Online password cracking is fine for simple passwords, but for complex passwords it takes a long time to crack. If someone discovers your online password cracking, they will definitely change it first, so what's the point of cracking it then?

Load the password packet and test the password length. Luckily, it's an 8-digit password. It can be completed in six or seven hours at the fastest, and two days at the slowest.

Next comes the packet analysis. The small server uses its computing power to combine numbers and letters into 8-digit combinations and perform collisions one by one. If the other party uses eight ones, it can be deciphered in less than a second.

Unfortunately, anyone with a modicum of common sense wouldn't know how to work with eight 1s, and even with eight 8s, it would still take a long time. Adding letters, especially if there are special characters, would take even more time.

Around nine o'clock, the data center management called to say that the virus on the main server had been cleaned up and all the websites on the server had returned to normal.

After strengthening their defenses, the SHIELD team went to find the source of the attack and reported it to the National Security Investigation Bureau of the United States.

They will hand over the relevant data to the investigation bureau, which will then open an investigation after receiving the data.

What happens next depends on whether the investigation bureau takes it seriously and whether it's reliable.

While running the package, Xing Baohua also checked the HK forum, especially the buyer, to see if they had posted any new messages.

It was the same message asking to buy software; there were no other updates.

Xing Baohua didn't know why he would pay attention to a post about buying software. Besides, it wasn't anything attractive. Why did he want to know what the other party wanted to buy?

How could someone have such a mentality?

He himself found it very strange and was wondering whether he should see a psychologist.

Around 10 o'clock, I finally finished running the password.

Good luck, although it's an alphanumeric combination, it's a very early combination.

After obtaining the password, Xing Baohua opened the entire data package, and a password pop-up window appeared. As long as the correct password was entered, the contents could be viewed.

The password is correct.

I opened the email, but before I could even read the contents, I saw the title.

It was written in English: Countdown!

What does that mean?

Anyone who sees this will be stunned for a moment.

Before I could even think about it, I saw a 3 appear on the screen, followed by a 2, and finally a 1.

The small server fan started humming, and the noise grew louder and louder.

Realizing what was happening, Xing Baohua quickly reached for the switch. No, he meant to unplug the power cord.

The mini server started smoking the moment my hand touched the plug.

"Fuck you, you damn fool! Fuck you, you son of a bitch!" Xing Baohua was furious, cursing incessantly.

He was invincible, hands in his pockets, with no rivals. And now? A major car crash, a complete disaster.

I always felt that hackers in this era haven't evolved yet; I could easily outclass them with my advanced knowledge. Now you know what it means to have hidden masters among ordinary people, right? The funny thing is, they even burned down the server.

Karma! He used to burn other people's computers, and now someone burned his. He looked at the smoking mini server with tears in his eyes. It's so damn cruel.

Without Xing Baohua giving any instructions, the guards beside him unplugged the power cord. Then, one guard was seen carrying a thermos, preparing to pour water to extinguish the smoke.

Seeing this, Xing Baohua's face turned green.

After stopping it, I opened the door to let the smoke out, and luckily it didn't trigger the smoke alarm.

Tell the guard to find a pair of gloves and then go to the server room to get a set of disassembly tools.

Xing Baohua checked if there was any chance of saving the patient.

The smoke was so thick just now, it must be the power supply. If it's burned out, it's burned out, we can just replace the power supply later.

Xing Baohua is most concerned about the hard drive.

The data is all here. If only the motherboard on the hard drive is missing, the chances of recovery are very high.

Ignoring everything else, I took the hard drive out first.

Upon closer inspection of the motherboard on the hard drive, I noticed that the logic chip was somewhat blackened, and there were also a few small capacitors.

As for whether the disk inside will have damaged tracks, only opening the disk can determine that.

Theoretically, it should cause damage, but in practice it depends on the situation. The virus might instruct the disk to increase rotation speed and voltage, leading to increased current and faster motor speed. As the disk accelerates, it comes into contact with the read/write head, which can physically damage the tracks.

There's no way to fix it.

Xing Baohua disassembled the hard drive and first visually inspected the magnetic traces. If there were any physical bad sectors, they could usually be seen with the naked eye.

Xing Baohua only saw slight traces, fortunately they were not deep and did not spread.

The more I look at it, the more I feel like it can be salvaged.

Fortunately, they were using IBM servers, and the hard drives were also from them. Xing Baohua had specifically organized people to learn hard drive repair techniques for the micro hard drives they had ordered beforehand.

It's good to have foresight; having professional hard drive repair tools and techniques greatly increases the chances of recovery.

If there's no email data, then it's okay if this hard drive burns out; we can just replace it.

After inspecting the disk, he reassembled it in the same way, had someone come and clean the office, and then took the hard drive to the software park to repair it with the hardware team.

It mainly involves replacing electrical components on the motherboard, which requires soldering and such. Having the tools there makes things much more convenient.

Upon arriving at the software park, I reopened the hard drive. First, I used a magnifying glass to examine the bad sectors. If there seemed to be no problem, I found a new 3.5-inch hard drive. I removed the hard drive and replaced the motherboard with the burnt one. I put the burnt logic chip into a professional serial port drive, soldered a few wires to connect it, and tested it with power. If it didn't power on, it was useless.

Once powered on, it's done. Exporting the data from the logic chip will save a lot of time in repairing the hard drive.

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