"Little Boy, we've been waiting for you."
"Good morning, experts and contestants!" Elliot's voice came from the monitor.
"Little Boy, do we know each other?" It was Marcus who spoke.
"Yes, we do," Elliot replied.
"Oh? Really? Which friend of mine are you?" Marcus became interested and quickly asked.
"Mr. Reed, I mean, we just met last week," Elliot said with a smile.
Only then did Marcus realize that he had been "tricked" by Elliot.
He smiled and didn't press further.
In the
The door opened, and a staff member walked in, "Teachers, the show is about to begin, please move to the studio hall."
Everyone got up.
The studio hall was packed.
On the front row of the guest seats sat three celebrity guests: Arthur Vance, Gary Quinn, and the famous actress Quinn Weaver.
This time, the female guest was Quinn Weaver.
On the big screen on the stage, the bullet comments were dense, and the online audience exceeded 30 million.
Compared to the 3 million in the first episode, it had increased tenfold.
It is clear that the show I am a Geek has truly become popular.
In the past week, the StarTech phone battery explosion incident has attracted huge attention globally, and the show I am a Geek has also become popular as a result.
[Boss Little Boy, what surprise will you bring us today?]
[Cheering for Boss Little Boy.]
[Boss Little Boy, please notice me!]
...
Many netizens were flooding the bullet comments with the name "Little Boy."
Elliot's lips curved slightly, revealing a smile.
The account Little Boy was truly "out of the circle" and had become an internet celebrity.
As the host Sam Ning appeared, the show officially began.
"Good morning, viewers! Welcome to the first domestic online security reality show - I am a Geek - jointly created by Federation TV-1, Pinnacle University, Azure University, Summit University, Emerald Shield Cybersecurity Company, Sentinel Lab, OmniCorp Research Institute, and the Crimson Hacker Base."
"Clap clap clap!"
Warm applause erupted at the scene.
Next, Sam Ning briefly introduced the show's purpose and rules, and then introduced the three teams participating in the challenge.
"First, let me introduce the first team, they are students from the Computer Society of Pinnacle University."
Three energetic young people stood up from their seats and smiled and waved at the audience.
"The second team is our old friend, the security expert team from Emerald Shield Cybersecurity Company."
The three experts from Emerald Shield Cybersecurity Company stood up and waved in greeting.
Next is the third contestant - Little Boy.
On the big screen on the stage, Elliot's avatar appeared: a red mask, a red hood, his features completely covered, only revealing a pair of bright eyes.
Mysterious and cool.
A burst of cheers immediately erupted from the audience.
On the guest seats, the celebrity guests were whispering to each other.
"Is this Little Boy very famous?" Quinn Weaver asked curiously.
"He exposed the StarTech phone battery spontaneous combustion incident last week, didn't you see the news?" Gary Quinn said in a low voice.
"Oh." Quinn Weaver understood, she had seen the news and remembered.
"Let's welcome Little Boy with warm applause," Sam Ning said loudly.
"Clap clap clap!" Quinn Weaver and Gary Quinn applauded enthusiastically.
After the applause gradually subsided.
"Now, I announce the content of today's first challenge," Sam Ning said, "Today's challenge target is the network system of Pinnacle University Library!"
On the big screen, a video was played, first appearing was the exterior of Pinnacle University Library, which is one of the largest university libraries in the Eastern Hemisphere, with a collection of 6 million volumes.
Then, the screen switched to a server room in the library, where there were six people, who were network security engineers from Pinnacle University, responsible for maintaining the library's network security.
Today's challenge has increased in difficulty.
With a professional security team maintaining it, breaking into the library's network system is not easy.
"The challenge rule is that contestants need to break into the network system of Pinnacle University Library within 20 minutes. If they exceed the time, the challenge fails," Marcus added.
20 minutes is not a short time.
When
The first team to challenge was the team from the Computer Society of Pinnacle University. They knew their school's network system best, so they had a great advantage.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the team from the Computer Society of Pinnacle University.
Three boys around twenty years old sat in front of computers, looking focused, their fingers already on the keyboards, ready to start.
"Challenge starts!" Marcus said.
"Clatter clatter..." The sound of keyboards tapping immediately rang out.
On the big screen, the timer started counting.
At the same time, lines of code also began to appear on the screen.
Sam Ning couldn't understand these codes at all. He looked at Marcus and asked:
"Mr. Reed, what are they doing?"
"They are using a DDoS attack, trying to paralyze the library's server," Marcus explained.
DDoS attack is a very effective network attack method that can cause the server to overload and fail to work properly by sending a large amount of junk data to the target server.
On the big screen, a small window was split out, and the picture switched to the server room of Pinnacle University Library. Six network security engineers were nervously tapping on their keyboards, responding to the attack.
The audience in the seats were staring at the big screen, watching this "war" without smoke.
Ten minutes passed.
At the scene, only the sound of keyboards tapping and the scrolling code on the big screen could be heard, without any "explosions" or "fire."
"A reminder, there are only two minutes left," Sam Ning said.
The sound of keyboard tapping became more urgent.
Can the team from the Computer Society of Pinnacle University complete the challenge in the last two minutes?
Counting down 30 seconds...
"Yeah!" The boy in jeans from the Pinnacle University team suddenly cheered.
"Successful?" Sam Ning quickly asked.
He walked to the side of the stage, where a staff member was operating a computer, trying to log in to the official website of Pinnacle University Library.
"Can't log in," the staff member said.
At the same time, on the big screen, the official website page of Pinnacle University Library also turned into "404 Not Found."
The Pinnacle University team, challenge successful.
"Challenge successful! The library's website is inaccessible!" The staff member said loudly.
As soon as the words fell, the official website of Pinnacle University Library returned to normal.
The attack by the Pinnacle University team caused the website to be paralyzed for more than ten seconds. After the attack stopped, the website automatically recovered.
The experts of the judging panel reviewed the challenge results and unanimously agreed that the Pinnacle University team had successfully completed the challenge.
"Congratulations to the Pinnacle University team for successfully completing the challenge! It was not easy, you were only tens of seconds away from failing the challenge," Sam Ning announced.
"Yeah!"
The three boys stood up excitedly and high-fived each other in celebration.
"Clap clap clap!" Elliot applauded.
The students of Pinnacle University are indeed good at computers.
Next, it was the turn of the Emerald Shield Cybersecurity Company team to challenge.
They demonstrated the strong capabilities of a professional security team, being experienced and skilled, and broke into the library's network system in just 10 minutes.
They obtained the administrator account through a vulnerability in the website, thereby controlling the entire network system.
"Clap clap clap!" Warm applause once again erupted at the scene.
After the applause subsided, everyone's eyes were focused on the Little Boy avatar on the big screen.
Finally, it was his turn to perform.
(End of this chapter)
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