The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 328 Say Goodbye to Your Database! (Monthly Ticket Request!)

"At this moment?!"

Xu Meng was a little surprised.

Ever since Xu Meng took out the somatosensory synchronization server, the attacks on the Dream Building server have never stopped.

But with the network security team and Xiao Meng keeping an eye on it, no major mistakes occurred.

Especially after Xiao Meng completed her courses in the field of network security, Zhumeng's server has never encountered any serious threats again.

After adversaries realized that this was futile, the intensity and frequency of malicious attacks on the servers decreased significantly.

So much so that Xu Meng was too lazy to pay attention to this matter anymore.

It's a bit of an "I'm invincible, do whatever you want" mentality.

It has been a long time since Xiao Meng reported the server attack to him as seriously as she did now.

But when Xiao Meng told him that the other party did not use any high-end intrusion technology, but adopted a simple DDoS attack, he immediately realized something -

For opponents who want to build dreams, now is indeed the best time!

Now is the most commercially successful time for Dream Building.

——The newly launched holographic devices were sold out quickly, and the new games were a huge hit, achieving great success in both sales and reputation.

But it is also the time when the Dream Building server is under the greatest pressure.

——With tens of millions of players pouring into new games, plus players from old games and Sprawling City, player online data is creating new peaks every moment, and server load is constantly approaching the limit.

There really is no better time than now to attack!

The traffic of normal players has already occupied a lot of bandwidth and server resources.

The malicious traffic of DDoS attacks will further squeeze the remaining resources, causing the server to reach its limit faster and players' legitimate requests to go unanswered.

The cloud server's scalable resource quota was quickly exhausted, not only did the automatic expansion mechanism fail, but it also led to a surge in costs.

The TCP connection pool has also been exhausted by the flood attack, and new players can no longer log in.

A large number of complaints began to emerge in Mengjin and on social networks.

Xiao Meng is very powerful.

But no matter how powerful she is, she still needs sufficient server resources to bring her full potential.

But right now, this is what we lack most in building our dreams.

Xu Meng couldn't help but frowned: "It would be better if we waited another month."

In another month, Zhumeng’s large server center in Qianzhou will be officially completed.

By then, the shortcomings of the server will be greatly strengthened.

Thinking of this, Xu Meng shook his head again.

Thinking about this now won't help.

Let’s first find a way to solve the problem at hand.

"Let the security department contact the three cloud server providers we work with. We need a higher capacity expansion quota, and we'll take whatever is available."

This is like drinking poison to quench thirst, which is equivalent to using a large amount of money and some favors to buy time.

But Xu Meng needs this time.

"Just taking a beating without fighting back is not my style."

"The one attacking us now should be Xinli, right?"

Xu Meng’s first reaction was that Sony Interactive Entertainment was desperate.

The failure of "Dread Wolf" once again caused Sony to suffer serious losses - not only money, but also the loss of players' reputation.

Coupled with the continuous failure of major titles and the lack of blockbuster works, the active users have continued to decline, and the sales of consoles have also shrunk.

Market share has been declining.

With such heavy losses, it is reasonable for the desperate man to want to build a dream.

If we can steal the core technology of Dream Building, we will make huge money!
"I don't know. Xiao Meng is busy now." Xiao Meng was a little helpless.

She was no longer as active as usual, no longer adding special effects to herself, and her mood was a little low.

Apparently, she also started to save server resources.

"First, stop all smart office partners in the company and take over all server resources."

"Mansheng will be offline temporarily."

As a result, in the Dream Building Company, the employees’ smart office partners fell silent and stopped answering questions.

Then one after another disappeared.

This caused many employees to panic and daily work came to a halt almost instantly.

Nearly 10 million users of Mansheng City received a system notification at the same time:

[Due to a large number of cyber attacks on the Dream Building server, Mansheng will be temporarily closed for the safety of your account and data.]
[We will be back online as soon as the problem is solved, please wait.]
Huo Dao followed Ciri with Ciri's steel sword in one hand and a bag of snacks in the other, staring blankly at the system prompt that suddenly appeared in front of him.

Before he could figure out what was going on, the 10-second countdown for server shutdown popped up.

On the streets of the sprawling metropolis, all users stopped and talked about it.

……

After paying these prices, pink codes flashed in Xiao Meng's pupils again, and an eager look appeared on her face.

"Don't rush to fight back." Xu Meng held her little head, asking her to be patient. "Go after it first and see if it's Xinli."

"I understand!" Xiao Meng answered crisply.

Then I started to go all out.

A massive amount of resources were mobilized to trace back the IP address of the initiator of the attack, crossing one step after another.

In the world of the Internet, the flow of data flows upstream along the threads of code, lighting up one node after another.

Xiao Meng did not destroy those nodes to cut off the attack on Zhumeng, but quietly moved forward...

Unravel layer after layer of disguise and cross one springboard after another.

Until the source IP address of the attack is captured.

Then reverse the attack and dig deeper to analyze the identity of the attacker and the reasons for the attack.

