Villain’s Programming - Chapter 229



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Episode 229: Wiretapping

Dojun saw Snowden looking at him with surprised eyes.

Dojun looked a little scared and wondered if he might be too impatient, but he made up his mind.

‘I can’t take any more time.’

Although the date has not yet been confirmed, an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is imminent. Before that, I had to complete this project. To do that, he needed to know why Snowden had evil intentions toward him.

“What is this? “Let go!”

Snowden struggled, but he could not overcome Dojun, who had been trained through exercise. Dojun said softly.

“Snowden.”

“Let go now! “Otherwise I’ll scream!”

Dojun said, looking straight into Snowden’s eyes.

“prism.”

At every word Dojun said, Snowden’s eyes widened as if torn.

“uh… how. “That.”

“If you scream any further, here you are screaming that Snowden said something about Prism.”

The Prism Project was a project in which the United States hacked the world and collected information.

Of course it was top secret, and only a few people knew.

Snowden looked at Dojun with a surprised expression and asked.

“You were sent by the CIA? “It was sent by the CIA director to monitor me.”

As he said those words, Snowden tried to get away from Do-jun by exerting all his strength this time. But Dojun didn’t budge.

Snowden was exhausted and exhausted.

“Damn it, I was so careful, but apparently Tommy didn’t notice, so how did he find out? Was it really that time? “The day Israel came?”

“What do you mean?”

It was then. A man came out from the front door of the NSA building and shouted loudly at Do-jun.

“Dojun! “What are you doing there?”

He was Director Keith. Dojun quickly released his grip on Snowden’s shoulder and shouted.

“We were talking.

“okay? “So, can we talk in my office for a moment after we’re done?”

“yes. “I’ll be there soon.”

At Dojun’s words, Director Keys turned around and entered the NSA building.

“what? Why didn’t you take me to Director Keith? “If you catch me, you’ll get a big reward, right?”

Dojun shook his head.

“I didn’t come to get you. “Do you want to talk to me?”

“What conversation?”

Dojun shook his head as he looked at Snowden, who was very excited.

“Conversation must be difficult now. But know one thing. I am not your enemy. “No matter what you do.”

Dojun said those words and turned around. It was then. This time, Snowden grabbed Dojun’s shoulder.

“How can you believe that?”

Dojun shrugged his shoulders. With that movement, Snowden’s hand holding his shoulder loosened.

Dojun thought Snowden was weak. But that was something Snowden induced.

Snowden’s hand came down and grazed Dojun’s waist. A black button stuck to Dojun’s pants.

It was a button that was so natural that neither Dojun nor anyone else would think anything strange about it.

“Snowden, if you don’t want to believe it, you can leave the NSA and run away right now.”

Dojun said those words and entered the NSA. Snowden looked at Dojun’s back with strange eyes.

“No matter how you look at it, I don’t think you were an agent. Looking at his movements, it looks like he was trained somewhere. “But how do you know about the Prism Project?”

Snowden looked ordinary, but he was a former CIA agent and current NSA agent. He had a different perspective from ordinary people.

Snowden drove away from the NSA. Snowden parked his car at a nearby restaurant and took a listening device out of the trunk.

“Dojun, I need to check now whether what you say is right or not.”

Snowden’s eyes shined sharper than ever.

* * *

“okay. What is life like at the NSA? “Is there anything uncomfortable?”

Dojun sat down on the sofa and responded to Director Keith’s words.

“yes. “Everyone treats me so kindly that I feel at home.”

Director Keith chuckled.

“Conveniently, I know how uncomfortable the safe house you are living in is because I have lived there myself.”

Dojun was staying in a safe house operated by the NSA. This was because Dojun was a civilian, not an agent.

The reason was nominally to protect Do-jun, but in reality, the reason was bigger for Do-jun to forbid contact with the outside world.

“The bed is nice, so what’s the inconvenience in having food served? In addition, you can make phone calls as much as you like and go out and back freely. what. “It doesn’t seem any different from usual.”

“Well, I feel at ease when you at least say that. But weren’t you talking to someone a little while ago? “Did I interrupt you?”

Dojun’s eyes lit up.

‘You’re such a talented snake. You probably know better than anyone that it was Snowden I was talking about. ‘Are you looking at me?’

“It was Snowden.”

“Snowden?”

“yes. I became close with Jackson, but I don’t think I talked much about Snowden. “I asked if we could have a beer together later.”

“Well, Snowden doesn’t say much these days. “I wasn’t that kind of friend to begin with.”

