THE CODE
Autor: Krisnatágoras | Publicado: 2015-12-29T10:17:00-05:00

Current moment.




"Just a week after the terrible terrorist attack claimed by the Radical Terrorist Group of Iraqi and Syria - RTIS - which killed 12 people, a new event causes an overturn in the geopolitical scenario. A self-described hacker group CyberLords in a coordinated attack to the websites of the major intelligence agencies - cia.gov, sis.gov.uk, defense.gouv.fv - and to the giant weapons company GT5&nbsp; - largest supplier of weapons in Europe and USA - performing an attack called DEFACE - a technique that removes official pages substituting for any other content - leaving an intriguing message.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The websites were down for two hours, time enough for the message spread on the internet and divide the experts and citizens. The message left by CyberLords group is as follows:

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "A new way of living is emerging and you will no longer in control of minds and bodies from people. The new world we are building will free us from your tyranny. Your select and the powerful group has screwed up our lives for so long and now the time came for adjustment and you gonna pay with your existence. You control are deeper than folks can imagine. But we gonna expose you. You will not longer control what we drink, what we eat, what we wear, you will not control the wars we fight for. You make us think that the shit you gave us is a democracy, but this is not more than your demagogy. And we gonna expose you, we gonna expose your crimes and your wicked behaviour. Your hubris is your weakness, cause here, in this new world you have no more value, your power has no influence here in our world made by zeros and ones...&nbsp; here we are gods. Prepare your grave you gonna die.” - CyberLords

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; While Intel agencies are working to find out who is behind the group CyberLords the Coalition of European and American governments has intensified the ‘war against terror’. At that moment, hundreds of targets in Syria and Iraq are being massively bombed. Aid agencies claim lives of hundreds of civilians. Estimated data reach the number of over 2000 civilians deaths. The spokesman of the coalition in a broadcast statement a few hours regretted the civilian deaths and affirms the needing for a quick overthrow of RTIS.



Two months ago.



Emma was waiting for Ghost at the bar&nbsp; - the only thing she knew about him was this: he was a ghost. The meeting took place in a typical Londoner Pub in Brixton district. The place smelled of rotten beer coming from the carpet. Around her a bunch of drunk mans were talking about the terrorist attacks and about the terror's war, in a way so passionate that looked like they were talking about rugby rather the war. That was unglamorous part of London.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- Triple Vodka with Cranberry juice, please. - She asked the bartender that looked surprised a girl&nbsp; with deep and beautiful blue eyes and white skin like milk using a veil and asking for a triple vodka. - In strange moments people do strange things, she thought.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Here it is. - Said the Barman.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - For me a neat Jack Daniels. Emma turned her face to check the unnoticed arrival of your unknown host.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - I like this city, the only thing that bother me is this winter rain that never seems to stop. - Ghost said.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Looks like the perfect weather to change the world, right? What is it about? - Emma asked looking directly into Ghost's eyes.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - I like people who go straight to the point. The plan is simple, unmask the powerful who are behind all the powerful doing all this shit in the world.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - What do you expect from me and what I get going into this project? - Asked Emma.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - About five months ago, we found a server on the Deep Web where are all the RTIS operations and contacts, we accessed the information and we found spurious transactions between RTIS and GT5. This information led us to monitoring the GT5 and we found that they keep the information in a security network level five. We need you to break into this server while the rest of the group vanish from the Deep Web all about RTIS preventing any new attack they are planning.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - I'm not interested in picking a fight with GT5, it seems rather a suicide mission. - Emma said!

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Emma, you're a girl with a special gift that you fear to use, you may be confused now, but the answers will come and when they came, you will have opportunity to use your gift in the name of something worthwhile. And, you may use your real name Malika. Enough of living in a world of lies. - Ghost said, pushing a flash drive over the bar toward Emma, as he finishes in a single sip his whiskey.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - What's in here and how do you know my real name? - Emma asked impressed.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - There is the push you need. - He replied, leaving a twenty pound bill on the counter and heading for the exit door.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Emma Malika was a brilliant young, daughter of a syrian woman that had migrated to London cause&nbsp; have been threatened by Islamic extremists for her activism in favour of women's rights in Islamic societies. Her father was a software engineer at MI6 in the transition from analog to digital espionage. His father had been killed in a field mission which was never entirely clear, but the official statement is that he was a hero who prevented a terrorist attack in London. His father wanted her only daughter had an English name and her mother an Arab, that was the reason he was named Emma Malika.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; After her father’s death, she stopped to use her Arab name, trying to forget what have happened.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; For Malika, codes, network security protocols, hacking, denial of service, exploits, deep web, were its most common language.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Even before finishing college at Oxford, she already had a job in a big technology company, taking care of security networks. Malika was happy with her life without major complications in London, she let the complicated things for the virtual world.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But in recent months much had changed. There was a hole in her chest since her father died, now more than ever claimed to be filled. With the flash drive in her hands, she realized that there were only two ways to go: forget everything about war, terrorism, unexplained death of her father or stick that flash drive on her computer. For both ways there was no back, this was a choice about the blue or the red pill.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Anyway if there was something wrong about her past she needed to know the truth, perhaps only then she could use her abilities for something more important than protect network corporations. She inserted the flash drive at the computer and after carefully read all the documents that were inside, she could not contain herself and tears came to her eyes and a sob came over her chest. She slammed the notebook screen crying aloud trying out her indignation.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; It was already clear she had to do, and there was no time to lose.



&nbsp;Back in the present moment somewhere in London.



