Villain’s Programming - Chapter 256



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Episode 256: Ma Huateng’s Email

The ‘worm virus’ that Dojun planted in the document was not a normal virus. It was a virus with special functions added.

‘The general public may not know this, but among computer viruses, there is something called ransomware.’

Ransomware is a virus that encrypts specific files and makes them unusable until they are decrypted.

Because of these encryption characteristics, ransomware is mainly used to extort money from victims by threatening them.

‘But this encryption thing is something that can be decrypted in the end. Instead of giving in to threats and paying money, people found experts who could decrypt the password for them. That’s why ransomware died down for a while. But at some point, everything changed completely. It was because of Bitcoin.’

Bitcoin was a coin system based on an encryption technique that no one else could decipher. However, ransomware began to copy this encryption technique.

‘Since Bitcoin encryption techniques are used on top of existing encryption techniques, no one can decrypt it. But that’s for the future. There is no ransomware that follows Bitcoin encryption techniques yet.’

Dojun chuckled.

‘You dare steal our company files? Where? Get a taste of the new ransomware.’

What Do-jun planted in Kim Joo-yeon’s document was a more advanced ransomware than the virus used in the Iran hack.

‘This should be enough to confuse Baekcent.’

But Dojun was not satisfied.

It reminded me of a dream I had in which I saw China stealing AI data.

‘There is still a 20-year time difference, but both are AI data. Why did they want to take this?’

The thought was short, because I knew where the answer was.

The timing was right, because they had already taken the hacking program inside Baeksent themselves.

‘Ma Huateng’s email. The answer will be there.’

Dojun manipulated the hacking program and then gave orders.

– START.

It was just one line of command, but its impact shook China.

* * *

Ma Huateng took Kevin’s call and looked serious.

‘Kim Joo-yeon is dead? This is driving me crazy. So, does that mean I failed to follow their orders?’

Ma Huateng spent each day in fear, worried that he might be abandoned like Zhang Linfeng.

However, no separate lucky letter arrived.

‘I’m going crazy. I’m getting anxious because you’re not coming.’

Ma Huateng looked at the lucky letter again and tilted his head.

‘Wait a minute, the email they sent didn’t say anything about her life or death. It just said to go to Fukushima. Could it be that their real goal was to kill Kim Joo-yeon?’

At that moment, Ma Huateng felt goosebumps.

‘Then they even predicted that a major earthquake would hit Japan, right? That’s why they sent us to Fukushima. By any chance… did they cause the explosion of the Fukushima power plant?’

Ma Huateng couldn’t fathom their abilities, but at the same time, he had doubts.

‘Why did you go to such trouble to kill that one woman? There are many ways to kill her.’

No matter how much he thought about it, Ma Huateng couldn’t figure out the intention of the ‘Lucky Letter’.

‘Eight. Let’s stop thinking about it. No matter how much I think about it, I can’t come to a conclusion.’

I’ve been wondering about their identity for years, but I just couldn’t figure it out.

Instead, Ma Huateng focused on the current problem.

‘Fortunately, we were able to comply with the government’s request.’

I delivered the ‘Gae-ma-musa’ plan and AI script that I received through Kim Joo-yeon to the development team.

‘Three teams are developing it in three shifts.’

Ma Huateng invested a huge amount of manpower into the Goguryeo project. He had three teams of 100 people each working in three shifts, 24 hours a day.

‘Everyone said it was ridiculous, but look! I did it!’

Although the quality has declined due to the three shift system, the work speed has increased tremendously.

At this rate, we could expect a prototype in no time.

‘Hwang Do-jun, this time I will win. Money and manpower, this is the power of China! A power that no other country can ever match!’

“ha ha ha.”

Ma Huateng stood up with a big laugh for the first time in a long while. It was to personally see the progress of the ‘Goguryeo Project’ development team.

When Ma Huateng entered the development room, all the developers flinched.

Team 1 development PD immediately ran to Ma Huateng.

“Are you here, sir?”

“I want to see the current progress.”

“I will demonstrate it right away.”

The development PD took Ma Huateng to the client team leader. According to the PD’s words, the client team leader downloaded the latest version and ran the game.

But then it happened.

[PASSWORD : ]

“Huh? What is this? Did I click the wrong thing?”

The client team leader double-checked the file and clicked it again.

[PASSWORD : ]

The development PD who saw that said urgently.

