Villain’s Programming - Chapter 226



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Episode 226

Do-jun’s words made Manager Keith look dumbfounded.

‘Is this person really an expert? What took Snowden an hour to solve, how can you solve it in 10, or even 5, minutes?’

Normally, I would have shouted at him, but the people who recommended Dojun were the Minister of National Defense and the Director of the CIA. Keith held back and said.

“Hmm. Representative Hwang.”

“Please feel free to call me Dojun.”

“Yes, Dojun. It’s not that I don’t know your abilities, but this is the country’s business. “It cannot be easily decided based on just one person’s suggestion.”

Dojun nodded.

‘I am a stranger to these people. You’ve only heard stories about my abilities, so it’s probably hard to trust them. Moreover, if this decision goes wrong, it may give Israel an excuse to bomb Iran… .’

Dojun took a step back.

“All right.”

Director Keith said to Snowden:

“Your next strong player is Jackson, right?”

“yes.”

“Bring Jackson.”

Dojun said he was Jackson, so he thought a black man would come, but a sturdy Asian man came.

‘Are you saying you’re not Asian, but Polynesian?’

Looking at his size, you’d think he would play American football, but Jackson quietly sat in front of the computer and began tapping on the keyboard.

I was surprised when I saw Jackson do it.

‘I haven’t even seen what Snowden does, but the hacking method is similar.’

It took no time for Jackson to obtain login permission.

‘Is this really the NSA? ‘It’s not average skill.’

But when we got into packet sniffing, we hit a wall. It took a long time to crack the encryption.

‘This isn’t Jackson’s fault. The level of encryption has improved compared to Snowden. ‘Israel, you’re a terrible joke.’

In the end, even after an hour, Jackson was unable to penetrate Israel’s homepage.

“I’m sorry, Director.”

Jackson, a huge man, had a gloomy expression.

“It’s okay. First, go to your seat. And tell Tyler to come.”

After Jackson left, three more NSA agents came. However, no one was able to penetrate the Israeli homepage.

There was a long silence in the office.

“Snowden, is there anyone who wants to try more?”

Snowden shook his head at Director Keith’s words.

“There are people, but no one has the skills to participate in the testing.”

“okay?”

Director Keith lowered his head. At this rate, only Snowden would be involved in the project.

‘Of course, we will create a webpage and test Israel… . Israel’s 8200 unit will be able to break through.’

That is how superior the capabilities of Israel’s Unit 8200 were judged by the NSA.

‘Is there really no way?’

Director Keith, who was pondering, saw Do-jun looking closely at the monitor.

‘Dojun, that person left a message.’

I wanted to test it out because I had heard stories and there was a cyber war between Korea and Japan, but I didn’t like the conditions that Dojun put forward.

‘Right now, even if we lose, we can put one Snowden into the project. However, if the bet goes wrong according to Dojun’s conditions, the United States will not be able to join the project at all.’

Then, Israel would launch a hacking operation alone and report that it had failed.

‘That’s not allowed!’

But staying like this didn’t make any difference.

‘Even if one Snowden joins, it’s over if other people mess around with the source. ‘You can’t figure it all out on your own.’

It was then. Snowden said to Director Keith, whose expression changed in real time.

“Director, let’s leave it to Do-jun.”

“Dojun? that… “It doesn’t work.”

“I’m alone anyway. Don’t you know that in this situation, even if we proceed with a joint project with Israel’s Unit 8200, it is meaningless? But if Dojun wins, everything turns upside down.”

“But does it make sense for you to crack a website that took an hour to complete in 10 minutes?”

Snowden answered with a shrug.

“Did you know that I was analyzing the Korea-Japan cyber warfare hacking program not long ago?”

“Because of that? Hey Snowden. From what we understand, Dojun had a management role, not development. “The development was done by a young student and a programmer with Dojun.”

Snowden shook his head.

“Could it be that the CIA director brought this in without knowing?”

“… … .”

“I’m sure they were brought here for a reason. Besides, there is no other way, right? “You have to grasp at straws.”

“ha… … .”

Director Keith sighed heavily and said.

“good. “I’ll leave it to Dojun.”

