Great Power Technology.

Chapter 581
At this time, the Intesa Sanpaolo Bank of Italy has become a mess.

Just two hours ago, a large number of unaudited account information modification records appeared in their system, and there were even funds transfers without instructions.

Anyone who has been in the banking industry knows what this means.

Obviously, they've been severely attacked, but the problem is, the entire technical department of the bank has been mobilized, only to find that they can't even find the source of the attack.

Theoretically speaking, if you want to hack into a bank system, you must first at least apply for access from the outside to the inside, but within this two hours, all access is safe and approved.

In other words, either the attacker disguised himself as a completely unrecognizable normal visitor, or the attack came directly from the inside.

In either case, Intesa Sanpaolo has already exceeded the technical limit.

They are like the city of Troy that has been invaded by a Trojan horse, but they can't find the invisible Trojan horse.

"How is the situation? Are orders still being produced?"

A bank technology executive asked the technician in front of him.

"No, we have urgently cut off the network connection of the central server, and no new attacks have occurred so far. This is good news, but it is also bad news."

"I understand that the loss caused by a disconnection is immeasurable-but fortunately we have insurance, they should pay for it?"

"Maybe some of the compensation will be compensated, don't expect them to show kindness, they will definitely lower the price severely when assessing the damage."

"But the bad news I'm talking about right now is not this, but this is a clear signal, evidence that we're under attack."

"Obviously, the attack was carried out through the network. As long as we reconnect to the network, we will continue to be attacked. With their current capabilities, they can even directly clear our account."

"How is this possible! All our information is connected to the Swift system. To tamper with this part of the data, they must crack the entire Swift system. Can anyone in this world do it?"

The executive's tone was unbelievable. He could indeed feel the severity of the situation, but he had been out of the technical field for too long, and he really didn't have an intuitive judgment.

He subconsciously felt that this time was just a provocation by a small group of hackers who love to show off their skills in a certain corner of the world. As long as state power intervenes, they won't be able to get away with it for long when social workers are used on a large scale.

Since this is the case, then the multiple encryption used by the swift system is still a natural barrier for them.

RSA encryption, elliptic encryption. These technologies, which have been used by humans for decades, are still new today, and they still guard the most important assets of humans, and they have never shown signs of being compromised.

And now, the technicians under him actually say that they can break through the limitations of the SWIFT system and directly tamper with the transaction data?

Seeing the questioning expression of the executive, the technician hesitated for a moment and replied:
".Well, maybe they won't tamper with the account through Swift settlement, but I'm pretty sure they'll get the balance shown in our system to zero."

"The damage caused by this is slightly lower than tampering with the transaction, but it also requires a very high cost to recover."

"In short, we've been cornered - and what's more, we don't even know who is attacking and for what purpose."

"There is no way to start. At present, all security personnel have entered their posts, and the information has been reported to ICSPA. They will provide us with necessary assistance."

"But at present, it seems that all the work we do is chasing an invisible and intangible ghost. There is no target, and the so-called king's network security means naturally fall into the void."

The executive's brows were tightly frowned. He was also a technician himself, so he could naturally understand the logic of the other party's statement, but there was nothing he could do about it.

If you want to hit a target, you must at least have a target.

The problem now is like, [-] kilometers away, someone attacked one's own side with a missile of unknown origin, but all one's own countermeasures are only a few rifles.

Wanting to cause damage to the enemy is purely dreaming.

It seems that when technology does not work, we can only consider social work.

After thinking for a moment in silence, he said:
"You keep trying. I'm going to contact other departments to hold an emergency meeting. If there is any latest progress, I will notify you immediately."

"understood."

The technician nodded and answered, but in fact, he just took the executive's words as a routine perfunctory.

However, completely different from what he thought, only half an hour later, the bank management locked the direction of the attack.

This is not because of how strong their abilities are, but, from the perspective of the top-level overall situation, the clues left by the other party are too obvious—in other words, the other party has no intention of hiding their identity at all.

Technically, they can do it perfectly, but logically, they don't even bother to do the most basic cover-up.

There are a total of several leads obtained by the executives.

The first one is that all the accounts suspended or frozen due to pressure from our own side were unfrozen, and the banks involved clearly replied that they did not unfreeze.

Second, the accounts targeted by the attack are all our own personnel stationed abroad, and the attack logic is almost the same as the previous freeze and restriction of our own side.

Third, before the attack, Huaxia had just learned that the main foreign representatives of several countries were restricted.

Maybe each thread doesn't tell the story by itself, but when it happens together, it all becomes clear.

Those restricted small countries absolutely do not have this ability, so the identity of the opponent has been clearly revealed.

It is a Chinese.

The Huaxia people launched their offensive in response to their own restrictions on bank transactions of personnel stationed abroad in small countries.

The instigator was found, and the problem was half solved, but another more important problem surfaced:
How did they do that?
The technical director suddenly thought of a series of details that he had noticed but didn't pay attention to. After a moment of silence, he said:
"Everyone."

"I have a very bad guess."

"If this speculation is true, then the blow it will deal to us will be devastating."

All eyes were on him, he took a deep breath, and then said:
"The RSA encryption system on which the modern banking system depends has, most likely, already been broken."

(End of this chapter)