Survive in Azure Files

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It turned out to be the case.

I roughly understood it, and then I couldn't help but fall into silence.

If you think about it, this is definitely worse, isn't it? Deleting all the data stored by others, using fear to trick them into sending money, and even if they do send money, it won't help?

He just enjoys trampling on other people's feelings.

Qianxun sighed and lowered her head. The lenses of her glasses flashed coldly, just like her tone that suddenly became extremely cold:

"The criminal is not even a hacker. He is just a simple scum."

I think this is a complete insult to scumbags. Of course, I don't feel that I have been affected in any way. I just feel sorry for the few scumbags who have good intentions but are forced by the situation to hug everyone and bring happiness to everyone.

"The most hateful thing is... it will be very difficult to track down now..." Chihiro said worriedly.

The worst case scenario may be about to happen.

I really don't know whether to say that the criminal is stupid or smart. He used the most brutal method to block the conventional tracking.

Even an agency as powerful as the Ministry of Truth cannot accurately identify the suspects who spread the virus from the vast amount of data on the Internet.

Does that mean we should just let the criminal go unpunished?

The atmosphere in the activity room of the Ministry of Truth suddenly became solemn.

"By the way," Qing asked me, "Teacher, do you know where this virus was contracted?"

"I remember... According to the owner, the screen went black when I was browsing the forum..."

"…Hmm? Checking the forum?"

Qianxun seemed to have caught a flash of inspiration and quickly asked, "Are you sure you were just browsing the forum and not downloading anything weird?"

"Ah... I'm not very clear about this..."

I answered a little embarrassedly that I really forgot to ask Xiaokong this question.

"Hmm... If you think about it carefully, it's really strange." Maki also frowned and raised a question, "If such a bad virus could be accidentally downloaded from a regular website, it should have spread widely on the Internet a long time ago. It's impossible that we haven't heard of it, right?"

Xiaoyu then said, "But before that, how could a virus of this magnitude bypass the firewall built into the phone? No matter how you think about it, it will be detected and killed immediately. Even if you accidentally click on the download, a danger prompt will pop up and you need to confirm it again and again. Normally, no one would accidentally click it so many times in a row."

During the discussion, doubts continued to increase and the truth became more and more confusing.

A trace of doubt flashed through my mind. Could it be that Xiaokong was actually hiding something from me, and secretly downloaded some small software that he couldn't tell me, and that's why I accidentally got the virus?

Not really... How old is Xiaokong... But it's hard to say.

However, I still prefer to believe that Xiaokong told me the truth without reservation.

"So, the most critical question now is how the virus was implanted into this phone."

Chihiro concluded, then turned her inquiring gaze towards me and said politely and tactfully:

"Teacher, here's what I think. Perhaps you should ask the owner of the phone whether he has downloaded any software with a high security risk factor from some niche websites recently. If that happens, then we have another clue to follow up on."

"This... I don't think she would hide anything from me..."

Seeing my embarrassment, Qianxun thought for a moment and asked, "Or, has she ever lent her phone to a suspicious outsider?"

"This should also be..."

After all, this phone just came into Xiaokong's hands yesterday. Given how much Xiaokong cherishes it, during this period, unless someone really needs help...

……Um?

Suddenly, an idea came to my mind -

This smartphone had stayed in one place for a long time before it came into Xiaokong's hands.

"Everyone, actually," I said in a deep voice, "this phone is second-hand."

Chihiro raised her eyebrows, Maki exclaimed, Xiaoyu's eyes lit up, and Qing took a sip of the energy drink.

"So, teacher, what are you waiting for?" Qianxun smiled and said, "Please contact the seller now."

Chapter 80 Customer Service Xiaoqin is dedicated to serving you~

Once again, I experienced firsthand the manipulability of online public opinion.

Although it is a second-hand phone, in order to ensure Xiaokong's user experience, I still selected a store with a good reputation on the online shopping platform based on customer reviews.

I thought I could rest assured on a regular platform, but I never expected to encounter unscrupulous businessmen controlling the reviews. One can't help but admire the simple folk customs and business freedom of Kivotos.

"This is the store, right?" Qianxun frowned slightly and read aloud, "Octopus Mobile Phones... Judging from the name of the store, it seems to specialize in selling second-hand mobile phones."

Qing speculated, "Could it be that they are making profits in this way on a large scale? Generally speaking, even if a phone is infected with a ransomware virus, if no hacking methods are used to track it, it would not be thought that the store has tampered with it."

Xiaoyu nodded. "Moreover, we specifically selected the target group with average financial conditions who would not and could not afford to spend a lot of money to hire professional hackers for the ransom."

Maki showed a disgusted expression: "Wow... This way, we can even save the money for developing viruses and setting up servers... What a vicious guy..."

In just a few words, the young female hackers from the Ministry of Truth, relying on their rich experience in fighting cyber criminals, pieced together the biggest possible solution at the moment.

Although there may be some deviations in the details, it should be almost accurate to the truth of the incident.

I remained silent, but narrowed my eyes slightly, my eyes flickering, with only one thought circling in my mind.

According to the Ministry of Truth, there is a high probability that Xiaokong is not the only victim. If the amount of fraud accumulated is large enough, how many years can the criminal be sentenced to?

But there must be solid evidence before we can report the case to Ye Zhu. At present, the police force is not sufficient and cannot be invested in a possibility.

In fact, there is another way, but that would require me to owe a favor to a certain head of the defense room and have to sell my body to date her again.

Moreover, that would cause trouble for Ye Zhu and other public security students.