“what are you doing?”

“That’s… a bit strange. This is definitely the correct file.”

“Eight, sir. There seems to be a problem with Team Leader Cla’s computer. Please go to the planning team. I’m sorry.”

Ma Huateng answered with a smile.

“It’s okay. I guess you were flustered because I came suddenly without giving you time to prepare.”

PD took Ma Huateng to the planning team. The planning team leader immediately clicked on the executable file.

[PASSWORD : ]

The same screen appeared.

“What, what is it? Why is it like this?”

The planning team leader became thoughtful and spoke at the PD’s words.

“I don’t know either… I don’t know either. It’s on the program side… … .”

It was then that a planning team member standing next to me shouted.

“Team Leader, something is strange. The planning file won’t open.”

“What are you talking about?”

It wasn’t just the planning team. The art team was in chaos too.

“It asks me to enter my password!”

It didn’t end with the art team. All programs on the server team and DB (DATABASE) team also stopped working.

Ma Huateng’s eyes widened.

‘Isn’t this ransomware?’

Ma Huateng shook his head.

‘No. Our security system is impenetrable. Ransomware can’t penetrate it! Even if it exists, it can be quickly detected.’

As Ma Huateng had thought, Baeksent’s security system was great. It was a structure that was difficult to break into from the outside.

However, Ma Huateng did not know that he had personally brought the ransomware into Baeksent.

Ma Huateng immediately contacted the secretary’s office and told them to report the damage. Ma Huateng received the full report in less than 30 minutes.

“We’re in big trouble, sir. All the files in the company have been infected with ransomware. And… the bigger problem is… … .”

The chief secretary continued speaking, bowing his head deeply.

“It means that all files on Wechat and QQ have been infected.”

Ma Huateng suddenly got up.

“What? Then!”

“All messenger services have been stopped.”

“what!”

This was no ordinary event. Baeksent’s messenger system, which controlled 90% of the Chinese messenger market, completely stopped.

Ma Huateng exploded with anger.

“Fix it quickly!”

“I’m doing my best.”

Baeksent employees couldn’t even leave work for days and tried to catch the ransomware. But the ransomware wasn’t caught, and the whole of China began to seethe with discomfort.

At this point, Ma Huateng became more desperate.

“What kind of kid is this? Please send me a negotiation email! I’ll give you as much money as you ask for!”

* * *

Minmay sighed as she looked at this month’s sales report.

‘Sales are stable. Sales volume is large. However, growth has stopped.’

JM-SOFT, which had been growing tremendously since its creation, has stopped growing for the first time.

JM-SOFT’s sales came from ‘All Notes’ and games, and game sales accounted for over 90%. However, game sales stopped increasing.

‘Haa. Because of that damn Panho!’

There were two types of licenses: domestic licenses and foreign licenses. Domestic licenses were issued to games developed in China, and foreign licenses were issued to games developed overseas.

But from one day, 90% of the foreign investment licenses were given only to games published by Baeksent. The remaining 10% was divided among the remaining Chinese publishers.

Naturally, it was difficult to get a license, and since it was not possible to get a license, it was difficult to release a new game. This was the reason why no new sales were generated.

‘Fortunately, the previously released games are still generating big sales, so there won’t be any problems for a few years… … .’

Minmay bit her nails.

‘This can’t go on. We need a breakthrough.’

But it wasn’t easy to break through. Behind Baeksent was the Communist Party. Although his own father was also a communist, Baeksent was connected to almost the highest levels.

‘What should I do? JM-SOFT is a company that Sabu trusted me with, so if its growth stops like this, Sabu will be very disappointed.’

Minmay lowered her head. No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t see ahead.

But then, the phone rang. Minmay opened her eyes wide as she looked at the screen.

‘Fight!’

Minmay was so happy that she immediately pressed the call button.

“Fight!”

– Minmay, how have you been?

“sure!”

Minmay answered cheerfully on purpose. She didn’t want to worry Dojun.

– Minmay. Be honest with me. It’s not easy because of 100 cents, right?

Minmay almost burst into tears, but held them back.

“A hundred cents is not even a problem! Whose disciple am I?”

– Yes. He is my disciple.

“But what are you worried about? I’ll break everything, whether it’s a hundred cents or something. But, Sabu, what’s going on? I thought you were so caught up in the fun of your honeymoon that you forgot about disciples.”

