I Can Meet with Dead Scientists-Chapter 328 - 193: Collaboration Between 2 Top Elite Academies (6.6K)_2

Some high-IQ hackers immediately thought of a saying:

"Make a feint to the east but attack in the west."

This is also a common tactic in the hacker world; they give you a target to distract you while secretly transmitting data.

And so.

The unlucky ones appeared.

Actually.

Just like I said before.

The cybersecurity strength of the National Science University is very strong, mostly from the Information Engineering Institute, all with rich experience.

Even though they may be slightly inferior compared to USTC with Wang Qingchen overseeing things, they aren't too far behind.

But the issue is that the current situation is rather unique, a classic example of a planned attack catching them off-guard.

To make matters worse, there weren't many cybersecurity staff on duty late Sunday night, and many top foreign hackers were among the attackers.

How do you hold up against this...?

Huadun Biotech Headquarters.

Inside the server room.

Xu Yun, just coming down from the meeting room, looked at Xiaorong, his expression somewhat peculiar:

"So, the National Science University is taking the fall for us?"

Xiaorong nodded, pointing at the screen:

"Not only that, a lot of students from National Science University are complaining on Weibo. There aren't many late-night topics, you see, it's even trending at number sixteen."

Xu Yun looked over accordingly.

Indeed.

On the Weibo trending list, there was a noticeable topic '#NationalScienceUniversity/NetworkAttack#'.

Xu Yun's expression became even more peculiar.

As a 'Ke Da Person' who has lived through two lifetimes, he indeed holds little personal grudge against the National Science University.

And he certainly doesn't enjoy seeing them make a fool of themselves.

But now that NSU not only got into trouble but unexpectedly took the hit for Huadun Biotech.

This is kind of dramatic...

He then glanced at Xiaorong and asked:

"Brother Rong, can we lend a hand? After all, this incident is essentially collateral damage."

Xiaorong paused momentarily before saying:

"Helping is not hard, after all, both USTC and National Science University use systems provided by the Science Institute, and many data scripts are interconnected."

"In a sense, the two can be considered backups for each other."

"As long as Qingchen helps out, the situation should quickly return to normal—after all, the hackers attacking us are just some peers hired for this, not at the level of a national challenge."

"Moreover, National Science University has a few experts as well; although they were initially caught off guard, I reckon they've more or less figured it out by now."

Indeed.

Just like Xiaorong said.

Right now.

A thousand and thirty kilometers away in Yanjing.

National Science University.

Cybersecurity Center.

Director Xiang Haihua, who hurried to the scene, stood in front of the console, his brows furrowed, listening gravely to Wang Qi's report:

"Director Xiang, the attack started around midnight and five minutes past, with the initial SYN Flood attack."

"A large number of SYN packets were sent in a short time, leading to excessive CPU and memory resource usage within the campus system, disabling it from responding to other operations."

"Subsequently, there was a high-level DDoS attack, generating over 4 million traffic requests within 15 minutes."

"Things were urgent at the time, so I used admin privileges to disconnect the cloud connection, ensuring databases above svt were not compromised, but the student course system was..."

Before Wang Qi could finish, Xiang Haihua patted his shoulder affirmatively:

"Xiaowang, you did a good job on this; there's nothing to blame yourself for. By the way, have we found the source and reason for the attack?"

Wang Qi glanced at the other programmers patching the vulnerabilities, shaking his head:

"Not yet; the attack came extremely suddenly without any warning. We are still in the dark about what's happening now."

"As for the source... We haven't had the spare time to trace back the attacker's IP."

Xiang Haihua paused in thought, nodding subtly:

"I understand."

Then he looked around, seeing only fingers typing away on keyboards and checked shirts.

14.

This number is currently the maximum number of experts gathered at the Cybersecurity Center.

After all, today is a weekend, and it's already approaching 1 AM, considered late night.

Many people's phones have been turned off, making them unreachable.

And what they are up against...

is the largest hacker attack since the founding of National Science University.

Then Xiang Haihua sighed softly and returned to his seat to begin fending off the attack.

Like USTC's Wang Qingchen, he was once a key member of the Red Alliance, with equally strong capabilities.

However, as an excellent graduate from Beiyu, he was recruited by the Information Engineering Institute around 2002 and is relatively low-key.

Yet, even with Xiang Haihua's extraordinary skills, he still felt an immense pressure.

Because he was facing a system that had already been breached.

It was like a city defense battle.

If the city walls are sturdy and the troops strong, the defenders can still manage even if the enemies are fierce—at worst, engage in hand-to-hand combat on the city walls.

But once the walls are blown open by explosives, the difficulty of defense increases several times.

Xiang Haihua is currently facing just such a situation.

And he is dealing with more than just one breach, with holes as big as those in a web novelist's cloth, seven or eight on one side...

Clack, clack, clack—

Xiang Haihua quickly typed on the keyboard, but the enemy's attacks, like waves, came one after another, never ceasing.

A massive amount of data merged into a thick and hard spear, frantically stabbing at those holes, frequently changing angles.

For instance, one of the attacks he just intercepted.