Director Keith called Do-jun and explained the situation. And he called Israel and delivered the bet.

Israel said it would conduct an internal review and agreed to contact us later.

It was about 20 minutes later that I received a call from Israel. Israel received confirmation of the bet several times and accepted Dojun’s proposal.

Director Keith said while looking at Dojun.

“Dojun, now America rests on your shoulders.”

“You don’t have to burden me like that. “This is a game I can win.”

“I don’t know why you’re so confident, but I hope your confidence shows in results.”

“You will see it soon.”

Dojun sat in front of the computer. Behind Dojun stood all the programmers who had attempted the challenge so far.

They discussed the Israeli website and how Dojun would break into it.

“Now, let’s begin.”

Dojun’s hacking has begun.

* * *

“hmm? Nothing special, right? “Are you the same as us?”

As Snowden said, Dojun’s hacking methods were similar to those of other NSA agents.

I followed the address and entered the hidden ‘login window’ on the web page.

Next was packet sniffing.

“uh? “No packet sniffing?”

Snowden, who was behind him, shouted. Jackson next to him frowned.

“What are you doing? log4j? Isn’t that a log system? “Why are you checking that?”

The log system was a system that recorded all system activities.

It records who logged in, what functions they used, and when they disconnected, making it possible to obtain information.

It was clearly important information, but it was also an area far from the core system. So people didn’t pay much attention.

Dojun grinned while listening to the confused voices of people behind him.

‘The basics of hacking are being caught off guard.’

Hacking becomes easier if you target that part, whether it’s a person’s psychology or something unknown.

‘Israel’s defense system is pretty solid. That doesn’t mean the NSA can’t break it, but it takes time. In other words, it cannot be penetrated within an hour using normal methods. But it’s a different story if you use unusual methods.’

Dojun did not attack the system created by Israel’s Unit 8200. Instead, he decided to attack systems created and used externally.

‘I saw Snowden analyzing a website earlier, and it was made using Java. The log system also uses log4j.’

Dojun recalled his past life.

‘There were rumors from Minecraft users in 2021. There was a rumor that you could remotely control a Minecraft server through the game chat window.’

Everyone thought it was ridiculous, but it soon turned out to be true.

Chat records were left in the log, and at this time, a security vulnerability appeared, and hackers took advantage of this and remotely controlled the Minecraft server.

‘After checking, it wasn’t the game that had the problem, but the log4j used by the Minecraft server. When this fact became known, the whole world went into an uproar. Because log4j was the log framework used by almost all websites in 2021.’

This meant that any website in the world could be hacked using this bug.

‘Log4j-related companies immediately released patches, but hackers had already finished hacking major websites. It turns out that hackers have known about and exploited this bug for a long time. ‘I just didn’t spread the word.’

[00:57:32]

Time was decreasing on Dojun’s monitor. Dojun grinned as he looked at the remaining time.

“Let’s try to stop it.”

Dojun ran his program and pressed the ‘Enter’ button.

At that moment, numerous messages were uploaded to Israel’s Unit 8200, and huge log files began to accumulate.

And then something started to appear on Dojun’s computer monitor.

* * *

Sheran Aini smiled brightly as he looked at the completed web page.

“Thank you all for your hard work. “At this rate, we will never be able to break through within an hour.”

Lieutenant Munas nodded.

“you’re right. In particular, the NSA, who are confident in their encryption algorithms, will have a mental breakdown. “The encryption algorithm changes in real time.”

“great job. At this level, we will definitely have the upper hand. By the way, Lieutenant Munas, didn’t you say there was a hacker in the United States you really wanted to see? Doesn’t that mean you can’t pass at this level?”

“If that’s the case… Maybe it will pass.”

Sheran tilted his head and asked.

“Are you that skilled? “Who the hell are you?”

“I don’t know his identity either. “He was once a famous hacker who was active on the deep web, but he stopped being active at some point.”

“however? “How do you know someone like that is at the NSA?”

Munas grinned.

“The last time we exchanged information with the NSA, we happened to find his signature in the code.”

“ah!”

Among hackers, there were people who sometimes left their signatures on hacked sites.

Those hackers sometimes leave signatures in their own programs, and Munas saw them.

