Chapter 7 Amaterasu Lion Bank

more than a year ago. At two o'clock in the morning, Amaterasu sat in front of the computer, ready to earn the first big money in his life. Method: Robbing Lions Bank, the world's largest electronic currency trading institution registered in the British Cayman Islands and listed in Hong Kong. Lion Bank, which has no branches, no teller machines, and never advertises, is the largest bank in the online world.In fact, it is not just in the online world. If calculated by its customer volume, market value and daily cash flow, it has already surpassed the banks in the physical world and has become the largest in the world.

As long as there is a network, Lion Bank can do business and conduct transactions, far and wide, everywhere.Some people say that when a child gets his birth certificate, the next step for his parents is to open an account in Lion Bank for him to prepare his life-long financial plan.Lion Bank's financial planners provide advisory services at no additional charge. The large number of customers of Lion Bank and its wide distribution have already surpassed national borders.Financial experts say that Lion Bank will launch its own currency sooner or later, and its circulation can easily exceed the sum of the US dollar, euro and renminbi, and even the issuance of bonds is just around the corner. It is believed that its return rate and risk are better than US bonds.

All ambitious hackers aim to rob Lion Bank, but almost none of them succeed. Lion Bank has the most stable bank security system in the world according to legend, and the person who designed this system is the most experienced, expert, and powerful hacker, so that he can fight fire with fire. It is said that the core members of the team also include some of the most famous - or notorious - in history.Of course, he has already changed his ways and set up his own network security consulting company MitnickSecurity Consulting.However, in the 1980s, he arbitrarily hacked into the telephone or computer systems of major companies such as Sunrise, Motorola, NEC, and Fujitsu. catch him.There is also a programmer, who designed the first internet worm in history, which paralyzed the global computer network for two full days in 1988. He is known as the "father of viruses"...

The more powerful the security system, the more hackers will be ignited to fight, in order to make a name for themselves in the hacker world. Today is such a great day. Amaterasu put on goggles and headphones, coupled with a somatosensory system, completely immersed himself in the online world, walking in the virtual world. There was a vast lawn outside the gate of the Lion Bank. She sat down on a bench and admired the huge figure and heroic posture of the bank's holy beast. Each financial system has set up its own unique defense system, and even holy beasts are regarded as guardian gods.

The sacred animal of the Lion Bank is its symbol: the Holy Lion.Not just one, but a group of about twenty—even splits if necessary.They are huge, about the size of a double-decker bus, and they are daunting. They sit or walk, forming a protective wall, and they are impenetrable, not many hacking weapons can break through. The counterattack program hidden in the holy lion's body is also very powerful.When you really want to show off your power, you don't have to save the biting people, you just need to open your mouth to launch.Many hackers who intend to rob have not tasted any sweetness, and they are already scarred.

However, no matter how powerful the program is, there will be loopholes. All the hacking programs at Tianzhao's hand are ready, ready to go, and can be activated at any time. As long as the leader gives an order and sends out a code that only the gang can understand, she will act according to the plan and carry out the tasks assigned to herself early in the morning. How many people participated in the whole operation, no one can say.There could be a hundred people, or a thousand, or even 10,000 people, or, conversely, she could be just one: the operation might be a collaboration between the government and the banking community to find a potentially destructive cybercriminal like her, Just an anti-hacker conspiracy.Even if there is a possibility of being plotted against, she will not back down, for the sake of excitement, in order to get a large sum of money, no risk is considered.Besides, she has set up a strict defense mechanism to protect herself.

The mobile phone she used to communicate with the organization was not her usual mobile phone, but a backup mobile phone. It is a "disposable mobile phone" (disposable mobile phone) popular in Europe and the United States, and it is also a contraband in Japan.She used the door to buy through underground stores on the Internet and picked it up at the locker at Shinjuku JR Station. Compared with the first generation that can only make calls, cannot take pictures and cannot surf the Internet, the current disposable mobile phones have many functions. Anyway, the price is cheap, and frequent replacement will not hurt.

Most importantly, it protects one's identity.Completely separate her daytime from her nighttime.She will not let people know her double identity at the same time. The only connection between the two identities is the name "Amaterasu", which is not only her stage name, but also her pseudonym for walking around the world on the Internet. This name is chosen because the real "Amaterasu God" is the most lofty god in Japanese Shinto, and all myths are unfolded by her. She naturally hopes that she will be as powerful as Amaterasu one day, whether it's working as a model or in the world of hacking.

