Chapter 901: Chapter 357: The Mastermind Emerges
"Think of a way, find a few more hacker teams, I just can’t believe it, we can’t take down this forum!"
Tang Suiming squinted, speaking fiercely.
He had taken down many large traffic platforms before.
Regarding the traffic of this forum...
He coveted it greatly.
As long as a business collaboration could be initiated, he could earn at least tens of millions in profit!
The mere hacker fee...
Was nothing at all.
"Okay, I’ll go contact those overseas hacker teams right away."
The assistant nodded and immediately turned to leave.
Those hacker teams were engaged in gray or even black activities, almost all hiding overseas.
Those in the country...
Have basically all been caught.
...
Qianzhou.
At the entrance of the police station.
Ma Ming walked out of the police station dejectedly, holding a receipt from the earlier report.
Ever since receiving that threatening phone call...
He came to the police station and chose to report it.
However...
The police just followed procedures, asking him to fill out a report.
They told him to go home and wait for news.
Saying that once the investigation had results, they would notify him.
But...
He knew very well that these were just official words.
Ordinary police stations simply couldn’t handle hacker teams of this level.
By the time they contacted the relevant cyber security departments...
Who knows how long that would take.
His Study Law Alliance Forum...
Would probably have lost all its users by then.
Moreover.
This case was a commercial threat, but the call he provided showed that it was from overseas.
It was impossible to trace the whereabouts of that boss.
"As expected, there’s no way."
He sighed deeply, shaking his head helplessly.
On his way home.
He took out his phone, planning to browse the forum to check its situation.
Unexpectedly, he discovered...
The forum that was supposed to have crashed was miraculously running normally.
"What’s... going on?"
He blinked, completely confused.
The boss on the phone had made it very clear.
As long as he didn’t agree to a settlement, they would keep attacking the forum.
Could it be...
The other party had a change of heart?
Ma Ming frowned, utterly perplexed.
The more he thought about it, the more something felt off.
And the forum, now recovered...
Had become noticeably more active than before, with many users joining the discussion on this incident.
"Who the heck did it? Who took down our forum?"
"It seems to be back to normal, did some hacker hero step in?"
"What are we waiting for? Hurry and tell up, we aren’t keeping these hackers around for the holidays, are we?"
"up: Never pays attention until things go wrong, and then wants me to intervene?"
"..."
After the forum’s recovery.
The emotions of the users were particularly high, with many calling to report to Qin Mu.
Demanding to inform Qin Mu about this matter.
Just like...
Pupils who were bullied, running to the teacher to complain.
And in the forum.
A post with more than a thousand replies quickly caught Ma Ming’s attention again.
The person who made the post was said to be a techie as well and even helped track down the IP addresses of the hackers who hijacked the forum.
He found that these hackers’ IP addresses had jumped several times.
Eventually pointing overseas.
Indicating...
The other party was obviously a very professional hacker team specializing in this field.
First floor: Does that mean the host thinks these hackers can’t be caught?
Second floor: Arrogant! How arrogant! What they did is a slap in up’s face! Don’t they know whose fans we are?
Third floor: They completely disregard up; I suggest up teach these hackers a lesson and feature them in the next video!
Fourth floor: Let’s all think of a way, how can we bring this detestable group of hackers to justice?
Fifth floor: Based on my understanding of the law, these hackers attacking the forum is at least a crime of damaging computer information.
Sixth floor: To the ones above, stop being half-baked; I’ve consulted a professional lawyer, and the lawyer says their actions constitute at least four charges!
Seventh floor: Quick, get up Buddha!
Eighth floor: It doesn’t matter, everyone don’t panic, I’ll take action myself when the time comes.
Ninth floor: Hasn’t anyone thought about this? Why is the forum back to normal now?
Tenth floor: Could it be that man took action?
Eleventh floor: I don’t know if that man acted, but anyway, I won’t take action.
Twelfth floor...
Looking at the various replies in the post.
Ma Ming frowned again.
The points of discussion among the netizens...
Were exactly what puzzled him.
These hackers suddenly backing off was truly abnormal.
Moreover.
The boss who threatened him never called again.
It seemed like they had given up on targeting the forum.
This whole storm...
Seemed to have quietly calmed down.
Could it really be that Qin Mu stepped in?
...
Meanwhile.
Jin City.
Retirement home.
During a break at work.
Qin Mu also noticed the forum functioning again, quite pleasantly surprised.
"Looks like... the misfortune value should have taken effect."
Seeing that the 500 points of misfortune value had been depleted, he couldn’t help but mutter.
To stop the hackers from continued infiltration and destruction...
