An hour and a half later, Lotte Mart in Myeongdong, Gu Cheng found the barbecue restaurant where Cherry was asked.

He was 15 minutes late - mainly because it took too much time to take a shower and change clothes before going out.

It is not easy to regain a haggard and decadent man.

Fortunately, Cherry didn't mind these things, she knew Gu Cheng was busy.

The cherries look a little more refined than when they met last week.

Obviously, because this time was the date she took the initiative to choose, she could dress up and put on makeup "for a long time".

Gu Cheng praised out of courtesy: "It's very beautiful."

"Where is old, it can't be compared with college." Cherry was humble, but his expression was very honest, and a smile appeared.

Perhaps because he realized that he was too proud, Cherry deliberated and pretended to look around to see the scenery.

The waitress who served the food promptly relieved her and brought her seven bowls and eight plates of meat slices.

The cherry rolled up their sleeves, skillfully spread the two plates of base pork belly and fat beef on an iron plate with a clip, and baked them out of oil. Then add purely fine beef rib slices, and then grilled them into Gu Cheng's plate for more than ten seconds.

Gu Cheng felt a little uncomfortable: "I just put it down... can I eat it now?"

“The beef ribs in this restaurant are the freshest, so you can eat them raw.”

Gu Cheng smiled bitterly, unable to bear to resist the other party's kindness, so he ate the slices of meat in a few bites. After siping, he felt that it was really good and there was no fishy blood.

The main reason for gastrointestinal discomfort in raw beef is raw butter; so as long as the meat is absolutely fresh and does not contain butter, it doesn’t matter.

And I believe in the professional ethics of a high-end Dongyi Barbecue Shop.

"Sister Che, don't just pick it up for me, you can eat it yourself." Gu Cheng said, pouring wine for the cherries while carefully speaking, "I want to ask you something, since your company is an online game, do you have any resources involved in network security services? For example, those who study anti-theft account."

The cherry held the wine glass and thought about it carefully:

"I have only been two years since I graduated. When I first started working in 1998, there were basically no accounts stolen online games on the market; occasionally, it was the players who did not keep their username and password. However, since the second half of last year, the number of accounts stolen has increased. It is said that it is related to some account thieves hiring viruses.

Our company is small in size and cannot afford the network security team. This aspect is all for third-party consultants. Those people have mixed identities, some of which are hackers themselves and know a little about botnets. They can help us analyze in reverse and make some disposal plans."

Gu Cheng pretended to listen as if nothing had happened. In fact, he was already very excited.

Even the hands holding the wine glass were shaking slightly, and the edges of the glass clattered on their teeth while drinking.

Everything was as he thought!

Before leaving, this is the reason why he accepted the invitation from cherries.

"The first stage of the development and growth of botnets was due to the need for DDOS attacks. However, in the 2000 environment, it was not necessary to use many computers to launch DDOS, so the Chinese hackers who mainly engaged in this kind of business would lose the motivation to further expand their scale after their botnets were infected with a certain number.

The second stage of the development and growth of botnets in history is precisely because of the demand for online game account stealing! Account thieves can only constantly infect new computers, record keyboard operation records and behavioral habits from online game users' computers, and then continue to steal more game accounts and then sell equipment to make money."

(Note: To completely complete the "account theft", it is not enough to have a botnet alone, and you have to further hang a Trojan. The botnet only has the effect of early monitoring and investigation. The specific technical details are too cumbersome, so the book will not be expanded for compactness, and the textual habit will be eliminated.)

These are the joints that Gu Cheng thought through when the cherry phone called in!

However, some people may ask: Since you have figured out the second most powerful botnet, why don’t you return to China to find a large-scale robber botnet owner? Do you have to stay in Dongyi to solve this resource?

There is really no other answer to this question.

The reason is very simple: in China in 2000, the online game market was not huge enough.

This does not mean that there were no popular online games in China in 2000 - Stone Age, Net3, and King of Ten Thousand Kings. These games have been operated in China, and there are at least hundreds of thousands of players each.

However, these online games are not enough to support the business model of "after the account in the game is stolen, the equipment can be sold for RMB", so China has not yet grown into the industrial chain of "professional account thieves".

In Chinese history, the first game to make a profession of account thieves was "Legend".

"The ruling for RMB 300 is charged, and the amount is charged as much as you want."

"Xiaoyao fan 8,000, dragon-slaying sword 30,000."

These slogans have given the economic motivation of account thieves to take account thieves as their business. The ultimate goal of professional account thieves is to cash out the equipment stolen in the game and exchange it for RMB, rather than just pretending to be in the game.

Now, the online game version of "Legend" is still lying in the code library of WE-MADE, waiting for Gu Cheng to buy it.

