Chapter 1728 Self-Directed and Acted?

Yang Cheng took a deep breath, "Let's find f~b~i, we must rely on their strength for this matter, in addition, we will issue a bounty to network security companies around the world, whoever finds the hacker will give the individual 1 million US dollars reward~"

Mark said helplessly, "Bo network security company helped, and the two sides launched a joint investigation. However, it has always been very difficult to track down hackers. Now the two sides should focus on how to reduce losses and clean up the list of stolen data. They are lucky. It appears that the hacker named Mr. Smith did not hold HBO for ransom."

This is also the strange thing about Yang Cheng, if it's the same group, why didn't they extort ransom from hbo? Instead, they demanded $10 million from the CW TV station?

In addition, how did the hackers break through the network firewall of the cw TV station?

To this, Mark’s answer was, “According to what our network security personnel said, it is very likely that a hacker group obtained the account number and password information of a certain administrator by means of deciphering, and finally attacked a certain file server. A large amount of data content was obtained.

It is worth noting that when Sony Pictures was attacked that year, it used a large number of ddos ​​attack methods to disrupt the operation and maintenance personnel and defense system.

Moreover, the data taken away is about 100 GB, while the data stolen by hbo is claimed to be as much as 1.5 TB, which means that it is nearly 10 times that of the former. The process seems to be very secretive without anyone noticing.

To transfer such a huge amount of data in a short period of time, multiple terminals should be used to send requests to the server, which is equivalent to packaging and shunting and transferring to other terminals or servers. "

Yang Cheng nodded thoughtfully. On the surface, the amount of hbo data leaked was nearly 10 times that of Sony Pictures that was attacked back then, but the results cannot be converted proportionally. First of all, the information leaked by Sony Pictures is mostly key data and internal Management information, and from the current known content of hbo, it is mainly new episodes and scripts, etc. Obviously, the problem of leaking other confidential documents of the company is more serious than a few episodes of film and television dramas.

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, a somewhat absurd but extremely possible idea emerged.

You must know that the most important episodes leaked by hbo this time are undoubtedly Game of Thrones, but in fact, when hbo premiered the fifth season of "Game of Thrones" in 2015, the seeds of the first four episodes of the TV series had already been leaked.

However, even so, the ratings of the first episode of the show still set a record. From this point of view, the leak at that time not only did not bring economic losses to HBO, but also attracted more viewers to follow because it was the first few episodes that were leaked. It can be understood that some viewers have watched the episodes leaked in advance and converted into HBO users. This is no less than a perfect marketing.

The most important thing is that the source of pirated films has gradually fallen out of favor. People's habit of watching video content and the widespread popularity of mobile terminals have led to the continuous compression of the pirated market. Therefore, the direct loss caused by hbo's leak is probably Not as many as one might think.

From this, Yang Cheng had to think, could this leak be a marketing drama directed and acted by hbo itself?

As soon as this idea comes out, there is a posture of being unable to extricate yourself. The more I think about it, the more likely it is. Md, if HBO did something by itself, then the invasion of CW TV station, could it be HBO's people?

No, does it do them any good? Once they are found out, the two parties are deadly feuds, the kind that cannot be resolved. In the capitalist world, feuding deadly feuds is the most stupid behavior. If you have money and don’t make money, you must have feuds.

"Boss? Boss?" Mark called a few times but got no response. If the phone wasn't still on, he thought the signal had been interrupted.

Yang Cheng couldn't figure it out, if it wasn't for hbo, then CW TV station was targeted by hackers, or was it a hacker who dared to extort 10 million ransom?

Really so unlucky?

"Boss? Are you there?" Mark raised his voice and called again.

This time Yang Cheng heard it, but he directly ordered, "You check for me, the source of the HBO gathering leak~"

Mark didn't respond, "What?"

"Go check the source of the episode leak!"

Mark didn't know what Yang Cheng wanted to do, but facing the boss's orders, he could only obey.

After hanging up the phone, Yang Cheng was in no mood to have fun at sea, and decided to return after asking Morgenthau and Bessie for their opinions.

Back on land, Mark's phone call came back unimpeded, "Boss, I found it, the video should have been transmitted from the distributor of HBO, and there are several episodes of the video, and the entire episode has the distributor's watermark~"

Yang Cheng secretly thought that it was so, and exhaled, "It seems that I guessed right, this leak should be a marketing method of HBO's self-directed and self-acted."

"What?" Mark exclaimed, can he still play like this?

"Okay, leave them alone, focus on investigating our own leak case, and immediately apply to f~b~i for a joint investigation. In addition, the reward order is issued and more forces are gathered. I don't believe we can't dig out this hacker !"

Before he had time to think about it, Mark responded, "Understood~"

After returning to the company, Liu Junyu was waiting at her desk. Su Su was not around, so she had to take the lead. A huge amount of information was collected in her hands. She had to sort it out as quickly as possible, and hand over the most important ones to Yang Cheng for review. .

At this time, she had already learned about the leak of CW TV station, and Yang Cheng had just stepped out of the elevator when she submitted the information.

"Boss, this is the information I have collected. At present, the public opinion in the outside world is boiling. There are hackers targeting film and television entertainment companies one after another, which has aroused the appetite of the people to the greatest extent. Everyone is waiting for the further development of the situation. Shares of media companies fell in response."

Liu Junyu adapted quickly to the new role, and the report was not jerky at all, concise and direct, and Yang Cheng was able to understand her meaning as quickly as possible.

"I see. You used my mailbox to issue an internal announcement, condemning the hackers' actions, and at the same time reassuring employees to concentrate on their work, and telling everyone that our network is strong and will not be breached so easily."

Liu Junyu quickly recorded the key points in the notebook, nodded and said, "Yes~ Besides, Mr. Eddie asked to meet~"

"Let him come up, by the way, go see Susu after get off work and spend more time with her~"

This is a personal request, but Liu Junyu did not refuse, "Got it~"

After a while, Eddie opened the door and entered the office, "Boss, I have to explain to my colleagues in the company's network security department that this leak has little to do with them~"

Yang Cheng waved his hand, "I know, but this incident reminded us that network security is the top priority of Internet companies. If basic protection cannot be done well, the company may simply go bankrupt~"