I can imagine how arrogant and domineering Huaya would be when ordering his subordinates to do things, completely disregarding other people's difficulties.

"If you want to find the complete registration information of the store, you have to break through the platform's security defense system. It's not impossible, but it takes a lot of time. More importantly, the registration information of this 'Bazhua Mobile Phone' is not necessarily true and reliable. It is normal to use false information if you are committing a crime."

Qianxun explained to me: "So, I plan to use a simpler and more feasible method - directly locate the other party's IP address."

I'm super, justice opened the box!

I asked expectantly, "So, next we need to do it offline?"

Qianxun looked at me in surprise: "Ah? No... Of course, I used hacking to dig out all the evidence of the other party's crime."

"Oh……"

For some reason, I was a little disappointed.

"Anyway, while we are doing the positioning, could you please pretend to be a new customer and hold the other party back?"

I readily agreed: "Of course, I came here to ask for your help, and I've been feeling bad for having to sit by and watch you work hard. It would be great if I could help out. But..."

At this point, I changed the subject and asked in confusion: "In this case, the IP address found should be the customer service staff's IP address, and the customer service staff may not be the merchant himself, right?"

"Yes. But even if the customer service is not an accomplice, he is at least a related person. We can follow the clues through the remaining information... Of course, we will not snoop on private information at will. This is the ethics that decent hackers should have. We only use technology to uphold justice and fight against crime, not to satisfy selfish desires."

Chihiro saw what I was worried about and said so.

The other three people from the Ministry of Truth also nodded in agreement behind him, with righteous expressions on their faces.

"I see... I understand."

"Well, I also use this platform and occasionally buy electronic products on it. Please use my account, teacher."

Qianxun, a hacker with a conscience, quickly and skillfully entered the account and password on the website and then handed it to me to use.

I glanced at the user name "Light Yellow Fur Rabbit" and couldn't help but glance at the light yellow rabbit plush doll hanging on Qianxun's waist bag. The next moment, the doll's face was covered by a slender white hand.

Qianxun stared at me with a slightly red face: "What, what happened?"

In private, she seems to be very girly.

I was very satisfied to find another cute side of Chihiro, but I shook my head calmly on the surface.

"No, let's get started quickly. If it's any later, the customer service will be off work."

So, I entered the store interface and chose to consult the online customer service. Maybe because it was already late, I successfully entered the chat window with the customer service staff after a short wait.

Customer Service No. 4: Hello, dear, welcome to the 'BaZhua' second-hand mobile phone store~

Customer Service No. 4: Customer Service Xiaoqin is dedicated to serving you. Is there anything I can help you with?

Light yellow-haired rabbit: I would like to ask a question about your products.

Customer Service No. 4: Okay~ Xiaoqin will do her best to answer your questions~

For now, this store is doing a pretty good job in terms of the attitude it shows to its customers.

Light yellow-haired rabbit: I just want to ask, is the quality of your products guaranteed?

Customer Service No. 4: Yes, dear. Our second-hand smartphones are all used by female students and are 90% new. The quality is strictly controlled.

Light yellow-haired rabbit: Can the price be a little cheaper?

Customer Service No. 4: Xiaoqin can’t make the decision, dear~

Fawn-haired Bunny: Oh.

Fawn-haired Rabbit: Then can it be transferred to someone who can make the decision?

Customer Service No. 4: Oh... I'm sorry, dear. Our customer service staff doesn't have such authority either.

Customer Service No. 4: We sell at low cost prices and at high profits. There is no other store on the market with better quality and lower prices.

Fawn-haired Rabbit: Does that mean there’s no way to lower the price?

Customer Service No. 4: That’s right… but as the saying goes, you get what you pay for! Xiaoqin herself uses a second-hand phone sold in our store!

Fawn-haired Bunny: Oh.

Light Yellow-Haired Rabbit: What if the product isn’t 90% new after you buy it?

Customer Service No. 4: Eh?

Customer Service No. 4: ...Sorry, Xiaoqin doesn’t quite understand what you mean by this question?

Light yellow-haired rabbit: For example, after I received the goods, I underwent professional testing.

Light yellow-haired rabbit: If you find that the degree of wear and tear on the hardware has exceeded 10%, then it is no longer considered % new, right?

Fawn-haired Rabbit: Can I ask you to pay ten times the price if the product is fake?

Customer Service No. 4: …

Customer Service No. 4: Well, dear, 90% of it is used as a virtual reference...

Customer Service No. 4: That is to say... Although we have strict quality control, the situation of each product cannot be generalized...

Customer Service No. 4: But the quality is guaranteed! Xiaoqin has been using it herself.

It can be seen that this customer service representative is really trying hard to give me a satisfactory answer.

But, unfortunately, all I have to do is play the role of a sarcastic customer with ulterior motives to delay long enough.

I turned my head to look in the direction of the girls from the Ministry of Truth who were busy. Chihiro noticed my gaze and mouthed "almost done" to me.

I nodded and decided to go all out at this last moment.

Fawn-haired Bunny: Oh.

Fawn-haired Rabbit: That is to say.

Light yellow-haired rabbit: Are you engaging in false advertising?

Light yellow-haired rabbit: Can I complain to the platform about you?

Customer Service No. 4: …

Customer Service No. 4: Sorry... the platform will not accept such complaints...

Fawn-haired Bunny: Oh.

Fawn Rabbit: Then.

Fawn Rabbit: What if the complaint is only about you?

Customer Service No. 4: ...Huh?

Customer Service No. 4: What do you mean?