– Ah! Minmay, what is the current market share of JM-SOFT messenger in China?

“It’s not high. It’s basically a corporate messenger. Maybe around 1%?”

When we say messenger, we tend to think of messengers that everyone uses, but there are also messengers that are only used within companies.

– Really? Can you make a version that ordinary people can use?

“Yes? That would be enough to finish in an hour. But why? Baeksent dominates the general messenger market.

– I heard a rumor, so I’m preparing it. And the publicity, too.

“yes!”

Minmay was curious about the reason, but didn’t ask. After talking a little more about everyday life with Dojun, Minmay hung up the phone.

‘Why is Sabu saying such things?’

Although she was puzzled, Minmay immediately prepared as Dojun told her. She believed that Dojun would not have said something like that for no reason.

The results came out that very evening. The Internet went crazy.

‘What? QQ and WECHAT don’t work?’

That wasn’t all. All games published by 100 Cent were halted.

‘Oh my god, what is this? Could it be… a fight?’

Minmay raised the corners of her mouth. She was already having a hard time because of Cent’s interference.

‘There is no other way than fighting!’

Minmay began to move vigorously for the first time in a long time.

* * *

A few days later, Dojun snickered when he saw the report from Minmay.

‘As expected, I didn’t miss the opportunity.’

Baeksent’s service was stopped for a week and then resumed operation. However, in the meantime, Baeksent’s reliability fell to the bottom, and JM-SOFT’s messenger took the lead.

‘In the meantime, JM-SOFT’s messenger market share has risen to 8%. Minmay is really amazing.’

Considering China’s population, 8% was a huge number.

Dojun thought back to the game market he had been in in his past life.

‘In the future, the game market will be led by mobile. And the ones leading the mobile game market are mobile messengers like CocoaTalk and WeChat. I don’t know about Minmay, but this will be a huge asset in the future.’

Dojun looked at his watch. It was 6 p.m., time to leave work. Normally, he would have gotten up from his seat, but Dojun didn’t.

Dojun knocked on the desk, waiting for something. And at exactly 6:09, an email arrived.

‘Here it comes! Ma Huateng’s email!’

Do-jun was surprised when he tried to steal Ma Huateng’s email last time. It was because there were so many security prevention programs attached to Ma Huateng’s email.

‘Each and every one of them was of a great level. They’re still one step behind GUARD CAT, but they were of a considerable level. As expected, this is a country with a million hackers.’

Even now, and in the future, China dominates the global hacking market.

Not only was there a huge number of people, but the Chinese government was secretly training hackers, so many highly skilled hackers were produced.

‘So I had no choice but to send Ma Huateng’s email all over the world. Ma Huateng will never know who hacked it.’

The final destination of Ma Huateng’s email was unknown, and it was forwarded to numerous places every minute, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Spain, and the UK.

And when all the surveillance nets were dropped, that’s what made me come to Korea.

‘Actually, Baeksent is out of his mind right now, so he could have just received it, but it can’t hurt to be careful.’

Dojun opened Ma Huateng’s email, which was in the form of a compressed file. Over a thousand emails were spread out before his eyes.

‘Wow, when will I ever finish watching this?’

Dojun shook his head and slowly checked his email. After checking a hundred emails, Dojun tilted his head.

‘Hmm. Nothing much?’

I thought there was something great hidden in it, but it was just an ordinary email.

‘Work, work. Ma Huateng, this guy is a total workaholic. Well, that’s why he must have created such an amazing company in his past life.’

Dojun kept checking his email and then a strange thought occurred to him.

‘But didn’t you say you worked with Zhang Linfeng? Why aren’t there any emails from Zhang Linfeng?’

Something was strange, but Dojun had no way of knowing.

Dojun kept checking his email. Then he saw one email and smiled.

‘No, Ma Huateng also received a lucky letter?’

Dojun shook his head and flipped through the lucky letters. But after reading about a hundred emails, he found another ‘lucky letter’.

This time, Dojun didn’t laugh.

‘There are two lucky letters instead of one?’

It was strange. There were no advertising or spam emails in Ma Huateng’s email. It was Ma Huateng who had sorted them out.

‘But you left the lucky letter behind? Then you left it behind on purpose.’

Dojun’s eyes lit up. Dojun found the lucky letter he had seen for the first time again.

‘What are you hiding in this email? Ma Huateng!’

Dojun opened the lucky letter.