Attack
1229 Words
"Nothing. Just waiting for the IT team to finish their work," Mark replied.
"Mr. Mark, would you like me to bring you a drink?" Alicia tried to offer Mark a drink, to calm him down a bit. Mark looked at Alicia and realized that Alicia and Sam looked a little tense, probably because of the anger on their faces.
"Yes, please ask for something refreshing, Al," Mark replied.
"Yes sir," said Alicia, who was about to leave Mark's room to go to the office boy's room.
"No, just call the office boy from here. Ask to bring it for you and Sam too. You must be tired," said Mark, who knew that Sam and Alicia must have also felt panic when they found out that the company's system would be hacked. Plus, his anger that made the two people closest to him must also feel tense. Alicia nodded and walked to Mark's desk, picked up the receiver, dialed a few numbers, then spoke to someone who must have been an office boy or office girl to ask him to make her a drink. Iced coffee was Alicia's choice, as the three of them liked to enjoy coffee together.
"Was I too loud? You guys are so quiet like this?" Mark asked, as Alicia sat back down after ordering a drink.
"Indeed, I didn't dare talk to you," Sam replied, which made Mark smile. Mark just wanted Sam and Alicia to be less tense, but he also couldn't be completely relieved, because there was no news from the IT team.
"I just want the IT team to be more thorough, so that things like this don't happen again," Mark said.
After Mark's words, the door to Mark's room was knocked on and brought out an office boy who brought three glasses of iced coffee. After the office boy left Mark's room, Mark, Sam, and Alicia then drank the iced coffee. It was indeed very refreshing, and the three of them became quite relaxed. As the trio chatted a bit, Mark's cell phone rang again and Mark quickly picked it up.
"How was it?" Mark said.
"The system is ready to reactivate, sir," Ian replied.
"Are you sure?" Mark asked seriously.
"Sure, sir," Ian replied.
"I'll be there," Mark said, and the call was hung up.
After hanging up his phone call with Ian, Mark immediately took Sam and Alicia to the IT room. Once there, Mark again checked the New Space security system so seriously. Sam and Alicia also observed.
"Is there any malware that hasn't been dealt with yet?" Mark asked, his eyes still focused on the system.
"No sir, we've taken care of all the malware. We have also checked everything that is vulnerable to viruses, and everything is clear," Ian replied, and Mark nodded.
"Are you guys sure everything has been checked properly?" Asked Sam.
"Sure Sir, we've done a thorough track," replied Ian.
"Did you find out where the malware was sent from?" Asked Alicia
"There should be more than one IP Address, but we only found one that can be identified, ma'am," Ian replied and made Mark and Sam turn to look at Ian.
"From where?" Mark asked.
"We looked up the IP Address, and we found it to be in the Clarington, Ontario area, Sir," Ian replied.
"Clarington?" Mark muttered thoughtfully.
"Is there a business rival from there, Mark?" asked Sam.
"Not that I remember," Mark replied.
"Or it's just a trick Sir, they're deliberately using Clarington to outwit us," Alicia said.
"That's right, that could happen. But I'll ask Mr. Aaron first," Mark said, and everyone nodded.
"Later, after the system is reactivated, back up the data immediately. Enhance security, layer it up again, and check all systems again. If there are any problems or anything, deal with them immediately. If necessary, contact me, Sam, or Alicia," Mark said.
"Yes Sir," Ian said.
"Now, reactivate the system," Mark said, and Ian nodded. Now the New Space system is back up. The IT team immediately did what Mark said, while Mark, Sam, and Alicia returned to Mark's room.
"The company system is back up, Dad," Mark said, telling Aaron over the phone call.
After the New Space system was reactivated, the IT team checked whether the system was still running as usual or not. They also re-examined whether the hacking attempt was still being carried out or not. And of course, they also secured the system even more. Mark, Sam, and Alicia also checked the system. They also analyzed and confirmed if the New Space system had no attempts to be hacked.
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"Dad, Mark wants to ask Daddy something," Mark said, meeting his daddy on the back porch, after asking his mommy where his daddy was. Aaron was enjoying the afternoon with a cup of tea and cookies on the table.
"You just got home, Mark? Was there something serious, that you went straight to see Daddy? Our system is back to normal, right?" Aaron said after sipping his tea.
"The system is safe Dad. But does Daddy have any business contacts from Clarington?" Asked Mark, who was already sitting next to Aaron. Meanwhile, Aaron frowned at his son's sudden question.
"Clarington? Daddy doesn't remember, why?" Aaron asked.
"After checking everything, our IT team found an IP Address that had sent a lot of malware onto our system. And that IP Address is located in Clarington, Ontario, Dad," Mark replied. Aaron was silent, thinking for a moment.
"As far as Daddy recalls, Daddy has no business partners or rivals in the Clarington area. Daddy has some business partners from Ontario, but not in Clarington," Aaron said.
"Alicia said earlier, if this possibility is just a trick, Dad. So they are deliberately not hiding their identity, so that we think that they are really from Clarington, but they are not." Mark said.
"That's right, they could have done that. We should not take any action against this attack. Just let them, we focus on the security of our own system," Aaron said, and Mark nodded in understanding.
"In the past, Daddy also experienced something like this. The New Space system was hacked. At that time, New Space's security system was not as good as it is now. So our website was hacked, but approximately one hour later, Daddy managed to restore the website to its original state," Aaron said, and Mark was surprised.
Mark had never heard this before. This was the first time he knew that New Space's website had been hacked.
"Then what happened Dad? What did they do to our website," Mark asked.
"They put a message running on the main page of the website, saying that New Space should be careful. And they also messed with the features on the website. Fortunately, they haven't had time to access visitors' personal data, because Daddy has managed to restore the website to its original state," Aaron said.
"Then does Daddy know who was behind the hack?" Asked Mark.
"Anthony, a businessman in the oil and gas sector based in Toronto," Aaron said, remembering his heartache in the past.
"Daddy's own business partner," Aaron continued, and Mark was really surprised.
"Daddy's business partner? Then why did he hack our website, Dad?" Mark asked.
"Probably hurt, because Daddy rejected the project he gave Daddy," Aaron answered calmly.
"Why did Daddy reject it?" Asked Mark.
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