- What we are doing now will change the world, we're facing a memorable moment. Let's show the society its worst disease and its remedy will not be easy to swallow. Enough of this life of lies told by those in power in name of an even more powerful group. This night we will look into the eyes of the beast and pluck its heart.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; As she listened Ghost making his speech, Malika looked around the hangar where they were. A large, empty warehouse with some tables, servers, many cables around and a large screen on the wall. They were part of the group two more people besides Ghost. Chat, who was a charming French guy who looked about 23 years. And Line, a girl who looked more like a cyberpunk character movies, with tattoos spread throughout her body and a partially shaved hair.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - The tracking script in TOR is almost over. - Chat exclaimed. Soon we will have a table with all the sites of RTIS.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - What about the Russians? Ghost asked Line.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - They are ready, waiting for our command.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Do you trust the Russians? - Malika asked the Ghost.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - They are our only alternative.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Russian hackers were mercenaries working always at the best price. They had no ethics and no code and Malika did not trust them, so she had a plan B, which would use only if needed.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Do not worry about the Russians - Ghost said, Be ready when the time comes, so we gonna take down the main servers and when the backup servers came up you have 5 minutes before they applying the new firewall rules to invade and transfer files.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Malika typed in your Debian station terminal the command: # nmap 192.168.0.1 -ssp U: 53,111,137, T: 21-25,80,139,8080, she was just waiting for the time to run it.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Put the Russians in the game. - Said Ghost to Line.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - DDoS attack started. - Replied Line while everyone looked at the graph on the main screen.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A DDoS attack - Distributed Denial of Service - overload a server by sending multiple packets of information through thousands of zombie computers infected by viruses until the target server can not process these requests and go offline.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The graph on the screen showing the evolution of requests to the server. A growing line showed that the attack was being successful. It was only a matter of time.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - The cluster servers are offline - shouted Line enthusiastic.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Your moment to shine Malika. - Ghost said.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Malika enters multiple codes on your terminal and pressed [enter].

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - I'm doing a scanner on the backup server ... no, no, no… Something wrong. The safety rules have been applied, I cannot pass through the firewall to reach the server. - Malika shouted angrily.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Ghost sat at the front of his computer typing commands on the keyboard so quickly that was possible just see a blur of his fingers.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - How is that possible, the rules should be offline. - Ghost replied.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Shit, shit, shit ... But it's online! I said we should not trust the Russians.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - The table of addresses in the TOR are updated, said Chat, I can run the deletion script at any time.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Only that isn't enough, we need the GT5 information, with the active firewall our plan is not worth anything. - Exclaimed disappointed Ghost.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; At that moment everything seemed to have come to an end, the revolution even had chance to start.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - I know a way – Malika said.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - With the active firewall, you do not have a chance to get on the server, and there is no way to break down the firewall. They have the most secure firewall ever developed. - Ghost said.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - But I will not break down the firewall, I will only deceive it. At college I coded a tool I called R.U.D.Y. if we find the server with the security rules, we can simulate an attack by sending new routing tables, making the firewall see the server that we dropped instead the backup server. I need a table with network addresses.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Baby, leaves that to me, I'm scanning all the GT5 network - said, Line.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - The table is in your terminal. At that moment, Malika starts her script R.U.D.Y. with the information Line sent. White lines of code down without stopping in a black background in Malika’s­ terminal.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Come on Malika, said Ghost hopeful.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; While Malika ran the attack on the firewall, she knew she had little time to invade the server, a chill took Marika body, maybe the effect of adrenaline in your system.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - I'm almost there, almost there - Malika answered with agony.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Everyone looked at the big screen in the hangar.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - I managed, firewall is off.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Malika starts her attack. Silence and apprehension took care of the place. Malika stood motionless in her chair, only her fingers moved.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - I'm in - said Malika.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - We're making history ladies and gentlemen. - Ghost said.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Malika looked through folders and files while the directories were listed, she had a sense of the amount of dirty was stored there. Directories with files from Vietnam to the war against terrorism, passing through 11/09, and the terrorist attacks in London, France, Germany. Business with almost all African dictators, with Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iraq. One folder got her attention: MI6 Agents.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Compressing files…

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Transferring Files ... – Malika said.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - TOR's Network attack status? - RTIS has swept from the internet, they will not recover from this attack until the creation of a new internet. - Chat replied.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Files transferred, rising to the Wikileaks.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Emma Marika, you are remarkable girl, you got it. The chaos that lies ahead will be worth the new world that will arise. Again, David defeated the giant Goliath, the world owes this to you. You can now use your full name now, finally justice for the world and for you. - Ghost said to Malika.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Start evasion - Yelling to everyone.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; They destroyed all information that could compromise them with drills and hammers destroyed the hard drives of all computers. They said goodbye and left the hangar.



Two weeks after the invasion.



Major news websites, all spoke about the same thing:

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "Hacker Group Cyberlords leaks documents proving connection between the governments of France, UK and the US with indirect arms sales to RTIS via Saudi Arabia."

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "Arms Company GT5 is prosecuted for influence political decisions in the White House, US President is removed from office."

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "Millions of protesters around the world are still in the streets to demand reforms. In France, the president does not stand up to manifestations and head off the presidency."

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "The RTIS group communication network is dismantled, information say the RTIS will spend years to restructure its network."

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "Bombings in Syria and Iraq are paralyzed, troops evacuate the place. The United Nation discusses the best way to help the region rebuild. "
                                                                                      

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "Dozens of killings in the UK have been ordered by the GT5, including the MI6 software engineer. Documents show that he knew about GT5's actions."