Chapter 1727 TV Station Invaded

Besid Voss acquiesced that she really wanted to put pressure on Nathan Sanders through Morgenthau, but she was fully prepared for this meeting, especially after Yang Cheng gave her ideas.

"Mr. Morgenthau, believe me, if the trade union can support me, they will also benefit~"

"What good?"

"I'm going to increase the salaries of public school teachers while increasing the support of charter schools, but only if we fire teachers who don't do anything and just goof around, and a separate part of the bonus is used to motivate outstanding teachers. "

Morgenthau pondered for a moment, then figured out Besidvos' intentions, "You're trying to divide the guild~"

Besidworth still did not deny, "This is also benefiting more teachers. The union will not lose, but will get more."

Morgenthau sighed, "To be honest, from my personal point of view, the education certificate system you implemented and the policy of supporting charter schools are completely worth a try, but you can't underestimate the influence of trade unions."

In other words, she might not get the support of the trade union for her sweetness.

Bessie frowned slightly, "Mr. Morgenthau, what the union wants is to continue to expand its influence. Once they get more salaries and benefits for teachers, their influence will undoubtedly expand again.

In recent years, the two trade unions have put more energy into internal fighting, and the hard-working ordinary teachers have complained a lot. This is not a good phenomenon, and they must do something to make up for it.

And the party that takes the lead in making changes will definitely get the support of more people. "

After being stunned for a moment, Morgenthau had to admit, "You are right, well, you convinced me, I can help you contact Nathan and give me my opinion~"

Bessie was overjoyed, "Mr. Morgenthau, the history of American education will never forget your decision today~"

Morgenthau smiled and shook his head, "I don't value these things, you know I'm about to step down, and before stepping down, I also want to do some good things that really benefit the people, I have to thank you for giving me this opportunity~"

Yang Cheng said at the right time, "It's just mutual achievement, both of you, let's have a toast?"

The three toasted at the same time, "cheers~"

At this time, Hansen hurried into the salon with a maritime satellite phone, and whispered a few words in Yang Cheng's ear. Yang Cheng's relaxed smile instantly darkened, but he still said to the two of them in a very gracious manner, " I'm sorry, I have something to deal with, excuse me~"

He took the satellite phone and entered a cabin casually, closed the door and said, "Mark, it's me, what's the situation now?"

"Boss~ To be honest, I am also at a loss. I received an email suddenly this morning. The other party asked us to pay a ransom of 10 million US dollars, otherwise we will release our unaired episodes to the entire network."

Yang Cheng frowned, "Is there anyone you suspect? Was it leaked by our insiders?"

After CW was acquired by New Era Media, New Era Media has always been responsible for network maintenance, and the level of protection has been several levels higher than in the past. Of course, what this world lacks most is geniuses, especially talented hackers in the computer field. There are endless.

But based on Yang Cheng's rational analysis, he would rather believe that this was an internal leak of revenge.

If it was really done by hackers, it would undoubtedly be a huge threat to New Era Media. If the other party can break through the firewall once, there will be a second time.

Mark said, "Boss, although I don't want to admit it, this is what the hacker did, and it is likely to be the same hacker who threatened HBO, Netflix and other companies before."

I'm in trouble now~

Not long ago, HBO's network was also hacked, and the news that a large amount of internal information was leaked spread like wildfire. The content of "The Game", due to the leak of many popular film and television dramas under HBO including this drama, so the incident gradually heated up,

attracted worldwide attention.

At that time, many colleagues, including CW TV station, were still treating this matter with the mentality of staying out of the matter or even watching jokes, but they didn't expect that the nightmare would come to their heads so soon.

About half a month ago, an astonishing email appeared in the mailboxes of many entertainment media reporters, with the title "1.5TB of HBO data leaked!", and curious people opened it and found that it said "The biggest leak in the age of cyberspace has happened, what's it called? Oh, I forgot, it's HBO's Game of Thrones! You'll be very lucky to be among the first to witness and download the leak .”

After opening the link attached to the email, the webpage jumps to a temporary website, which not only contains the new script of HBO "Game of Thrones", but also the content of many episodes that have not yet been aired. After verification, these contents are real. Instantly attracted the attention of a large number of people inside and outside the industry.

