Awakening the Daily Intelligence System

Chapter 524: 203, The Terrified Female Police Officer!_1

Ever since Lin Mo caused such a commotion in Beihai City, although the content about him was not completely banned from spreading on the internet, the Cybersecurity Bureau still had a dedicated squad keeping an eye on the movements on the internet.

All information about Lin Mo had to first go through big data screening; if any news about his whereabouts with concrete video emerged, it would be immediately sifted and investigated by full-time personnel.

At this moment.

The staff at the Cybersecurity Center had also received the video of Lin Mo that was just uploaded to the short-video website.

“Here we go again. Ever since AI has taken off, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell if videos are real or fake,”

a 40-year-old staff member said helplessly as he tossed the just-captured video into the authentication software, speaking to the person next to him, “Look, dozens of videos have been uploaded, claiming that Lin Mo has returned to Grand Xia and is even eating at the noodle shop next to the residential area where he used to live.”

…

“Isn’t that insane?”

“Even if Lin Mo is still alive, he wouldn’t possibly have the audacity to return to the country openly, right?”

“That’s like looking for death — like lighting a lantern in the bathroom.”

Hearing his words, the nearby team members also exchanged glances and helplessly showed exhausted smiles.

In the past, their Cybersecurity Center could be considered a very leisurely unit, as the protective net formed by AI and big data was enough to handle 99.99% of cybersecurity issues.

Those without some level of skill couldn’t possibly breach this first line of defense.

The reason the Cybersecurity Center had so many people stationed there was primarily to prevent specialized attacks from overseas institutions.

They were like the border guards of the nation’s cybersecurity, who might never see a battlefield in their lives but nevertheless held positions of utmost importance that were essential to maintain.

But now things were different.

Because of the incident in Northern Sea City last time, their Cybersecurity Center had completely lost face, and they had been criticized countless times over the past few years.

But they couldn’t refute it; after all, regardless of whether they had the help of the world’s number one hacker or not, the fact that they allowed the live broadcast to exist for so long was indisputable.

This point could not be whitewashed.

As for the few team members specifically responsible for handling intelligence about Lin Mo, they were on standby 7*24 hours, diligently checking for every possible hidden danger.

At first, they still had hopes of using their technical skills to find Lin Mo hidden in some corner of the world.

But as time went by, they realized that their work was an endless pit. News about Lin Mo swamped them every day, and even with big data screening, much still required manual selection.

After enduring this for two long years, they had long lost their initial drive and motivation.

“Okay, stop complaining,” another staff member yawned, waved his hand, and said, “Let’s finish this batch quickly and go eat. I’m starving.”

“The buzz around Lin Mo has also died down now, and there are fewer videos. After a while, when the heat completely fades, we won’t have to work so hard.”

Another person took a sip from a thermos of goji berries and spoke while operating the computer, “Alright, how many videos are there this time? Send me half, and I’ll help you analyze them together.”

“No one should idle around, let’s all get busy so we can get off work early!”

They were all outstanding cybersecurity experts, each capable of holding their own, and the tacit understanding and cooperation between them while working together was very high.

Soon,

the videos were divided into seven parts, with each person responsible for analyzing their share.

The process actually wasn’t complicated; it merely required their compiled software to analyze the source code of the videos to determine if they were produced by AI.

If so, the video could be dismissed as a fake message, not worthy of much attention.

Seven computers began working simultaneously, with seven staff members who had been up all night chatting casually as they waited for the analysis to finish.

“What should we have for lunch?”

“Anything, I’m fine with whatever!”

“The pig’s trotter noodles in the video look pretty good. How about that for lunch?”

“Haha, I think that’s a great idea. I know a place near our office that serves pretty good pig’s trotter noodles. I’ll take you there later!”

“Ah… this monotonous job every day really isn’t fun at all. I really wonder when Lin Mo will show up, to be honest, I kind of miss him.”

“Heh, who doesn’t miss him?”

“The director said before, whoever can find Lin Mo or any clues about the world’s number one hacker, regardless of qualifications or length of service, would be immediately promoted to deputy director.”

“Sizzle, that’s the deputy director of the Cybersecurity Center we’re talking about; you wouldn’t have to worry about anything for the rest of your life!”

“Heh, if it were that easy, the director wouldn’t have made such a big deal out of it.”

As the conversation continued, the video analysis on the screens also progressed non-stop, and soon, the first computer displayed the result.

[Upon inspection — the video shows no traces of AI processing, no Photoshop traces, no editing marks.]

What?

The moment the result appeared, all seven people closed their mouths and stared intently at the computer screen.

The AI analysis software they were using was not some common program on the market but one that had taken a long time and effort to develop, coupled with the computational power provided by big data, the chances of error were extremely low.

If there was no possibility of error, didn’t that mean the video was real?