Wall Street, the name of a street in southern Manhattan, is less than a mile long and only 11 meters wide. It is the seat of some of the major financial institutions of the United States.
Lined with old skyscrapers, this street is home to financial institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank, as well as the headquarters of large companies such as banks, insurance, railways, and shipping established by large consortiums such as Rockefeller, Morgan, and DuPont. The place where investment is highly concentrated is the financial center of the United States.
The daily trading volume of the Wall Street market reaches 13 trillion US dollars. What kind of concept is this? Which countries, institutions and individuals do this money belong to, and who is manipulating this money? It can be said that this place is a barometer of the global economy and the reins for the US federal government to control the lifeblood of the global economy.
Affected by the press conference of Shining Star Group, the overall trend of the Wall Street stock market is the same as yesterday, which is still a downward trend.
In the stock market, countless investors stared eagerly at the market, hoping that the index would improve. During this period, they suffered heavy losses. First, Shining Star Group continuously released new products, and then alien species invaded, causing huge economic damage. , casualties, and then came the political conflict between China and the United States. The financial crisis swept the world. Under the successive blows, the global economy fell into a downturn. The Wall Street stock market returned to before liberation overnight. Compared with its peak, the overall market value fell. 35%.
However, the problem did not end there. With the launch of photonic computers and bio-3D printers by Shining Star Group, it suddenly overturned the electronics field, industrial manufacturing field, and the most important industry in human society.
Suddenly, global stock markets were once again in a state of collapse.
"What's going on? No one is trading?"
"What happened again? Why doesn't the index move?"
"That's wrong! My order has been submitted! Why is there no response?"
"Something is wrong..."
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The big screen kept beating and the numbers suddenly stopped. The investors in the hall suddenly panicked, their expressions changed drastically, and they started shouting.
"Tesla is sold 1.5 points below the market price, 50,000 lots, who wants to take over?"
"Qualcomm was sold 3 points below the market price, 30,000 lots."
"Diodes is 11% lower than the market price. Buy 100,000 lots. Who has it?"
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Panic spread in the trading floor, as if returning to the era before computers, panicked overdrafters shouted excitedly, seeking trading partners.
Computers play an irreplaceable role in stock trading. Once there is a systemic collapse, it will be catastrophic.
Since the emergence of stock trading, the transaction price was written in chalk on a large blackboard, and new prices were erased or filled in. Traders made changes by asking and shouting. With the development of computers, the number of stocks, transactions Way, kind, get huge prosperity.
Once we returned to before liberation, all the investors on the scene were suddenly anxious. The number of stocks now is thousands of times greater than that in the 18th and 19th centuries. This primitive trading method simply cannot work.
Richard, the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, learned of the situation and his expression suddenly changed.
Richard's eyes widened and he asked the technical director, Dals, anxiously: "Why? Why did this problem occur? What is the situation now? Has it been found out?"
With a "swish", cold sweat broke out from Dals' forehead. The situation was very strange. The network link was normal and the data exchange was normal. However, the data displayed on the big screen now seemed to be pressed by a hand. Moreover, it was not just external. The displayed data is the same as the transaction data of the internal operating system. A powerful data force "freezes" all transactions.
"BOSS, our server seems to have been infected by an 'unknown virus', and now all data has stopped moving." Technology CEO Dals' face turned pale and he quickly explained.
"Unknown virus, how is that possible! Our security system is an independent design of CyberArk, how could there be a virus?" Richard's face turned pale and he asked in disbelief.
In order to maintain the stability of the trading system, the New York Stock Exchange has paid a huge price for this and has done a lot of work in computer security, data security, special server systems, and cloud data storage backup. Technical failures have paralyzed the entire market. The situation is very rare.
"BOSS, this virus is very powerful. Our backup server seems to be infected as well." Technical CEO Dals looked at Richard with a troubled face and reported the report anxiously.
"What? There is also a problem with the backup server? When will it be restored?" Richard's face darkened and he asked.
