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Chapter 7 The Hidden Backdoor
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The Family's Biggest Mistake Chapter 12 The Hunt Begins
One month later, the first phase of Langford Group's security overhaul was finally complete.All critical access permissions now relied on short-lived credentials, and we'd revoked every old encryption key. We split the logging service into three independent systems that continuously cross-checked one another, and we ran a separate security audit on every sensitive request.We'd also deployed decoy systems throughout the network perimeter, making it much harder for anyone to approach our critical infrastructure without being detected.Anyone trying to sneak into our network would trigger one of our traps long before reaching anything valuable.Now that the first phase was complete, the board of directors gathered for another meeting.Richard stood at the front of the conference room and addressed everyone."Over the past month, Langford Group has completed a major overhaul of its cybersecurity infrastructure," he announced. "We've successfully passed the regulatory review, our cl
The Family's Biggest Mistake Chapter 11 Project Black Well
Xavier had already arranged for officers to secure the perimeter of the abandoned data center by dawn the next morning.Federal regulators and police officers were stationed outside the building, covering the entrances and surrounding areas. They weren't there to investigate the servers themselves. Instead, their job was to make sure nobody could escape once we went inside.…Meanwhile, Dylan and I entered the building and headed down to the second basement level.The place looked exactly like an abandoned data center should. Dust covered the floor, old cables hung loosely from the ceiling, and rows of forgotten server racks stood in the darkness.Almost every device was covered in a thick layer of dust, except for one row at the very back of the room.Those devices were spotless.Someone had clearly been using them.As we approached the active equipment, I noticed something painted on the wall behind the servers.It was a black circle resembling the opening of a deep well.I
The Family's Biggest Mistake Chapter 10 The First Well
The first week of our security overhaul passed without another attack from Black Tide, but instead I grew even more uneasy instead of feeling relieved.Good hackers didn't simply disappear after losing once. They studied their mistakes, adjusted their methods, and waited for another opportunity.I wasn't about to give them one.As the person spearheading the overhaul, I instructed my team to deploy three different types of decoy systems across Langford Group's network.The first was positioned along the network perimeter, the second near our authentication services, and the third disguised as an ordinary internal application.None of these systems contained anything valuable, but each one carried a unique tracking marker. If a hacker interacted with any of them, we could identify their activity and trace the connection's origin.I assigned Ryan to monitor the alerts.A month ago, this guy couldn't even be bothered to take notes during meetings. Now, he was spending his nights gl
The Family's Biggest Mistake Chapter 9 Project Fortress
The board of directors gathered for another meeting the following morning, but the atmosphere in the room was completely different this time around.This time, there wasn't a single red warning on the large screen at the front of the conference room. Instead, the financial dashboard showed that all major systems were operating normally.Richard stood at the head of the conference table and briefed the directors on everything that had happened.The cyberattack had been traced to Black Tide, an overseas hacking organization, and Leon was now in custody. All five billion dollars in client assets had been unfrozen, the regulators had lifted their restrictions, and client confidence was finally beginning to recover.The board was visibly relieved by the time my father finished his announcement.The applause that followed sounded far more genuine than anything I'd heard the day before.Then came the floodgates of compliments.Apparently, I'd demonstrated remarkable composure under pre
The Family's Biggest Mistake Chapter 8 The Shadow Behind Me
Everyone in the server room heard the caller's words.My father turned toward me, his expression unreadable, but I could tell he was waiting for an explanation.The young man on the phone continued speaking as though he had all the time in the world."All that information you uncovered about those hacker groups three years ago? We planted it for you to find. You thought you were following the evidence straight to the truth, but all you were really doing was helping us test a few attack methods."He chuckled softly, clearly enjoying himself.I said nothing as I kept my attention on the hardware security module's recovery screen. The progress bar had reached 45%."Who are you?" I finally asked."I'm your shadow," he replied. "After you disappeared, I took over your old hacker alias. These days, half the people on the underground forums think the most dangerous white-hat hacker out there is still you."Dylan clenched his fists as he listened."He's just stalling," he muttered. "H
The Family's Biggest Mistake Chapter 7 The Hidden Backdoor
I pulled up the system architecture diagram again and carefully went through every component we'd investigated so far.We'd already checked the perimeter firewall, security gateway, threat detection system, payment gateway, and authentication services. To me, I was seeing signs of an all-clear, but the system was still locked.I moved my eyes farther down the diagram until something finally caught my attention.It was the log collection service, the one component nobody had thought to question because it wasn't supposed to have anything to do with authorization.I stared at it for a moment before saying hesitantly, "I think I've found the real backdoor. It's hidden in the logging system."Dylan blinked in surprise. "The logging service? But all it does is collect system records.""Exactly, and that's why nobody thought to check it."I connected to the log collection server and began examining its configuration files. After I sifted through the directories, I discovered an encryp
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