The upline in the organization doesn't know who she is in the real world. Conversely, she didn't know who his upline was, and she couldn't figure out his details.They were originally in an upper-lower relationship similar to an online pyramid sales system, all based on interests. The structure of cybercriminal organizations is no different from that of terrorists. They are not stragglers, but cell divisions and independent operations. Their work efficiency is often higher than that of multinational companies. Even university management professors have studied their management philosophy.

She joined out of curiosity at the beginning, starting from robbing stores in Japan, and the operations she participated in became larger and larger every time. Unexpectedly, a few months later, he received a notice of planning to rob the Lions Bank. There were still twelve minutes until the agreed time to attack. If it's a real bank, you have to act during the day.If the object is a business name on the Internet, it is not subject to this restriction.Internet companies do not close, and they serve customers 24×7×52, and they cannot even suspend services for system maintenance. This will only indicate that there is a problem with the system design.

Therefore, she continued to speculate why the leader chose this day to launch the attack, perhaps because the financial company itself was undergoing internal maintenance projects (of course it would not make it public), and there might be a very short-term security breach. Robbery online is better and easier than robbery in the physical world.Everything is carried out digitally, it is just the operation of the program, there is no need to be loaded with live ammunition, and there is no fear of misfire, and it will not hurt innocent people.Your opponents are just defense programs, and you can attack or even kill them without feeling guilty. The only downside is that crimes in the real world can cause her so-called "Stockholm syndrome" (Stockholm syndrome) that fascinates her, which is the theme of the movie "Hot Day Afternoon" (Dog Day Afternoon): the hostage held hostage agrees with the criminal's ideals , In the end, he cooperated with criminals to deal with the police. They don't show you sympathy for attacking computer programs on the Internet. Another five minutes passed. She still has no notifications, no emails, no texts, no other signals. "After taking the money, what are you going to do?" A man next to her asked, using a private channel between the two of them. This guy looks good in appearance, no doubt he is a handsome man, but the real person may be thousands of miles away from the online version, God knows! He is the comrade assigned to be in the same team as her this time. "I haven't planned yet." She didn't intend to answer at first, but she was a little bored waiting, "Philosopher Russell said, if you don't have any ambitions in life, you might as well work hard to make money, and you will naturally think about it in the future." The handsome man nodded. She added: "However, I might open a shop." "What are you selling?" "I don't sell anything, I just help people realize their dreams. Anyway, I have so much money." She asked back, "What about you?" He probably didn't expect her to turn against customers, so he hesitated a little before answering: "My family is in business and short of money for the time being, I hope this robbery can help make up for the family." She couldn't help but burst out laughing. "What? You don't believe it?" "Your confession is like the defendant pleading with the judge, the credibility is close to zero." He couldn't help but smile when he heard that. "Yesterday was my birthday." "Such a coincidence?" She was a little skeptical, but said, "Happy birthday to you!" "thanks." At this time, there was an extra message in the mailbox. Lions Bank was robbed. Short and sensational headlines, powerful enough to shake the world, and with a greater urgency than global warming. However, they obviously haven't acted yet, and haven't made a move yet. The two looked at each other. Could it be that they were forgotten by the organization?Her big plan for prosperity has become a big dream in Spring and Autumn. No, it's impossible, they can't abandon her, she is the key to action, no, everyone is the key.This operation required the mobilization of everyone in the organization, and she couldn't be an exception. Could it be that they can't keep up with the whole operation, or are they just small characters covering the operation of the army?She thought over and over again, thinking and thinking, and second after second passed. She thought about many possibilities. "As expected of an organization, even at this last moment, a difficult problem can only be solved by smart people." The handsome man smiled, "Why haven't you figured it out yet?" After he mentioned it like this, she immediately felt enlightened and had a flash of inspiration.Yes, really bold!Perhaps if you cannot see through this difficult problem, you cannot participate in action.Stupid people will not be appreciated and absorbed by the organization at all. The corner of her mouth also raised a smile. That's right, this message is the signal to prepare to launch an attack. Amaterasu immediately regained his energy and prepared to launch a full-scale attack on the holy lion with his comrades.

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