The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 330: One versus Seven! (Ask for guaranteed monthly tickets at the beginning of the month)
Unlike the DreamWorks users who were enjoying the show, the Sony Game Station users were in a terrible mood.

They felt that they had suffered an unprovoked disaster.

After roughly understanding the cause and effect of this incident, there is no way to blame Zhumeng.

We can only urge Sony to quickly resolve the issue, restart the server, and not delay their gaming.

With such a big thing happening, Sony can’t continue to play dead.

The official account had to show up and issued a brief announcement to explain the situation:

[The Sony Game Station server was attacked maliciously. To avoid player data loss, the server had to be temporarily shut down.]
[The server will be reopened after the problem is resolved. Please be patient.]
They realized the seriousness of the problem.

But the understanding is not deep enough.

Even if I saw the database being deleted with my own eyes, I still felt that it might not be true - the database was so large, how could it be deleted so quickly?
Maybe it's just to scare people.

Even if some data is really deleted, the database has a backup.

The real challenge is to solve the problem of server attacks.

Otherwise, even if the server is restarted, it will be crashed again by Dream Building.

As for Xu Meng, should he stop while he is ahead?
Neither Hermann nor Sony's security department had any hope of this.

——For a guy who ignores his own server when it is attacked and attacks his opponent as soon as he has time, it would be strange if he could stop when he sees the advantage!

But how to solve the problem?
Faced with the dual pressures of technology and bandwidth, the person in charge, whose self-confidence has been completely shattered, is simply unable to make any promises.

All we can say is "go all out" or "do everything possible".

But the server must be restarted.

time is life.

It is not only a dream builder, but also a new force.

——Zhumeng’s server is still under attack. Even though Sony has been defeated now, the intensity of the attack has not decreased much.

The wrestling continues.

The reputation and revenue lost every minute the server was down were also being pushed to restart the server as soon as possible.

While Sony is restarting its servers, players around the world... no, now it's the global media and netizens!
Global media and netizens are all paying attention to this offensive and defensive battle in the Internet field.

Therefore, I noticed for the first time:
Avalon Networks suddenly went down without any warning!

Avalon Networks is a comprehensive Internet company with business spanning multiple fields such as computer communications, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence. Its business spans the globe and it is a large multinational enterprise with considerable strength.

Because it has continuously taken advantage of the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, it has been in the spotlight in the past two years.

But Xu Meng made a big splash with the [Mind Cube] and turned the dream-building AI technology into a clear card.

Avalon Network’s stock price immediately plummeted!

No matter how hard they tried after that, they could not stop the continued decline in stock prices.

However, stock price fluctuations can only affect investors' confidence and the difficulty of corporate financing, and will not affect Avalon Network's strong strength and technical background.

But now, this powerful company suddenly collapsed.

All services were interrupted.

A large number of businesses were suspended.

It even affected hundreds of third-party companies.

Avalon Network's technical team couldn't even find the reason for the sudden server crash.

Finally, netizens were the first to discover the clues——

On the official website of Avalon Network, all the original information disappeared, leaving only a picture.

There are several big red words written on the picture:
[YOU KNOW WHO I AM]
(You know who I am)
These five words made the attack seem like a personal vendetta.

The media and netizens just exclaimed:

“Another company has been hacked!”

“Is this a hacker group trying to fish in troubled waters?”

"What hacker group is so powerful that they can breach the Avalon network's defenses?!"

"A company that studies communications and artificial intelligence was defeated by hackers? What a joke!"

……

In the eyes of outsiders, Avalon Network has no connection with Sony and DreamHost, and they have no grudges against each other.

So in the eyes of netizens, this should be an isolated incident.

It was not until Sony restarted its server that it discovered that the database had been cleared and the server configuration had been changed into a mess.

Hermann immediately asked the technical department to prepare to start database backup.

After the person in charge finished the call, a thin layer of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead: "What do you mean by hot backup was triggered? ! ! "

Hermann immediately stared at me.

The person in charge raised his head stiffly: "Hot backup...I'm afraid it can't be used for the time being."

Hermann was furious and finally felt that things were completely out of control!

——The loss is already too great to bear!

The server was blown up, a large amount of player data was lost, and Sony suffered staggering economic and reputational losses...

At this moment, he clearly felt:
The position of executive officer has reached its limit.

After that, even if the battle was over and Dream Building was defeated, it would be meaningless to them.

——They have left the table since the server was destroyed by Dream Building.

Any spoils of war have nothing to do with them.

But there is no spoils, but the price must be swallowed.

Hermann suddenly felt bitter.

But this is not the end. The head of the security department looked at Herman in horror: "Our server seems to be attacking the CIA!"

"And there's Internet news!"

"Wait... there seems to be Ether Technology, the FBI and... the Department of Defense!!!"

He couldn't speak anymore.

