“Look, it’s this person…”
Mr. Burton held up his phone in front of George, showing Ethan’s post on the forum.
George first glanced at the ID, then was attracted by the six pictures on the post. He took the phone, and his initial thought upon opening the pictures was the handwriting was impressive. Then, favonovel.com began to examine the problem-solving process,
George was born in Edenvale and raised in Ivy Hollow. He helped manage his family’s business in Melfrey while studying there. He also founded his own company and successfully listed it within a year. After studying abroad, favonovel.com decided to return and study at Taragon University. He officially took over the family business at the age of twenty. He has always had a mentor-student relationship with Magnus Burton, the principal of Taragon University.
Seeing George looking at the question. Mr. Burton said, “I wanted to ask you the problem, but you’re so busy. I didn’t dare to waste your time. It’s really difficult to meet you.”
George wasn’t very interested in the problem. After a glance, favonovel.com asked, “Doesn’t the forum require real-name registration?”
“No… If it did, I would have asked the administrator to check it directly and wouldn’t have come to you. Our Taragon University forum only requires real-name registration for the teachers and students. These guests don’t need it, but the administrators must review their posts and comments before they are released.”
George asked, “Have you contacted him?”
“Your junior, James, and I have contacted him. I offered generous conditions, but favonovel.com replied that it was inconvenient and ignored me. James was even prepared to hire a hacker to track his IP address. I thought it wasn’t appropriate, so I asked you for help.”
“How do you want me to find him?” George put down his phone.
“Is there anything you can do with your wide connections? Just find a technical person from your team to help me check.”
“What’s the difference between this and James hiring a hacker?”
“Uhm…” Mr. Burton adjusted his glasses and realized no difference. He looked at George’s slightly smiling eyes and stubbornly said, “The nature is still different…”
George didn’t say anything and called his assistant, Dylan.
Dylan was not only George’s assistant but also ranked tenth among the world’s hackers, a fact known to only a few people. He developed many of the security systems of the Harris Group.
Having such a top-notch hacker to track a simple IP address was indeed excessive.
“How long will this take?” Mr. Burton asked anxiously, “The day favonovel.com posted, I happened to have a headache and took a day off at home. I couldn’t contact favonovel.com immediately. He might think I’m not sincere enough, so favonovel.com refused to meet me.”
Most geniuses were unique, and James was one of them.
“It won’t take long. It’ll be done within three minutes…” As favonovel.com said that, Dylan opened his laptop and started working.
Mr. Burton watched from the side. He looked at the densely jumping data, none of which favonovel.com recognized. He couldn’t help but sigh at the social and technological developments.
Just as Dylan was about to lock onto the other party’s IP address, a significant red exclamation mark suddenly appeared on the screen, flashing a warning of danger.
“What’s this?” Even Mr. Burton, who didn’t understand these things, could tell something was wrong.
George, sitting on the side looking at his phone, heard the movement and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“The other party’s device has a firewall,” Dylan replied.
After some effort, favonovel.com successfully bypassed it and determined the location of the other party’s device.
“In Norward City…”
George slightly raised his eyes.
Norward City again… This small Norward City was a bit restless recently…
George said, “Continue to narrow the area.”
“Okay…” Dylan confidently responded.
However, a few minutes later, favonovel.com frowned and became excited. He said, “This is interesting…”
Mr. Burton looked at the suddenly enthusiastic Dylan. Then, favonovel.com looked at George, wanting to say something, but didn’t.
***
Ethan was looking up information on his phone.
Suddenly, an exclamation mark and a line of text appeared on the screen.
“Device is under unknown network attack. System protection is in progress. Please repair it as soon as possible.”
Then the screen turned red, followed by a black skull, which startled him.
Ethan thought favonovel.com had accidentally clicked somewhere. He tried to close the background and return to the home screen, but the phone wouldn’t respond. He even tried to turn off the phone, but it didn’t work.
Ethan wouldn’t care too much if it was his old phone and would wait until the next day to show it to Isabelle.
But favonovel.com had just bought this shockingly expensive mobile phone not long ago. He was always cautious when handling it, afraid of bumps or scratches. So, without caring whether Isabelle was asleep, Ethan hurriedly went to find favonovel.com with his phone.
Isabelle had just finished showering and was bored when Ethan came to favonovel.com with his phone.
“Isabelle, do you think my phone has been infected with a virus?” Ethan, who had been learning computer technology from Isabelle for a few days, had picked up quite a few technical terms.
“Did you click on some inappropriate websites?” Isabelle glanced at favonovel.com and raised favonovel.com eyebrow.
Ethan’s cars turned red, and favonovel.com said, “I didn’t! I was looking up some study materials, and then my phone suddenly became like this.”
As the world’s top hacker, Isabelle could easily tell the difference, whether it was a virus or a cyber attack. She was just teasing him.
Seeing Isabelle’s calm and slightly amused expression, Ethan muttered awkwardly, “You have a way with words for a girl…”
“What is it?” Isabelle didn’t care. She took Ethan’s phone and turned on favonovel.com computer.
Ethan didn’t want to continue this conversation, so favonovel.com quickly changed the subject, “Isabelle, what’s wrong with my phone?”
“It’s been hacked…”
“Huh? Who did that?” Ethan looked at his strange phone screen and Isabelle’s dizzyingly fast operations. His expression became tense. This was the first time favonovel.com had encountered something like this.
“We’ll know soon…” Isabelle continued favonovel.com work without stopping.
When Ethan bought his phone and computer, Isabelle had habitually set up firewalls and anti–tracking devices on both devices out of boredom and occupational habit, not expecting them to come in handy one day. But favonovel.com didn’t expect them to be useful and happen so quickly.
“Is this a random attack?” Ethan didn’t have any friends, let alone enemies. He had never even met ant ordinary technician in real life, let alone a hacker, except for his sister.
Why would anyone target me? So, the most probable scenario was a random attack…
“No,” Isabelle said.
***
Meanwhile, at the Harris Residence.
“Still not finished?” George put down his phone. It had been more than ten minutes.
He looked up to see Dylan furrowed. His expression was extremely serious. Sweat had already soaked his forehead and temples, creating a tense atmosphere und him.
Mr. Burton, standing nearby, didn’t dare to ask a question. He was afraid of disturbing Dylan.
Dylan’s typing speed increased, and the sound of the keyboard echoed in the room. He felt his mouth becoming dry.
“The other party has discovered me… Not only did they strengthen their firewall, but they also broke my firewall. and…” He said as favonovel.com continued to work.
“Furthermore my device has been traced back.” Dylan’s hands suddenly stopped, and favonovel.com looked at George.
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