“Did you always have an active personality?”

Director Keith asked with a smile on his face for a moment.

“then! “He was kind to everyone and loved to help people.”

“But it’s been quiet these days? “Did I do something wrong?”

“no. I think it’s because of the confrontation with Israel. Before you came, Snowden was the most powerful person in both the CIA and NSA. But then you appeared and destroyed Israel in his stead… … .”

“You must have been very disappointed.”

“Okay, maybe I need a beer like you said. “I’ll try to find a place for you later.”

Dojun posted and said that he bowed his head in the Korean style.

“please. “By the way, did you call me because of your conversation with Snowden?”

At Do-jun’s words, Director Keys ‘hmm’ and then asked cautiously.

“That’s it. That log4j bug. “Did you report that to the production company?”

“ah. no! I forgot about that. “I will go today and deliver it right away.”

It wasn’t. The day after Dojun’s confrontation with Israel, he immediately informed all companies he had ties with to use a different log system instead of log4j.

However, I was told not to inform the log4j manufacturer.

‘The director at that time was strange. It’s as if you can’t force me to say anything.’

“Look, Dojun. Can you bear with that for a moment? “The NSA will report bugs directly to the production company.”

“yes? Directly? When are you going to tell me?”

“It’s been a month.”

In fact, the log4j bug was revealed in 2021.

Since this was a bug that would be revealed over 10 years later, announcing it a month or so late was not going to be a big deal.

‘But history has already changed. ‘I don’t know what will happen if I delay it any longer.’

“why… is it?”

“We are using that bug to obtain more information about terrorists. As you know, the Patriot Act was enacted in the United States after the September 11 terrorist attacks.”

The Patriot Act was something Dojun remembered seeing on the news.

‘It was the so-called anti-terrorism law. Act to Unite and Strengthen America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Block and Disrupt Terrorism. Frankly speaking, it’s not just about providing the right tools, it’s actually a law that legalizes surveillance of all means of communication and data. ‘Human rights were something to eat with rice.’

When Dojun thought of the Patriot Act, he thought of a person related to this law.

‘And this law will eventually disappear. It’s because of Snowden.’

“I understand why. I will think about it until tomorrow and then tell you. However, as you know, it is a very serious bug, so there is room for abuse.”

“I know. But America will do anything to protect itself. I’m not asking you to keep it from being known forever. Just one month. “Please give me a one month delay.”

“… “I’ll think about it.”

Dojun bowed his head and left the office.

As Do-Jun returned home, he seemed to hear Director Keith’s voice saying, ‘America will do anything to protect its country.’

‘It’s not that I don’t understand, but isn’t that kind of thinking ultimately what drove Snowden to the edge?’

Dojun felt frustrated because he felt like he had seen the dark side of America.

“Eight. “Let’s finish this job quickly and go see Sally.”

Dojun missed Sally very much today.

* * *

Dojun went to the parking lot, got into his car and started the engine.

– Vroom.

The car’s light came on and just as I was changing gears, a copycat appeared in front of me.

[Meow!]

‘huh? ‘You showed up even though there were no computers nearby?’

My gloomy mood improved when I saw Copycat.

Dojun reached out and petted the copycat. Then the copycat jumped up, moved to the passenger seat, looked at Dojun’s waist and started hitting somewhere with his front paw.

‘Hey, why are you like this?’

Dojun tilted his head at the copycat’s behavior, which he had never done before.

‘Why do you keep hitting my back? Is there anything delicious in your waist? No, copycats don’t eat anything other than programs, right?’

Feeling strange, Dojun lowered his head and looked at the place where the copycat was hitting with its front paw. It was at the back of the pants, and it had a button on it.

‘uh? Was there a button?’

It wasn’t strange because the button was originally on the back pocket of the pants, but there was something a little strange about its location.

‘There were two instead of one? Besides, this one isn’t sewn, right?’

Dojun took off the button. The buttons were not sewn with thread, but attached like stickers.

At that moment, Dojun’s eyes twitched.

‘no way? Listening devices?’

After working at the NSA for a week, I got to see all sorts of devices, and the wiretapping device was one of them.

‘When did this stick?’

I changed my pants in the morning, but this button was missing at that time.

‘no way? During the meeting with Director Keith?’

I suspected something, but I wasn’t sure.

‘what? ‘Who’s eavesdropping on me?’

Dojun’s heart was pounding, but he calmed down. Dojun acted as normal as possible.