This time, he spared no expense, directly using 500 bad luck points, with an effect duration of one day.
Given the terrifying nature of the bad luck points...
This group of hackers will encounter the most unfortunate events of their lives within a day.
For those with slightly worse luck...
They might even pay with their lives.
In such a precarious situation, these hackers probably have no time to attack the forum.
"I just wonder... how unlucky they really are."
Qin Mu shrugged, feeling a little curious.
As the instigator.
He only knew that the other side would be very unlucky, but he was not aware of the specific situation.
Just hoping...
That their own luck is good enough to withstand this concentrated outburst of bad luck points.
"Huh?"
Suddenly.
As he was browsing the forum, he noticed it becoming sluggish again.
Before long.
Logging in became extremely difficult, and he was directly forced offline.
The once bustling forum...
Suddenly turned cold and quiet.
"Attacking the forum again?"
Qin Mu frowned, his face somewhat gloomy.
By calculation.
A day had already passed.
Those hacker teams...
Shouldn’t be unlucky anymore.
Could it be that...
They have recovered and started attacking the forum again?
"System, activate the ’Void Enemy Tracking’ skill."
Qin Mu took a deep breath and activated the skill again.
Following the traces of destruction on the forum...
He quickly found the source of the sabotage, which also came from overseas.
But...
It didn’t match the IP addresses of the previous batch of hacker teams.
It seems...
Like it was two hacker teams.
"It seems... someone is targeting the forum."
Qin Mu quickly realized.
Those people hired hackers to attack the forum, definitely with some motive.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t keep attacking the forum.
This time...
Even if he uses the bad luck points again, it would probably only treat the symptoms not the cause.
The other side could simply find a new batch of hacker teams.
And continue the attacks.
To solve the problem, he must find the root cause and take down whoever’s targeting the forum behind the scenes.
"But... who exactly is targeting the forum?"
Qin Mu furrowed his brows.
Unable to figure it out, the more he thought about it, the more it didn’t feel right.
"Ring ring ring—"
Suddenly.
His phone rang, and Ma Ming called him.
Since he helped Ma Ming and Meng Lei with their lawsuit last time...
He and Ma Ming had exchanged contact information.
"Up, I..."
As soon as the call connected.
Ma Ming blurted out all the issues with the forum.
Including being the forum’s creator and the various events the forum had faced recently.
In fact.
When the forum was restored and faced hacker intrusion again, he realized the peculiarity of the situation.
With no choice left.
He had to follow the netizens’ suggestion in the forum and reach out to Qin Mu.
The forum has grown bigger now.
The traffic has increased substantially.
Both sides were already tacitly aware, and Qin Mu had long known that Ma Ming was the creator of the forum.
He might as well confess himself.
"Are you saying... they approached you for collaboration, and after you refused, they started hiring hackers to attack you?"
Qin Mu asked, a look of realization on his face.
So the root cause was here.
The event’s origin was actually a "commercial cooperation."
"Yes, their attitude was tough, insisting on advertising cooperation, offering a revenue split of 30-70, with me getting 30, and even threatened that the forum would crash daily if I didn’t agree..."
Ma Ming smiled bitterly, recounting the threats he received.
Their attitude was extremely arrogant.
But considering the nature of the forum and Qin Mu’s presence, he dared not accept their terms.
From the start when he created the forum.
It was to provide a platform for law enthusiasts to communicate, not for making money.
Moreover.
With Qin Mu around, he wouldn’t dare to misuse the forum, even with a hundred guts.
"How about this, set up a call forwarding on your phone, so that when they call, it forwards to me, and I’ll deal with them."
Qin Mu thought for a moment and suggested.
On the other end of the line.
Ma Ming hesitated for a moment, unsure, "The caller seems to be overseas, they change numbers every time they call, their anti-tracking capabilities are really strong..."
He thought.
Qin Mu might not be able to track them down.
As far as legal expertise goes.
Qin Mu is definitely top-notch, no doubt about it.
But in terms of technology...
He might not even be better than him, at least he knew how to create a forum.
"Ahem, don’t worry about that, just forward the calls to me, leave the rest to me."
Qin Mu smiled slightly and didn’t explain further.
He was fretting about not finding the other side.
Now...
As long as they call him, he can use the "Void Enemy Tracking" skill to locate them.
No matter how good their methods are, it won’t work!
"Alright, I’ve set it up."
Ma Ming was skeptical, but he followed Qin Mu’s advice to set up call forwarding.
Within the next day or two.
All calls from them will be forwarded to Qin Mu.
It remains to be seen how their "negotiation" will go.
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