"This, this..." Dals looked confused and didn't know how to answer.
"Tell me! What's going on?" Richard looked at Dals and asked angrily.
Facing Richard's cannibalistic gaze, Dals braced himself and explained: "BOSS, I can't find the cause of this situation now, so I can't determine the recovery time of the trading system."
"What!" Richard was dumbfounded. With a "pop" sound, he jumped up on the chair angrily.
"Can't determine the recovery time? Do you want the exchange to suspend trading for an indefinite period?" Richard glared at Dals and roared.
"BOSS, the current situation is beyond my technical scope. I need technical support and top computer experts!" Dals looked at Richard with a look of despair and said helplessly.
Hearing this, Richard's face was full of anger and helplessness. Dals had said so, what else could he do besides providing support.
"You go out first! I will find someone for you. I want to report this matter to the president first." Richard angrily scolded Dals.
After hearing this, Dals fled from Richard's office as if he had been granted amnesty.
No coincidence.
When the New York Stock Exchange suspended trading, major U.S. airlines experienced major failures in their flight systems.
Passengers waiting to board their flights at major airports across the United States received the unfortunate news that all flights were temporarily suspended indefinitely.
At United Airlines, headquartered in Chicago, the bosses gathered in the server room and stared at the computer screens with the computer experts, collectively staring blankly.
"BOSS, our flight control system has been invaded by an unknown virus. The intrusion method is very scary, and we can't find a way to crack it at the moment."
"Yes! The service system reset did not work, the designated flight data was fixed, and the backup server was infected as soon as it was started. Fortunately, the data in the flight command system can run normally, otherwise we would be in big trouble."
"This situation is so weird! I don't know how it did it, BOSS. I suspect it is a 'virus weapon' developed by China."
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Computer experts were helpless in the face of the current situation, and reported the results of their research with helpless expressions.
Listening to the technical experts, you and I, describing their helplessness in dealing with the predicament at hand, the faces of the supervisors and leaders all changed.
"This problem is so serious that it must be reported to the White House immediately."
At the thought that aviation operations across the United States would be suspended indefinitely, the leaders in charge changed their expressions.
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Washington - White House, after hanging up the phone call from Zhou Xing, Federal President Rirus was still angry.
The reason why the situation of the United States Federation has become so difficult is caused by Zhou Xing alone. He is the culprit. Now, he is arrogantly threatening a president, which is simply lawless.
If Zhou Xing can be captured alive, he must be tortured severely. The federal president, Rilus, looked fierce and full of anger.
"Da, da" a rush of footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.
I saw Kylena come back and trot into the office with an extremely anxious expression on her face.
"What's going on? General Stone invited here?" President Rilus looked at the panicked Kylena and asked in confusion.
"Mr. President, the general is on his way, but the New York Stock Exchange and the airlines are in big trouble." Kylena looked at President Rilus solemnly and reported the report.
"What's the big trouble?" President Rilus suddenly thought, and a bad premonition came to his mind.
"The New York Stock Exchange was invaded by an unknown virus, causing a system failure and unable to conduct stock trading. Similarly, the flight control systems of all domestic airlines were invaded by an unknown virus, causing all flights across the country to be unable to take off normally. Relevant technical experts unanimously judged that this problem It cannot be solved in a short time." Kylena looked at President Rilus' introduction and handed over a report document after speaking.
Hearing this, President Rilus turned pale, took the document and started flipping it quickly.
"It's him, it must be him, damn bastard, FK, FK..." Rilus was halfway through reading the presidential document when he suddenly jumped up from his chair and cursed crazily.
Kylena took a few steps back, with a look of horror on her face, watching President Rilus' hysterical rage with fear.
Kylena knew that President Rilus was referring to Zhou Xing, because not long after they ended the call, big trouble occurred at the New York Stock Exchange and the aerospace company.
After venting for a while, President Rilus quickly regained his composure. Solving the problem is the most important thing now.
