Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 347 - 346: Methods for Cracking USB Drives

Chapter 347: Chapter 346: Methods for Cracking USB Drives

"The USB is not yours? What a pity. However, cracking the password is going to be difficult. This USB must contain important data, or else the person wouldn’t have used an encrypted one," Liu Wenxing observed the USB closely and said without looking up.

As Lin Tian drove, he said with perplexity, "I have a friend who also said it’s hard to crack. But in the movies, those genius hackers seem to just use a laptop, and they can breach the firewalls of some national organizations easily."

"Brother Tian, hackers breaking through the firewalls of big companies or national departments—such cases do exist in reality. But it’s definitely not something that can be done with a lousy computer; movies that show that are deceiving people. If advanced firewalls could be breached so easily by hackers, the world’s internet systems would have collapsed long ago," Liu Wenxing shook his head and said earnestly.

What he said made sense, and Lin Tian thought about it himself. The world is vast and filled with people harboring ill intentions. If it were so easy to breach firewalls, not only would the online world be in chaos, but the real world would be in disarray too.

Liu Wenxing continued to explain, "Advanced firewalls are created using supercomputers. Take the world’s second-largest supercomputer, Titan, for example. It occupies an area the size of a basketball court, possesses over half a million processors, and its theoretical peak computation speed can reach 27 petaflops per second, while the computation speed of most ordinary computers is mostly between several billions to tens of billions of operations per second. So, it’s impossible for a regular computer to breach an advanced firewall; the computing speed difference is like heaven and earth."

Such high-level firewalls would undoubtedly be costly, often used by national-level or large corporate groups. But knowing Cui Haolong’s financial situation, Lin Tian figured that Cui wouldn’t use such high-grade equipment.

"Wenxing, an encrypted USB shouldn’t have such advanced firewall encryption; take another look into it," Lin Tian said confidently.

"You’re right, it should be crackable, but it’s a bit troublesome. If we could use our Huaxia’s Tianhe-2 supercomputer, cracking this encrypted USB would be a piece of cake," Liu Wenxing said wistfully, daydreaming about the possibility.

Tianhe-2, the world’s fastest supercomputer in terms of calculation speed, was something Lin Tian was aware of. However, the chance of using it was slim.

"Ah, Brother Tian, I remember now, the Xiao Group’s laboratory also has a commercial supercomputer. Of course, it’s no match for Tianhe-2, but it’s pretty good. If we could use it, cracking it would be easy," Liu Wenxing glanced at Lin Tian and reminded him.

"Forget about using the Xiao Family’s supercomputer; think of another way," Lin Tian declined the suggestion without hesitation.

Having a supercomputer in their laboratory meant it was the technological research core of the Xiao Group; they wouldn’t just let outsiders in. Lin Tian wasn’t foolish enough to believe he could have unrestricted access to the Xiao Family’s lab—Mrs. Xiao or Xiao Manxue wouldn’t allow him in there.

Lin Tian had an intuition that if he made such a request, the good relationship he had with the Xiao Family might be jeopardized. Those Japanese had always been targeting the Xiao Family, and their secret objectives might be hidden in the Xiao Group’s laboratory.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Wenxing hesitated and said, "In that case, we’d have to resort to the most primitive method—hacking into other people’s computers and using them to form an array to calculate and crack the code, although it will be slower."

"If it’s slow, then let it be slow. I’m not in a hurry. It was just a whim when I gave it to you to take a look. Keep the USB for now. Let me know whenever you manage to crack it," Lin Tian was indifferent. If he hadn’t suddenly remembered, he would have almost forgotten the USB’s existence.

Thinking it over, he added, "But don’t let it affect your studies. Focus on your college entrance exams. Work on it when you have free time; forget about it if you don’t."

"Don’t worry, Brother Tian. Constant studying isn’t efficient, either. Tinkering with this thing can also give my brain a rest," said Liu Wenxing, who knew Lin Tian was concerned about his studies. He patted his chest, promising confidently.

As they were talking, Lin Tian had already arrived at the Night Rose Bar by car. The bar was now open for business, but it was just past six in the evening, and the nightlife had not yet reached its peak.

When he walked in, the security guards and waiters all recognized Lin Tian. With the boss’s arrival, the security guards and waiters all nodded and greeted him. But order was not disrupted; they stayed at their posts without coming up to brown-nose.

Well managed indeed, Lin Tian nodded with great satisfaction; these guards looked very different from before. Previously, they were all thugs, never looking professional at work, harassing waitresses, playing cards and drinking on the job, and even bullying customers.

What’s worse, some were even in cahoots with the gangsters outside, peddling goods and turning the entire bar into chaos. No wonder even Li Wenxuan and Fan Lei said the bar was a mess.

"Boss, you’re here." A woman’s voice suddenly sounded in Lin Tian’s ear. Listening to the voice, he knew it was Manager Lu Jia.

"I just came to have a look around, and you’ve responded quickly. I had just stepped in and you already knew," Lin Tian said, turning to look at her with a smile.

Lu Jia also smiled and said politely, "I’ve instructed them to notify me whenever a VIP client comes in. Now that the boss has arrived, they certainly have to inform me."

This Lu Jia was really dedicated to her job. According to her, she had to meet the VIP clients in person, giving them all due respect.

"Heh, with Manager Lu looking so pretty, haven’t those VIPs harassed you at all?" Lin Tian asked half-seriously, half-joking.

With her beauty, and being in a bar setting, it was possible for intoxicated customers to take liberties.

"Boss, those rich folks are actually very well-informed. They all know about the recent events at our bar and that it has changed hands to a tough new boss. They wouldn’t dare to misbehave," Lu Jia said with a charming smile.

"That’s good to hear. My friend and I haven’t had dinner yet, so let the kitchen whip up a few dishes for us," Lin Tian instructed after getting a handle on the bar’s operations.

There were not many customers on the first floor at the moment. Lin Tian found a corner to sit down with Liu Wenxing. He then reached out with his senses and realized Rossi was not there; he must have gone off to do something with Ghost. Those two had become acquainted through a fight.

The food was served quickly. The waitresses on the first floor also noticed the boss’s arrival, looking over towards Lin Tian’s corner. They were quite surprised that the big boss was dining like an ordinary person in the bar’s main hall; this handsome and cool boss really was different from the rest.

Lin Tian didn’t mind and waved Manager Lu over with a smile, "Manager Lu, you haven’t eaten yet, have you? Come join us, otherwise, the two of us can’t finish all these dishes."

Seeing Lin Tian wasn’t joking, Lu Jia was pleasantly surprised, but she quickly composed herself, lifted her glass boldly and said, "Boss, I thank you for your recognition, I’ll toast to you."

As she was about to take a drink, Lin Tian suddenly put his hand on her wrist and said, "Hold on!"

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