Herman, who was already in a state of bereavement, was also terrified: "The company supports you just to watch the fun here?! Stop them!"

The worst-case scenario he imagined was that he would lose his job and resign.

But it does not include jail time!!!
But the person in charge did not take any action. He just looked at him in despair and said, "I...there is nothing I can do." The only way out is to cut off the Internet and lie down and wait for death.

There was nothing he could do.

The head of the technical department was also a little desperate. He raised his mobile phone and showed Hermann his company's official website.

Just like the Avalon network, there was no information about Sony, only a picture and a few words:

[YOU KNOW WHO I AM]
Hermann's eyelids twitched wildly.

He seemed to be hallucinating and felt that the five big red words were bleeding!

"Disconnect the network!"

“Shut down the server!”

He decided to lie down.

Waiting to die is better than going to jail!

At this point, Sony Entertainment’s North American headquarters was completely destroyed and officially withdrew from the battlefield.

But Sony’s withdrawal does not mean the end of the war.

Quite the contrary!

After the collapse of Sony, the conflict quickly became intense!

Cirrus, one of the world's largest social networks, suddenly became stuck, and users would occasionally experience connection failures when browsing posts and posting updates.

VaultChain, which specializes in finance, blockchain, and cross-border payments, had network problems, and a large number of users reported to customer service that payment failed.

Vinzon Co., Ltd., which specializes in e-commerce and cloud computing, has experienced a large number of product pages being lost and user order data being confused.

……

The homepages of two more companies were hijacked, and the protest message [YOU KNOW WHO I AM] appeared.

At the same time, in the Dream Building game, player latency is still increasing!

New users are no longer able to log in.

Both sides of the war are bearing the cost of the conflict.
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At this point, even the most slow-witted person would realize it.

This confrontation is not just a conflict between DreamBuild and Sony.

It is an all-out war between Dream Building and many large multinational corporations!!
The first problem to arise is dream building.

So it was the big companies like Sony, Avalon, Netcom, etc. that took the lead in launching an attack on DreamCity.

After Xu Meng closed down the Sprawling City and gained a chance to catch his breath, he immediately fought back!

With a blitzkrieg, Sony's server was quickly and efficiently brought down.

Now, they are fighting all opponents at the same time without any hesitation!
At least one against seven!

Not falling behind at all!

After figuring out the cause and effect, the confrontation immediately became different!

Media and netizens around the world are not only paying attention to this matter, countless netizens have begun to cheer for Dream Building!

Even American netizens who don’t play games have started to cheer for DreamBuild.

I hope Dream Building can "teach those big companies a lesson!"

The media, who are kind enough to gossip, have given this war in the digital world a rather impressive name:

[BitStorm]!

In this traffic frenzy, DreamZhu, which has always liked to interact with players, has remained silent.

Until the Monster Hunter development team showed up.

They issued an apology statement for the serious server problems that occurred on the first day of the game's release, which caused excessive delays and affected the players' gaming experience.

——On the day of the internal beta test, the development team was caught by Xu Meng and recorded an apology video.

However, this video was not used during the entire internal testing period, which made many employees feel regretful.

Now that the opportunity has come, everyone immediately thought of this apology video.

Even when it was sent out, there was some subtle expectation.

Internet users around the world were nervously watching this brutal Internet war - if any company was defeated, it would cost hundreds of millions or even billions!
Even if you pull out all the cash in the national bank and burn it, it won’t burn as fast as this war!
At this critical juncture, the action taken by the "Monster Hunter" development team surprised netizens around the world.

Especially gamers.

Everyone originally imagined Xu Meng to have a serious face, sitting in the office and giving orders!

Command a group of hackers and experts, and engage in fierce battles with the technical teams of world-class giants!
Cold, serious, and murderous!
But now, everyone saw in the video that Xu Meng was sitting in front of the camera, surrounded by employees from the development team, and a group of people apologized to the camera with sad faces:

"sorry!"

"Sorry!"

“Private Marseille!”

……

The gap between imagination and reality is so huge that this serious apology video even looks funny and absurd.

It made everyone a little dazed.

The comment section of the announcement was filled with rows of question marks.

After a while, a comment other than the question mark popped up:
"No! Dude! Are you serious? Do you still have time to record an apology video?"

"Wait, this camera position, this background, why do I seem to have seen it somewhere?"

"I'm dying of laughter, please be serious! This is a life-or-death moment!"

"Big Boss, show some courage! Kill these giants!"

"I don't play the dream-building game, I don't understand those big companies, and I don't know the grudges between you, but I like watching this the most! Come on! Fight! Don't stop!"

"Fight! It's fun!"

……

Almost no one is talking about the problems of "Monster Hunter" itself, everyone is talking about the war in the digital world.

Of course the development team will not respond to these questions.

Instead, Xu Meng suddenly jumped out and replied to a netizen:
"War? What war?"

(End of this chapter)