"Is General Stone here? Tell him to come quickly." President Rilus looked at Kylena and urged.
"Understood, I'll urge him." Kylena nodded in agreement, turned around and left impatiently.
President Rilus sat on the chair and closed his eyes tiredly. The troubles encountered by the New York Stock Exchange and the aerospace company scared him. Since Zhou Xing can invade so many places at the same time through the network, then he invaded the Ministry of Defense and the Security Bureau. , electric power company... I'm afraid it's not that difficult!
what to do
How to deal with this kind of enemy that is impossible to kill or defeat, but very deadly
Federal President Rilus is unprecedentedly powerless.
"Mr. President, the general is here." Kylena led General Stone into the office.
"Well!" President Rilus opened his eyes, looked at General Ston with a solemn face, and asked, "General, you know everything, right?"
"Well, Miss Kylena told me that there are problems with the New York Stock Exchange and the airlines." General Ston nodded.
"Well, before they had problems, I had a conversation with Zhou Xingtong, and he asked us to stop our actions against him." President Rilus introduced.
Hearing this, General Ston's expression changed: "How is it possible? My action plan has just been launched... How did he do it and invade so many of our institutions at once?"
"I don't know! But he did it!" President Rilus looked at General Ston with a complex expression and ordered: "Stop the operation and let them evacuate immediately."
"Understood, Mr. President." General Stone's face darkened and he nodded helplessly.
Zhou Xing was informed of this operation in advance, and there was no chance of success. If he was angered again, and based on the strength of his counterattack, they would always suffer.
"General, our weaknesses have been completely exposed to the enemy's guns. The first priority now is to solve the problem of defense." President Rilus looked at General Stone solemnly and reminded.
General Ston nodded, his face turning gloomy.
The New York Stock Exchange is the economic lifeline of the Federation, and shipping and transportation are the wings of the Federation. Since Zhou Xing can easily break through these two fields, similarly, the defense power of national power, national network... and other important facilities are nothing. He wants to It comes as it comes and leaves as it comes. There is no way to resist it.
Since the birth of the Internet, it has continued to subvert human society. In the Internet era, the ubiquitous network has infiltrated into every aspect of human work and life. In shopping malls, restaurants, buses... wherever there are people, there is the Internet. Its existence has penetrated into all fields of human social activities.
The impact of the Internet on human society is everywhere. If there is a problem with the national Internet network, the losses suffered in the e-commerce field alone will be as high as 8 billion US dollars per day. If this scope is extended to other fields, this number will be a shocking number. , the country's comprehensive national strength may regress to the 1960s and 1970s of the last century.
The problem of Internet security is too deadly, and we must not allow "enemies" to invade so easily.
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In Anyang, Tang's Villa, four robbers who were waiting for their prey suddenly received an order not to harm the hostages and to retreat urgently.
They did not hesitate and evacuated Tang's Villa decisively.
Shining Star Group Headquarters and Laboratory.
Zhou Xiaozhi excitedly reported to Zhou Xinghui: "Boss, they withdrew, I found them."
"Very good, remove the network blockade over there." Zhou Xing nodded with satisfaction and ordered to Zhou Xiaozhi.
"Okay, boss!" Zhou Xiaozhi nodded in agreement.
After a pause, Zhou Xiaozhi reminded Zhou Xing: "Boss, they got on the bus, are you still following them?"
Zhou Xing glanced at the holographic screen and ordered: "Trapped them, handed them over to the state, arranged a convoy, and I'll go to Anyang."
"Okay, boss!" Zhou Xiaozhi readily agreed.
In the sky near Tang's Villa, two Shadow Dancers that had just taken off suddenly stopped midway.
"What's going on? Why doesn't the car move?"
"No, we were exposed. This car is a product of the Shining Star Group."
"Fake, damn Shining Star Group, actually left a back door in the car."
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Four battle-hardened soldiers were cursing in the car, trapped inside the car and helpless. They were now a hundred meters in the air, and they couldn't escape even if they smashed the car door.