve a significant conspiracy, but with the current limited information, it was still impossible to determine what exactly it was.

Li Ranzhu shared her thoughts with Chen Mo. After reading the message from his beautiful master, Chen Mo fell into deep thought. A moment later, his eyes lit up, and he typed: "Beautiful master, let's not discuss their motives for now. Let's talk about the purpose of collecting this hacker information!"

Li Ranzhu, curious, typed: "It doesn't seem like the information they collect has much use, right? Of course, the real IPs of the hackers will be exposed, but these people don't even know the hackers' aliases. What use is it for them to collect these IPs?"

Chen Mo replied: "Beautiful master, I have a question for you—do you use the internet at home or at an internet cafe?"

Li Ranzhu was taken aback and typed, somewhat confused: "Is that important?"

Chen Mo replied: "Of course it's important. If you use the internet at home, they can determine your home address! If you threaten their interests, they can come to your door and take action against you in real life!"

Li Ranzhu countered: "Even if they know my home address, how can they confirm that I'm the one who threatened them?"

Chen Mo typed: "It's simple. For example, if you encounter them online and have a conflict, they can search the IP information to find out who is opposing them. Since hacker battles often require a lot of network traffic, they can pinpoint which hacker is acting by focusing on this point!"

Li Ranzhu had never thought of this before. After Chen Mo pointed it out, she typed, breaking out in a cold sweat: "Indeed, as long as they determine your general area first, they can narrow down the target range by searching the hacker IP information in that area based on the time of the incident. Then, they can check which IP had the most traffic during the same time period, and they can accurately locate you!"

Li Ranzhu had previously felt safe, thinking that even if the other party had her address, they wouldn't come looking for her. After all, they had so much hacker information that they wouldn't notice her. But if she really took action against them, they could at least pinpoint her to the female dormitory building, which would be dangerous for her!

While Li Ranzhu was breaking out in a cold sweat, Chen Mo continued typing: "So, beautiful master, it's best not to take action against them. It's very unsafe. Other hackers who discovered this situation might have also held back out of similar concerns. As a reminder, if you really use the internet at home, I advise you to be low-key. If you need to engage in hacker activities, it's better to go to an internet cafe or another public network."

Li Ranzhu's mind was in turmoil. She became a hacker because she liked the free and easy life. As long as your skills were good, you could do anything in the online world. Even if you made a mistake, as long as you weren't defeated, no one would know your real identity.

But now things were different. Someone was secretly doing this, which was like installing a tracking device for all hackers. If someone violated the other party's interests, they could find you in real life and take action against you. The thought was terrifying!

For the first time in her life, Li Ranzhu felt a sense of crisis about being a hacker. After sitting in a daze for a long time, she typed: "Master will be careful. It's late, let's rest."

Chen Mo, seeing the message, replied: "Okay, see you tomorrow."

After closing the chat window, Chen Mo did not immediately rest. Instead, he searched the internet for news about hackers being arrested. He quickly found many pieces of information, some of which caught his attention:

"Li Haiping, male, 37 years old, professor of computer science at Capital University, arrested by the police for hacking into military networks."

"Lu Fei, male, 23 years old, graduate student of computer science at Oriental University, arrested for hacking into government websites and spreading inappropriate comments."

"Chen Shangde, male, 29 years old, doctoral student of computer science at Huqing University, arrested for spreading network viruses."

"Liu Dayong, male, 31 years old, associate professor of computer science at Fudan University, arrested for using hacking techniques to gain improper benefits."

"Fang Guozhi, male, 25 years old, graduate student of computer science at Huqing University, arrested for hacking into a company's information center, causing significant losses."

These people were all top students from prestigious universities, with extremely advanced computer skills. Although they were arrested for their own actions, it was not easy to catch them.

From the timeline, they were all arrested within the last three years. Considering the backdoor in the hacker software, it was not hard to see how they were tracked down!

It was likely that these people violated the interests of the other party, so the other party sent their real addresses to the police to punish them. Or perhaps... the people collecting hacker information were from official institutions, working with the police to maintain network security and catch these people.

Regardless of the possibility, it was not good news for hackers. However, it seemed that as long as hackers did not do anything too extreme, this mysterious organization or individual would not take action against them.

Chen Mo sighed deeply, thinking: "The waters in the hacker world are indeed deep. I never expected such an organization to exist in secret. I must be careful, careful, and more careful in the future. I'll just be a good citizen. Some things are truly beyond my reach!"

While Chen Mo was sighing, Li Ranzhu was walking quickly on a path in the campus, heading for an internet cafe outside the school.

After saying goodbye to Chen Mo, Li Ranzhu sat in a daze for a while before turning off her computer. She lay in bed for a long time, unable to sleep, thinking about one question: Should she really ignore this matter?

After much deliberation, Li Ranzhu finally couldn't resist and slipped out. She headed straight for the internet cafe at the school gate, determined to release this information.

She felt that going to the internet cafe to post the message would be safe. Although she was alone and couldn't do much to the other party, she couldn't just stand by and watch her fellow hackers be betrayed by those bad guys! (A great event where prizes fall from the sky, cool phones await you! Follow the Qidian Chinese website official account (add a friend on WeChat - add an official account - enter qdread). Join immediately! Everyone wins, follow the qdread WeChat official account now!)

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