The equipment in other online games is not enough to have the "hard currency" attribute as strong as the RMB.

Therefore, there are no people in China who are professions with game accounts, and there is no large-scale botnet resources.

Gu Cheng must look for him in Dongyi.

On average, the Dongyi people made efforts several years earlier than China in the Internet industry.

At this critical moment in 2000, several masterpieces such as "Paradise" in Dongyi have formed the scale of hundreds of thousands of players, and have formed a market for "real world currency trading virtual equipment in the game".

The formation of this market is the prerequisite for the emergence of professional account thieves.

Professional account thieves are the prerequisite for the emergence of large-scale botnets.

Linked together and fit tightly.

Of course, Gu Cheng doesn't need to cooperate with the account thief.

Everything has offense and defense. Sometimes, in order to prevent account thieves, game companies will take the initiative to cooperate with some hackers engaged in security consultants. In order to study peers or simply obtain data on industry behavior patterns, these hackers also have to maintain botnets.

It’s like being a master of “Panda Burning Incense”, and immediately becoming a leader of an antivirus software company after being captured.

The talents of police and gangsters are often the same.

...

Gu Cheng seemed to have thought so much, but in fact he had only been a little distracted for a few minutes.

The two of them ate three or four plates of meat and grilled several plates of vegetables. Gu Cheng's conversation finally reached the moment when the picture was exhausted.

"Sister Che, can you help me introduce one or two anti-theft network security consultants you are familiar with - I mean the kind of insider who knows botnets by yourself."

"Ah? Do you need to know someone like this? What should you do?"

Che Chiezi was puzzled: "Is it because he was considering the security needs of the future online game operation? It was still early and the game was not available, so I thought about that kind of demand first. Isn't it too early to prepare for it?"

At the same time, Gu Cheng also struggled and thought in his heart: "Sister Che is just a matchmaker, so don't tell her the truth, otherwise this idea will definitely leak..."

After all, the relationship between the two is not very deep.

Finally, Gu Cheng lied calmly: "It's okay, I just have a little personal grudge. I need to find someone who can take DDOS attacks like this - anyone has a hidden secret."

His expression showed no flaws.

"That's it... I do know someone." Cherry Cherry did not doubt that he was. After thinking about it carefully, he said, "That was a senior I met when I was studying at Sungkyunkwan University. He was very talented. After graduation, he worked at E-SofNet for more than a year and was in charge of anti-theft account development. Later, I was in trouble, and my family was in high expenses. I left the company to take on private jobs by myself. When our company was doing anti-theft account evaluation, it outsourced it to her."

The description of the cherry made the last stone in Gu Cheng's heart fall to the ground.

"I'm looking for this kind of person-I don't know, will you introduce me when will it be convenient for you to introduce me?"

"So urgent? Then...you can finish your meal."

The cherry bit her lip. She originally wanted to buy things with Gu Cheng with her this afternoon.

There is a handsome and handsome guy who is shopping with him. No matter how you look at it, he is very heartwarming and vain.

Gu Cheng's eyes were quite clear, and he could see the hesitation of the cherry.

Now that he is employed, he naturally has to do everything possible to stabilize the other party.

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry. If you have other arrangements, don't force it."

Cherry's face turned red: "Then... I originally wanted to come shopping today to buy two pairs of shoes-"

Gu Cheng smiled generously and said, "How long can I use it for buying shoes? If you don't dislike it, I will help you carry things - as long as your boyfriend is not angry."

"They don't have a boyfriend."

Cherry Cypriot knew that Gu Cheng was still a little anxious, so he didn't control him. After dinner, he called her senior sister and confirmed that the other party was at home and made an appointment. Then he pulled Gu Cheng to go shopping at Lotte Mart for a while and bought a pair of high heels.

Gu Cheng helped her carry the things, and the two of them took the subway to the senior sister of Cheerry.

...

The senior sister Chezi lives on Zhongwu Road, with a rather shabby penthouse.

In Gu Cheng's impression, creatures like "hackers" must be alone, and it is normal for the residence to be "unwritten".

When he arrived at the place and opened the door, the scene inside was quite beyond his expectations.

It turned out that a whole family was crowded in a small apartment of more than 60 square meters, with a total of five people.

The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman in her forties.

The cherry seemed to be very familiar with the other party and said hello intimately.

"Hello Aunt Liu, I'll bring a friend and talk to Sister Ying about something."

"Little car, your boyfriend? You really have vision." The gossip attributes of middle-aged women were immediately bursting out.

"Auntie, you misunderstood. Sister Che and I are just business friends." Gu Cheng quickly explained politely.

"So... come in, Ah Hui is staying in the inner room."
Chapter completed!