Dojun turned up the radio loudly and immediately went to his dorm. Dojun moved to the living room and immediately turned on his laptop.

This laptop was the one that Dojun brought from Korea, and it was equipped with various anti-hacking systems.

‘Of course, network packets are being intercepted.’

I felt like I was in the NSA again.

‘Anyway, I can’t keep wearing a listening device, right? Other than that, you can’t know who is eavesdropping.’

Dojun really wanted to know who was eavesdropping on him.

A real NSA agent would dismantle this wiretapping device or use it to track the other person’s location, but Do-jun was not an agent.

‘for a moment? ‘Isn’t copycat possible?’

Dojun spoke to Copycat in his heart.

‘Copycat. Can you tell me where this listening device is being sent?’

Dojun asked with great anticipation, but Copycat shook his head.

‘ah! You said that eavesdropping devices emit radio waves or frequencies. Well, since it’s not digital data, copycats won’t be able to track it.’

Dojun felt sorry. But he couldn’t back down like this.

‘Let’s change our minds. Someone is eavesdropping on me. why? ‘Because I have information you want to hear.’

For a moment, Dojun’s eyes sparkled.

‘sound! information! Then, there is a high possibility that someone is listening to the sounds I make in real time!’

Dojun immediately played classical music loudly on his computer.

‘I may not be able to trace back a listening device, but I have other abilities.’

Dojun turned on the messenger that only the NSA uses.

‘If there is a place that is eavesdropping on me now, it must be Israel or the United States. But Israel is physically too far away. Then, only America remains. If so, it’s most likely one of the NSA agents.’

Dojun first sent a messenger to Director Keith, who was the most suspicious.

[Dojun: Director. I thought about what you said earlier, and I will respond by tomorrow.]

[Director Keith: I understand. I’m hoping for a good answer.]

The moment the answer came, I called Dojun’s copycat.

‘Copycat!’

[Meow!]

The copycat said that and moved along with the messenger.

In an instant, Dojun’s vision changed before his eyes. It turned into light everywhere, moved somewhere, and then stopped. But nothing was seen. It was dark.

Dojun thought he would be able to see something with the laptop’s camera like before. But Director Keith’s computer didn’t seem to have a camera running.

‘But you can’t give up. Copycat, turn on the phone recorder and transfer from file copy.’

After a while, following Dojun’s command, a file was sent to Dojun’s laptop. Dojun immediately turned on the audio file.

‘Isn’t it Director Keith?’

In the audio file, only the noise coming from the office and Director Keith’s voice sighing were heard.

Dojun immediately sent a message to the next person. It was Jackson. But neither was Jackson.

I could only hear Jackson eating or talking to his family.

‘phew… then. Who’s left now? ‘Is it Snowden?’

Snowden talked to himself until the very end and thought it was the most unlikely. He didn’t think he had time to install a listening device.

‘Still, I’ll give it a try.’

[Dojun: Snowden, how about a beer? Shall we talk more about it earlier?]

[Snowden: I have nothing more to say.]

There was no sound in the audio file that Copycat delivered. The only sound was Snowden’s breathing.

However, Snowden’s face appeared before Dojun’s eyes.

Snowden happened to be using a laptop. The laptop camera showed Snowden wearing a headset.

‘headset? What are you listening to? Go into the copycat headset and send me the audio file.’

[Meow!]

After a while, Copycat sent me a voice file. Dojun clicked right away.

‘oh my god!’

Dojun’s ‘Classical’ was playing in the audio file.

‘It was you! Snowden!’

The culprit was caught, but Do-jun became confused.

‘why? Are you eavesdropping on me? Could it be because of the prism I mentioned earlier? Or is there another reason?’

Dojun, who was thinking about it, got up from his seat.

‘I guess I’ll have to meet him in person and ask him.’

After finding out Snowden’s home address through copycat, Do-jun immediately got in the car and went there.

Snowden lived in a two-story house in Baltimore. Dojun parked his car nearby and looked up in front of the Snowden house.

But that was then.

– Boom!

There was the sound of something falling.

Dojun was startled by the sudden loud noise and quickly hid himself.

‘what?’

Dojun looked around. Then he discovered CCTV near Snowden’s house.

‘Snowden saw me through a camera. Then, what was the sound a moment ago?’

Dojun suddenly got up and looked at the place where the sound came from. Snowden’s back was visible there.

‘Damn it! He must have jumped from the second floor!’

I looked ahead and saw Snowden running away. Dojun became impatient and started running after Snowden.