Chapter 447

Public relations crises are still very effective.

The compensation was swift and effective; in addition to compensating for the losses, they also gave out 10,000 yuan in dining vouchers. This means that if these hundred-plus people eat sparingly, they can enjoy free takeout for a year.

As expected, Huahong Group is financially powerful and reliable.

And those media figures who accepted bribes also started saying nice things behind the scenes. In short, this time, the mess was truly cleaned up.

Even a TV station interviewed one of the victims, who said he would continue to use food delivery services and hoped that the food delivery companies would strengthen their security measures to prevent such incidents from happening again.

Xing Baohua has some statistics showing that about 70% of the customers of food delivery services are people in the entertainment industry.

They frequently travel to film sets, where the food is usually just so-so. All they have to do is call their company, and they can choose their preferred food on the computer and have it delivered.

Only a small portion of the population are white-collar workers.

Xing Baohua's decisive compensation had a significant effect, and the media stopped focusing on the matter.

The beginning is always the hardest. Who told me to come up with something so ahead of its time?

After three days, the hard drive recovery software was also put together temporarily. After a simple test, it was found to be working without any problems, so it was put into use.

This software is primarily designed to recover deleted files from the system.

The deleted logs were quickly found, and clues were searched for within them.

Although it's tedious and involves many steps, you can only search step by step. Anyone who has ever hacked a server will definitely leave clues in the logs.

Therefore, it comes down to whose technology is superior. This technology involves various tools and programs, and even writing custom-designed tools.

The clues were quickly found, and Xing Baohua was quite disappointed that the other party's skills were lacking!

Once we find the address, things will be much easier; I'm sure we'll find the person soon.

Xing Baohua copied down the address, but instead of rushing to find out who the other party was, he had the hard drive recovery software scan the entire server hard drive again to see if there were any other clues about the deleted files.

He needs a complete chain of crimes from the other party.

They also uncovered fake shops created using borrowed customer information, a more comprehensive search than Zhao Jiajun's previous one, at least they were able to see the bank accounts.

To open a cash withdrawal account, a merchant needs to open an account at Huahong Bank. When a merchant needs to withdraw money from the food delivery platform, the first step is to deposit the funds into the merchant's account at Huahong Bank.

It must be said that Xing Baohua also made a mistake, namely, real-name authentication.

The food delivery restaurant's username and the bank account name must match for withdrawals to be possible! But Xing Baohua didn't do that, and besides, not everyone has a mobile phone these days; a verification code is required!

The shop owner might not even have a mobile phone, so we didn't consider these things at the time. As long as the platform provides a bank account, anyone can withdraw money from it, regardless of whose account it is.

Is everything alright?

The bank also belongs to Xing Baohua. He can find the account opening information with just one phone call. The only concern is that the account opening information might be fake, just a fake account used by the other party for temporary transfers.

Based on the account opening information, Xing Baohua could only hire a private investigator to investigate and find out what this person did and how he was being used.

Then check the bank records to see how the money was transferred out and to whose name it was transferred to.

All the transfer records quickly reached Xing Baohua's hands, and even he shook his head a little when he looked at them.

The money was transferred in fifteen separate transactions to banks around the world, and it became very difficult to trace it further.

Of these fifteen transactions, three remained in Hong Kong, which makes things easier. As long as a trace is left in Hong Kong, Xing Baohua can definitely extract information from it.

Let someone investigate first, and then see who it is.

Foreign accounts are difficult to access, but some can be found by hacking into banks that use the internet.

Banks aren't so easy to rip off, and they don't use a single line; they use dedicated local area lines and separate servers.

It's not something you can just hack into by using an external network; you need to find their network switch near the bank to connect.

The simplest and fastest way is to go to the bank's computer room. But is it that easy to get into a computer room?

There are many ways to do this, but this is just the dumbest one.

The most legal approach is to hire a local lawyer and use their investigative powers to conduct an investigation. Of course, most banks will refuse, as account information is considered private and banks won't disclose it; even a court-issued investigative order would be useless.

Therefore, they can only obtain information by using bank insiders; this is a gray industry chain overseas. Under the lure of money, justice and conscience have long since disappeared.

Xing Baohua took out his phone, left the server room, got into his car, and then dialed the number.

"Old Zhao! Bring your stepson to Hong Kong, and have him bring some trusted people with him. I have some unsavory business to deal with." Xing Baohua said before hanging up the phone.

I sighed, lit a cigarette, and watched the bustling traffic outside the window.

Back at Huahong Group, he instructed the board of directors to attend a meeting.

About two hours later, the board members rushed over, which was considered fast. They all knew that Xing Baohua had been dealing with the food delivery company recently, so he must have come to inform them of the results.

"Ahua! What's the result with that small company? Are they able to recover the losses?" Young Master Li asked.

"We'd be lucky to recover half of the losses. They've basically transferred the funds overseas, making it extremely difficult to get them back. We had planned to release some shares of the food delivery company and bring in some angel investors or similar institutions, but after this incident, the valuation will definitely depreciate significantly. It's better to wait," Xing Baohua said.

Seeing everyone nod, Xing Baohua glanced at them and said, "We've all come together because we're looking to make money. To be honest, although you haven't seen much dividends from your investments, the existing fixed assets and company profits have already exceeded your initial investment."

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