“I thought there was no way he could have fallen for this hack if he was still at the NSA. “He is so talented.”

Sheran looked a little serious at Munas’ words.

“If such a great person passes, our plans might go awry.”

“Don’t worry. Don’t you know our skills? “There is very little you can do on a project alone.”

After thinking about it carefully, I realized that what Munas said was correct. Sheran tapped Munas on the shoulder.

“good. “For this matter, Lieutenant Munas, I will only trust you.”

After a while, the attack on American websites began. One person succeeded in the attack with 1 minute left.

“Munas! “It’s pierced!”

Munas, who looked closely at the hacking method, looked excited.

“Maybe that’s him. Don’t worry. “I will never pass after this.”

It was just as Munas said. After the first person passed, no one passed after that.

Company Commander Sheran smiled brightly and praised the crew.

“Thank you all for your hard work! Now let’s discuss how to target American websites!”

But that was then. I received a call from the United States. Company Commander Sheran, who had come to meet with the Mossad director, smiled strangely.

“Why did the director call you?”

“There was a proposal from the United States. If they crack our website in 10 minutes, they ask that they be able to control the number of participants on the US side as they please. Instead, if we can’t break through, they will put all the personnel at our disposal.”

Munas opened his eyes wide and laughed at Sheran’s words. The same was true for other members.

“No, you’re going to break through this in 10 minutes? haha. Isn’t that crazy? Ask them to do it right away. “If we do this, won’t we be able to move completely as we want?”

Sheran responded to Munas’ words with an uneasy expression.

“That’s what I think, but I think the Director’s thoughts are a little different. “If the United States is proposing this much, I wonder if there is some kind of solution.”

“Company commander. Our security is perfect. Besides, if the US had a way, they would have done it a long time ago. Why didn’t they do it until now? “This is bullshit, bullshit.”

“hmm. “I guess so?”

Sheran thought for a moment and said.

“good. “I will report and report that I will accept America’s opinion.”

Sheran returned after reporting to the Mossad director.

Everyone was taking a leisurely rest, thinking that America had been defeated.

But that was then. A company member said.

“The American attack has begun.”

“what? “I’m really doing it”

Everyone appeared in front of the monitor. But after about a minute, Sheran said with relief.

“Is it normal?”

Munas smiled and answered.

“Didn’t I tell you? “It won’t be anything special.”

It was then. One of the company members who were monitoring suddenly shouted.

“Company commander. “Suddenly huge logs started piling up.”

“What about logs? “Is it enough to be a problem?”

“That’s not it.”

Sheran chuckled.

“It looks like they are trying to degrade system performance by leaving a lot of logs, but haven’t we already prepared for that?”

Munas nodded.

“of course. But I’m disappointed. America’s last card is like this. I don’t know who the opponent is, but he looks like an amateur. Well, now we’re going to try packet sniffing, right? “Isn’t that right?”

“It’s strange. “I don’t think they’re trying to sniff packets.”

“okay?”

It was when Munas tilted his head.

The company member spoke urgently.

“uh! DB… “DB has been breached.”

Company Commander Sheran widened his eyes.

“what? How about DB?”

Before the company member could respond, another company member shouted.

“The packet encryption algorithm has been unlocked. “Packet sniffing.”

“crazy! How is that solved? “We probably have the decryption key, right?”

The company member said, his face turning white.

“America… The United States stole the decryption key. “It’s getting into our system and scratching our memory.”

“what?”

Munas could not come to his senses. At this level, it was not remote hacking, but hacking right next to you.

‘what. ‘What’s going on?’

Munas sat down and checked what the problem was. But he couldn’t.

“what? “Why is this like this?”

A company member said.

“The system has been taken over. All access rights have been suspended.”

“what?”

That wasn’t all.

“Company commander. “The server source is being modified remotely.”

The faces of Company Commander Sheran and Munas turned pale.

They could not access the system, and even the source code was being modified.

That’s because the entire system itself was taken over.

“uh… how? Where on earth did it break through? “Who on earth is doing this!”

Munas shouted for the first time since enlisting.

It was then. A sentence was written on the webpage that everyone was looking at.