"Network security, huh..."

Hearing Xu Yun's question.

Gu Qunqing paused for a few seconds and said:

"Dr. Xu, let me ask you a question first."

"Let's not discuss the BAT level internet companies for now; just consider the company I previously worked for, Sanofi. Can you guess how many times it gets attacked by hackers in a year?"

"Sanofi?"

Xu Yun blinked. Why did it feel like discussing an ex with a current partner?

But soon.

He pushed this strange thought to the back of his mind and began to seriously think about Gu Qunqing's question.

Sanofi is also a well-known pharmaceutical company, with its main strength in the diabetes sector.

Currently, it ranks between 5th and 8th in the global pharmaceutical field, with annual revenues of several billion US Dollars, essentially belonging to the first-tier giants just below the top echelon.

However, in the world's top 500 companies, Sanofi's ranking isn't particularly high.

It fluctuates between 270th and 300th place, occasionally breaking 250.

Such a company would undoubtedly face numerous public relations challenges, but since its main business isn't like that of internet companies online, theoretically, it shouldn't encounter too many hacker attacks...

Thinking of this.

Xu Yun pondered briefly and gave a number:

"A year... ten thousand times?"

Ten thousand times a year, which averages out to thirty times a day, shouldn't be a small number.

"Five thousand times?"

Hearing Xu Yun's answer, Gu Qunqing gently shook his head:

"Dr. Xu, you should know that the OSI has a 7-layer network model, and the commonly used layers are the link layer, network layer, transport layer, and application layer. The application layer is where we ordinary people are active every day."

"Directly targeting the application layer, hackers often use DDOS traffic attacks."

"This involves using a packet sender to amplify zombie traffic, occupying bandwidth with huge traffic, causing server paralysis."

"For this type of attack, Sanofi's headquarters alone suffers no less than...

"Two million."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yun's pupils shrank suddenly.

Two million?

On average, 7,000 times a day?

For a company ranked over 200 globally, whose main operations aren't online, to suffer 7,000 attacks a day at its headquarters?

Seeing Xu Yun's astonished expression, Gu Qunqing smiled and said:

"Surprised? Actually, this is quite normal. After all, although pharmaceutical companies operate on an offline production model, various data are inseparable from the internet."

"For instance, various experimental reports and drug trial data need to use cloud storage, and they can't all be covered by a local area network."

"This provides a basis for network attacks."

After speaking, Gu Qunqing pointed to the phone next to Xu Yun's coffee cup:

"Dr. Xu, you can search another keyword: 'Ma Yun 1.6 billion times.'"

Xu Yun picked up the phone and searched for the keyword Gu Qunqing mentioned.

A moment later.

His eyebrows raised once more:

"Goodness, Ali faces 1.6 billion attacks every day?"

Gu Qunqing adjusted to a more comfortable position in his seat and explained with a smile:

"That's right, although Ali's number is related to its internet characteristics, it still illustrates certain situations well."

"Generally speaking, a Fortune 500 company faces no less than a million DDOS traffic attacks annually."

"Regarding TCP/TST attacks, the frequency might be lower, perhaps a dozen times a day, but these attacks are more lethal."

"If such a company suffers an incident, given its Fortune 500 size, the minimum loss could be millions of US Dollars, and the upper limit is unknown."

Xu Yun slowly put down the phone, nodding thoughtfully.

He always knew network security was important, but he didn't have a detailed, intuitive concept.

This was the first time someone had provided him with an accurate description through data, and it was quite impactful.

According to his original plan.

For the company's network security, it wasn't necessary to just find a few random people, but there was also no need to build an overly robust internet defense system.

After all, there was only so much money on the books, so saving a bit was beneficial.

He even planned to hire a few reliable seniors to handle this, given that Ke Da had several experts in the field of computer science.

But now it seems...

His plan obviously needed some modifications.

He then took a deep breath and looked at Gu Qunqing:

"Aaron, do you have any good recommendations for experts in network security?"

Gu Qunqing raised his eyelids to glance at him, seemingly contemplating something, and finally asked:

"Dr. Xu, have you heard of a person named Xiaorong?"

"Xiaorong?"

Xu Yun was momentarily stunned, then blurted out:

"You mean the one who created Flowing Light and Su Xue, one of the main forces in the hacker battle back then?"

Gu Qunqing looked at him with slight surprise; he was originally prepared to introduce it to Xu Yun:

"Dr. Xu, you actually know about this?"

Xu Yun nodded heavily and said:

"Of course I do. I know an old single guy called Fisherman who participated in it back then!"

Speaking of the development history of the Chinese internet, one has to mention something:

The Eagle-Rabbit Hacker War.

The background of the event has a direct relation to 92118 (read backward, it's said that writing it directly could get the chapter blocked).

In short.

After the event spread, the general public was agitated, and tensions rose again.

The Red Alliance blew the horn at an opportune time, declaring their intention to plant their flag on the opponent's websites.

For a while, young hackers flooded into the battleground like a tide.

Actually.

There were two main organizers of the entire event.

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