In recent years, HBO has become the focus of the world with a number of popular series. Not only does it have a large number of viewers in Europe and the United States, but it also has a group of loyal "drama fans" in Asia, South America and other countries around the world.

Since the hacker claims to have obtained 1.5TB of information and materials, if an episode of TV series with a full HD 1080P resolution is about 2GB, then that means at least 500 episodes or more. However, due to the complexity of the information, useless information and other forms of There should not be that much leaked film and television drama content, but there should be at least hundreds of hours of video content.

This was not enough. The hackers seemed not satisfied, and they exposed the personal information of several HBO executives. It was published on the Internet in the form of a text file, which contained login information of dozens of online accounts. There is the executive's work email.

By the way, the hacker was signed by Mr. Smith, and said in the email that he also obtained a lot of employee information and internal materials, but the official did not announce what these internal materials involved, nor how much employee information was publicly leaked. .

After the incident, HBO has remained silent in front of the media, but in private, HBO has asked Google to remove all links containing leaked information, and they did not hesitate to use DCMA, which is the Digital Copyright Millennium Act.

DCMA protects the due rights of copyright owners on the Internet, and stipulates that Internet service providers are obliged to block users from accessing allegedly infringing materials in a timely manner, or delete them from their own servers. Therefore, many suspected links are currently inaccessible. This move is beneficial to prevent ordinary users from continuing to visit and avoid a wider range of content leakage.

However, this move can only protect their rights and interests within the United States, and it is difficult for HBO's influence to control the spread of the situation on a global scale.

In an email to foreign media, the hacker claimed that he would publish more content on the Internet one after another.

So far, hackers have only released the personal information of an HBO executive, including journal subscription account passwords, online banking account passwords, and personal health service account passwords.

A screenshot showing HBO's internal network management tools, employees' names, email addresses, and job responsibilities was also released on the Internet. From this, it seems that hackers have indeed entered HBO's core network architecture.

Compared with Sony's hacking and leaking incident back then, HBO's data loss is currently more than 7 times that of Sony at that time.

At that time, hackers leaked a large amount of Sony's financial information, threatened Sony to give up the movie "The Interview", and threatened to launch terrorist acts once the movie was released. Sony eventually canceled the release of the movie.

Just days before the attack on The CW, HBO President Richard Plepler sent an email to his staff saying, "Any act of aggression is disruptive and disturbing to all of us. ... very unfortunately, the problem before us is that it has happened before in many places, and now we find ourselves in it, but we do not believe that the mailbox system has been completely compromised, and we have taken justice means~"

The purpose of this email is to comfort the employees, and the effect is not yet known, but now the hackers have obviously shifted their target, targeting the CW TV station, and began to blackmail cash even more shamelessly, $10 million, how dare you speak!

Paper cannot contain fire. In just one month after the HBO incident caused an uproar, the CW TV station was hacked again. At the same time that Mark called to report to Yang Cheng, the matter continued to ferment and heat up in the outside world.

Mark had to officially respond, "The CW TV station is experiencing a cyber incident that led to the disclosure of proprietary information. After the incident, we immediately began to investigate. We are currently working closely with law enforcement officials and the parent company's cybersecurity department. On the CW TV station, the data Protection is a top priority, and we take that responsibility very seriously."

Everyone knows that this announcement is just to appease the emotions of the outside world and inside, and the details and the impact of the leaked content have not been discussed from beginning to end.

However, the outside world has already speculated that the data information that CW may leak this time is far more serious than HBO.

The fact is also the same. According to what Mark said, not only the video resources of the episodes that have not yet been aired have been leaked, but also a series of variety shows and sports program planning in the next few years. This is the strategic plan of CW TV station. Once leaked, it is likely to cause The TV station is badly hurt!

Mark said seriously on the phone, "Boss, I chose to report the incident to NYPD immediately after the incident, but I'm afraid they can't find anything with their abilities. I think I should ask F~B~I for help~"

Yang Cheng didn't answer, but instead asked, "Where's our technician? Did you find anything?"

Mark smiled wryly, "No, this hacker is very cunning, and the traces left behind are so slight that it may be difficult to trace the real IP address~"

Yang Cheng shook her fist fiercely, and cursed, "**~"