Chapter 4: EARNING MONEY
Lomesa, who was engrossed in scrolling on the dark web, was oblivious to the commotion she just brought about by going online after God knew how long. She was busy looking for a job that has been posted on the forum. That's right, the dark Web was a forum where hackers from different places competed as well as challenged each other. It was also where business was conducted in that, they could give you a mission like cracking some company's firewall to steal confidential information and then get paid upon accomplishment. She immediately clicked on a mission that was posted but no one seemingly took up the task. She didn't understand why. When she read the mission, she immediately spotted the contact details of the person who issued it and immediately messaged them. When the other party received her message, he immediately texted back.
Person Y: Are you really sure you want to take this mission?
Lomesa: Yes, why?
Person Y: That's because it's really dangerous. This mission involves the largest corporation in country . It is believed that the firewall of the corporation is impenetrable. So we wanted to confirm if the rumours were true but it turns out that the CEO of the corporation has a ruthless way of dealing with people who try pulling anything on or having ideas about the corporation.
Lomesa: 'so that was it' I'll take the mission. Lomesa wasn't in the least bit scared about anything since she knew her potential.
Person Y: Little girl, think this through, it's not too late to back out now.
The person advised Lomesa out of good will.
Lomesa: It's alright. I'll be careful.
Lomesa was thankful for the other party's good intentions but who cared now? What she bedded wad money, okay? There's no way such a mission would escape from her grasp just because of fear. Who cared about whatever methods the ruthless person used? She would cross the bridge once she reached there, alright?
When the other party saw Lomesa's insistence, he decided to let her be, after all, he had atleast given her his piece.
Since the following day was the weekend, Lomesa didn't go to school. Instead, she spent her day doing cleaning and laundry. She clapped her hands after she was done. She was so tired that her back ached a bit. She decided to take a nap and set an alarm. The alarm was set for two hours later where she would begin the operation of cracking the firewall of North Sea corporation. She then drifted off to sleep after making sure everything was set. Lomesa slept for three good hours before the blaring sounds of the alarm woke her up. After taking a shower and drying herself up, Lomesa opened her laptop and placed it on her study table in her bedroom. So then took a seat and straightened her back while cracking her knuckles.
Lomesa immediately began typing swiftly on her keyboard. Her hands flew on the keyboard while creating a rhythmic flow from the clacking. The only sound that could be heard in the room were those of the keyboard. Lomesa, who was busy drawing a plan, had just found that the North Sea corporation was protected by five firewalls.
'It seems that they really are formidable. However, I, Lomesa, I'm not intimidated by anything, I must cracking the firewalls." Lomesa thought stubbornly and with resolution.
The string of codes that appeared on the screen were too blinding for those who weren't hackers. The codes kept on piling into a heap and an hour later, Fiur firewalls had already been penetrator through by Lomesa!
On the other side in the corporation, the alarms signalling the intrusion of a bug immediately rang.
"Fuck we are being attacked!" Fatty cried out in alarm in the IT department. When the others heard this, they immediately began counterattacking. They furiously typed on their computers with the expression that spelled; 'How dare you!" after an hour of counter attacks, the furious typing began to slow down . That's because they'd already sealed the loopholes in their firewall. They immediately heaved sighs of relief because of this. Lomesa, who saw that the other party had let their guard down, smirked in mischief and went downstairs to get herself a glass of warm water. She seemed unfazed. She languidly sat on the seat and tapped on her watch, after five minutes had passed, she began attacking once again. Ruthlessly this time. The people who had already finished mending and strengthening the loopholes on the firewall in the North Sea corporation were lazing around. They alarm once again rang, scaring all of them out of their wits. They ran back only to see their last and strongest firewall being devoured by a virus.
"Damn it! it's a trap!" Fatty once again hollered in anguish and the other members immediately began fighting back. Trying to salvage the situation. It was clear that Lomesa had no intention of letting them off as the virus finished devouring the firewall.
"It's over, it's all over." Fatty said and slumped on the seat , as if all the energy had drained out of him. The other teammates thought so too. They knew that they were going to be fired. They immediately called in the CEO's assistant, and fearfully reported the matter to him. The assistant also felt sympathetic toward them. They were such young talents, how could they bare the thought of getting fired?
In the CEO'S office, the assistant knocked and entered in a rush. He didn't even wait for the response. The man who was busy on the seat, frowned when he saw thr assistant's inappropriate behaviour.
"Sur,someone has cracked our firewall.!" the assistant didn't care about anything and reported the matter immediately.
Crack!
The pen in the man's hand immediately broke. The room became so cold, one would think it was an ice cellar. The assistant couldn't help but shivered subconsciously. The man stood up with the chair scraping on the floor and marched into the IT department office.
'It's over." the assistant thought fearfully. He also pitied the person who dared to provoke their CEO. Lomesa whobwas being pitied, didn't care, she had not left any trace so no one would be able to know that it was her. Right now, the money grubber was busy staring at the many zeroes that were in her account. She was so happy that her eyes were shining brightly.
When the people on the dark web found out that the North Sea corporation had been broken into, they found it unbelievable! They also wondered what kind of god yhe person who broke into the corporation was.
"Holy shit! Are you serious!?"
"Could it be the mysterious LM? Is he back?"
"No Way, this time the hacker was a newbie, with the initial S." the discussions kept revolving around the hacking incident. This incident send shockwaves in country Y. People could not believe that the mighty corporation was really hacked. This gave space to the competitors who were waiting for an opportunity to strike.
In anothe city, after a certain young master received the news, a smile flashed past his eyes before it disappeared.
"I've been waiting for this opportunity. Prepare to strike under my orders."
"Yes sir."