After a while, the pink light in Xiao Meng's pupils gradually dimmed.

She looked at Xu Meng: "Found it."

"Is it New Power?"

"Yes, but more than that." Xiao Meng answered him.

"More than that?" Xu Meng was a little surprised. "Yes!" Xiao Meng was very sure.

"Xiao Meng found 17 different sources of attacks. After secretly controlling their computers, he cleaned up the data inside and discovered at least eight different organizations that attacked us at the same time."

“Not only is there Sony, but there are also Aetheris Technologies, Avalon Networks, VaultChain, and Cloud Foundry…”

Xiao Meng named seven world-renowned technology and Internet giants in one breath.

Business areas include e-commerce, cloud computing, Internet of Things, social networks, artificial intelligence, computer communications and so on.

Among them, five are large multinational corporations in the United States.

This long list of names left Xu Mengren stunned.

Did I assassinate the President of the United States?
Do you need to come to the king with such a big show?

Soon, he discovered another blind spot——

"Wait, there are only 7 names. You said there are 8 forces attacking us. Where is the other one?"

Xiao Meng looked at Xu Meng, frowned, and replied, "Xiao Meng didn't find direct evidence, but there is some circumstantial evidence to prove that the organization that launched the cyber attack has a vested interest in the US Central Intelligence Agency."

Xu Meng's frown suddenly relaxed.

Well! It turns out that I didn’t assassinate him, but he “assassinated” me!

There is no need to think too much about the reason for launching the attack.

——Most of them are here for the holographic display technology.

Maybe even AI.

Dream Builder's AI technology is very powerful. This was only a small-scale speculation before, but the emergence of the [Mind Cube] has confirmed this speculation.

It's no secret now.

Those big companies may not have received instructions from the federal government to launch the attack, but they are definitely drooling over the dream-building technology!
Standing next to these big guys, Sony even seems a bit out of place.

So……

Especially easy to bully!

"Master, make a decision quickly! We can't wait any longer!"

The intensity of the simultaneous offensive launched by the world's top technology and Internet companies and the federal government is truly terrifying.

Even if Xu Meng took drastic measures and kicked off 1000 million Manshengdu users, the freed-up server resources could only last for a little longer.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Xu Meng didn't let Xiao Meng defend with all her strength.

Now, Xu Meng still doesn't plan to defend with all his strength.

Just think about those game studios that used shady tactics and ended up being bankrupt by Xu Meng, and you will know that Xu Meng is not a person with a good temper.

Who says that when you are attacked, you can only defend yourself?
Don’t worry, let’s fight head-on!
As long as the opponent explodes before you, the problem will be solved!

"We will seize as many zombie computers as possible, and use the computing power we just rented from the cloud service provider to build a botnet and launch a reverse DDoS attack on them!"

"Give priority to Sony Interactive Entertainment's servers."

"You are more familiar with vulnerability scanning and password cracking than I am. Give them all the help."

"Remember to cover up well, bypass the cloud service provider's traffic detection, and don't let our partners take the blame."

"Throw out some more broiler chickens as smoke bombs and scapegoats."

"Sony's servers should have the game station accounts and cloud saves of all North American players."

Having said that, Xu Meng hesitated for a moment.

But he also knew that now was not the time to hesitate.

Every minute and every second, Dream Building is bearing the cost of being attacked.

Not only the financial losses, but also the server problems and the temporary closure of the Sprawling City have seriously damaged the reputation of Dream Building.

Thinking of this, he finally hardened his heart:

"Find it and delete it!"

As for Sony...

Want to steal my technical information?
you can!

But I hope you are also prepared to pay the price.

The moment Xu Meng gave the authorization, the "legal lock" that had been restricting Xiao Meng was temporarily lifted.

A huge holographic image appeared in Xu Meng's office.

A golden spot of light appeared on a dynamic network that was infinitely complex and constantly changing, and whose entirety could not be captured by the naked eye.

The binary world is creating invisible waves.

The golden spots of light spread rapidly along tens of millions of silk threads, weaving a huge golden spider web in an instant.

The spider web extends at the speed of light, lighting up one node after another.

The nodes that were lit up were immediately turned against.

The thread that originally pointed to the golden light spot broke, and a new golden thread stretched out, all heading in the same direction—

That is the server IP address of Sony Interactive Entertainment.

In just a moment, the address was surrounded by a large golden net.

The golden threads transmitted streams of data, launching a continuous bombardment.

During this period, there was a hidden stream of light. The light fell on the firewall, penetrated deeper and deeper, and soon penetrated into the server.

In the office, a satisfied smile suddenly broke out on Xiao Meng's face.

"found it!"

"Very good." Xu Meng nodded and ruthlessly issued a final verdict on Sony.

"Clear all."

Xu Meng's expression was unusually serious.

The reason why DreamBuilder does not use cyber attacks is never because it cannot be done.

But I don’t like to be the first to break the rules.

But if you are the first to be unreasonable and ignore the rules...

Then I don't mind. Let you see what I can do!

now--

Say goodbye to your databases!!

(End of this chapter)