Chapter 1875 Credit Card Virus
"You have an email, please check it out!" Bigg, who was working, saw the prompt from the email address, so he naturally clicked on the email address and found an email called "Hongmeng Bank June Credit Card List, please repay the loan in time."
"Damn, credit card list? When did I apply for a credit card at this Hongmeng Bank?" Bigg was stunned, and then suddenly became uneasy. Could it be that someone had stolen his identity and applied for a credit card? That would be a big trouble!
Thinking of this, Bigg immediately opened the email and found that the email was very formal, with a lot of formal legal documents inside, making the entire notice appear more authentic and credible.
So Bigg downloaded the list without hesitation, intending to see what he bought.
However, when the list was downloaded and Big Double-clicked to open it, the computer did not react at all and no file was opened.
"What the hell is this?" Bigg was stunned. He thought the system was too slow to react, or the click failed, but he double-clicked it several times until the screen suddenly turned black and the computer turned off by itself.
"What's going on?" Bigg's heart felt an ominous premonition. He quickly turned on the computer, but the system could not be turned on at all, and only a bunch of garbled codes were displayed on the screen.
In desperation, Bigg could only reinstall the system, but Bigg felt that he was still lucky because his main files were placed in non-system disks like D drive.
Even if the system is reinstalled, important working files will not be lost.
However, when Bigg finished reinstalling the system and restarting it, his whole body became soft and he collapsed on the chair.
Because the entire D disk was deleted... not only D disk, but also E disk and F disk were the same, all of them were empty, and all of his important working documents were gone!
In June 2002, a virus called "credit card" swept across the entire network. When many users saw this email saying that they had problems with their credit card, they would involuntarily open the download file and get shot. Not only did the entire computer need to reinstall the system, but even the files in the non-system disk were deleted. It was really clean.
In just one week, more than 300,000 people were caught, many of whom were office workers in the company. All the important documents at work were in these computers. These files were deleted, which really cost the lives of these miserable office workers.
The office workers who have been working again overnight are still good. Some office workers were fired because they lost important documents that could not be compensated. Some even have several office workers and an entrepreneur who chose to commit suicide because they had to compensate for huge losses because they lost important documents.
These things quickly attracted the attention of the media, and then the media naturally discovered that only the Hongmeng system was attacked by the virus, and all the Windows were safe and sound. Even if many people downloaded files, the computer would not have any problems.
So, many media began to brag about how awesome the security system of the Windows system is and how vulnerable the security system of the Hongmeng system is. If you don’t want to be attacked by viruses, you have to change the system immediately.
Not to mention, many users were so scared that they changed the system overnight, and some companies even replaced the Windows system as a whole.
Affected by this major positive news, Microsoft's stock price soared by 30%, and rose back to $200 billion in a week, allowing Kenneth to give his Wolong Feng Chu a reward and upgrade him to another level. The whole Microsoft was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
But on the other hand, Daqian's reaction speed was also very fast. On the eighth day after the virus appeared, a patch for an official killing tool was released.
The reason why the special killing tool patch was released so quickly is because this virus is not a new thing. It is to use an old worm virus variant to quickly modify and add some programs, and change it to a virus specifically targeting the Hongmeng system.
Although this speed is very fast, because the old virus is in the virus database and is very simple to target, Daqian released a special killing tool patch at a very fast speed, and then used the network to directly push a reminder for upgrading patches to all Hongmeng system users.
As long as these users click to confirm, the Hongmeng system can automatically upgrade and install this temporary special kill patch.
When users saw the installation prompt for this special kill patch, their originally anxious hearts calmed down again. After all, reinstalling the system also wastes a lot of time and energy. More importantly, they have to re-expert and adapt to the new system. Therefore, many people gave up the idea of changing the system after seeing the special kill patch, and the situation soon stabilized.
Although Daqian used his butt to guess who released the virus, Daqian could not provide any evidence and could only be vigilant to strengthen the virus defense function of the Hongmeng system, etc.
Logically speaking, such a thing will pass like this. Microsoft made a wave of stock prices, and Hongmeng lost some users. This wave was naturally a small profit for Microsoft.
But things are often not something that ordinary people can calculate.
On June 28, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States suddenly announced that it would send a special audit team to Enron to re-audify the first quarter financial statements released by Enron.
On July 5, a website called Street first released a news that shocked the global capital market. After auditing Enron's data, the Securities and Exchange Commission found that Enron's first-quarter financial statements had serious problems, not because of the profit of US$320 million in the statement, but because of the loss of US$560 million.
On July 12, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced its full access to Enron and will conduct a thorough review of all financial data in Enron in the past 10 years.
On July 15, the financial director of Security Company admitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission that Enron has been making fake accounts since 1995 to cover up the fact that Enron Company's losses.
According to financial statements, Enron makes more than $1 billion in profits each year, but in fact, Enron makes more than $1 billion in losses each year, but these are blocked by false profits born from various complex related exchanges and loopholes in the financial system.
On July 22, Enron's chairman Kenneth was released on bail, awaiting trial in court. At the same time, Enron's shares have dropped from $32 per share to less than one dollar per share...
On July 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission investigation team entered Microsoft. The news caused a violent shock in the market. Microsoft's market value plummeted to US$50 billion that day, and the entire market was in panic.
On August 22, Kenneth was tried for the first time. In court, he admitted very simply that the financial report was falsified. Both Enron and Microsoft Group had serious financial report falsification.
Chapter completed!