[They're here, they're here!]
[Finally, the streamer is live!]
[Boss, good evening.]
[Alan sent the streamer a Sky-Piercing Rocket × 1.] ...
As soon as Elliot started streaming, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room became "high," with barrages of comments and gifts flooding in.
The number of online viewers quickly surpassed 60,000, with immense popularity.
Elliot glanced at his follower count: 2.6 million.
He could now be considered a streamer of decent size.
After typing a few keys on the keyboard, a line of text appeared above Elliot's head: "Hacker Online, Upholding Justice!"
"Brothers, tonight we continue on the 'new track,' stirring things up. Does anyone want to connect? Just apply directly," Elliot said to the camera.
"Ding!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a netizen named "Cola Is Not Thirsty Anymore" applied to connect.
A small window appeared in the live broadcast room, showing a beautiful girl around 25 years old with big eyes and long hair, looking pure and lovely.
"Hello, streamer!" The girl smiled sweetly.
"Hello, beauty, what should I call you?" Elliot asked.
"My name is Anya."
"Anya, is there anything you need my help with?"
"I'm asking for help for my younger brother. He likes playing football betting and was scammed by a betting app…" Anya briefly explained what happened.
Gambling websites and apps are hotbeds for scammers.
"What kind of app is it? Let me see," Elliot said.
Anya picked up her phone and showed it to the camera:
"Can you see it clearly? This app is called 'Football King'."
"I see it." Elliot nodded, "Where was this app downloaded from?"
"A gaming website." A male voice came from off-camera.
"My brother said it was downloaded from a gaming website. What's the URL?" Anya looked off-camera.
"http*****."
Elliot noted down the URL and opened the website on his laptop.
It was a gaming website. Elliot quickly found the advertisement for the "Football King" app. He took a screenshot and sent it to the live broadcast room, asking:
"Is this it?"
"Yes, that's the one," Anya said.
Elliot clicked on the advertisement to download the "Football King" app.
"Beep beep!"
The antivirus software sounded an alarm.
"There's a virus. Brothers, don't download it," Elliot reminded the netizens in the live broadcast room.
After clearing the virus, he installed and ran the Football King app.
The app's interface looked very ordinary, no different from other football betting software.
On the surface, there were no issues.
Elliot brought up a decompilation tool and found the app's server IP: 112.30.62.1 (Lotus City).
It was an overseas server.
"Clatter clatter!"
Elliot rapidly typed on the keyboard.
Soon, he infiltrated the server of the "Football King" app.
"How was your brother scammed?" Elliot asked.
"He recharged several thousand credits in this app, bought a match, and as a result, he won, but found that he couldn't withdraw the money," Anya said.
"It's normal not to be able to withdraw," Elliot nodded, "I have already infiltrated the app's server. Their server is overseas, so it's probably very difficult for your brother to get his money back."
"If he can't withdraw it, then forget about it. Just consider it tuition paid for a lesson," the male voice from off-camera spoke again, "As long as they can be 'taken down,' I'll be satisfied. I don't want to see others being scammed like me."
As he spoke, a young man around 20 years old appeared in the camera. He was Anya's younger brother.
"Boss, can you 'take them down'?" Anya's younger brother asked expectantly.
"No problem, leave it to me," Elliot readily agreed.
He typed on the keyboard, implanting a virus package into the server of the "Football King" app.
Then, he activated the virus.
...
At the same time, in a dimly lit basement in Lotus City, over a dozen computers were running non-stop 24 hours a day.
Seven or eight men sat around the computers, smoking cigarettes while staring at the screens, muttering in languages no one could understand.
Suddenly, all the computers blue-screened simultaneously.
"What's going on?"
"Why did the computers crash?"
"What happened?"
Several men immediately panicked, at a loss.
"OK, done!" Elliot snapped his fingers and said easily.
"It's done already?" Anya's younger brother looked stunned.
He quickly opened the "Football King" app on his phone, and as a result, a prompt message popped up on the app's interface: "Connection to server failed!"
"Wow, it really won't open!" Anya's younger brother exclaimed in surprise.
[This is too amazing!]
[Unfathomable.]
[Wow, the gaming website from before won't open either,] netizen Jayden said in the barrage.
"The gaming website from before wasn't registered and had a lot of Trojan viruses on it. To prevent everyone from getting 'hit,' I conveniently shut it down," Elliot said casually.
"Holy cow, that awesome?!" netizen Rex was a little disbelieving, opened his browser, and switched to the gaming website... he had it open just now.
The webpage could still be opened... wait, the next second, the webpage turned into: "404 Not Found"
"Damn, amazing!" Rex exclaimed, finally believing that the streamer had some skills.
"Thank you, Boss, thank you so much!" Anya thanked him loudly, then sent a "Sky-Piercing Rocket."
"Thank you Anya for the Sky-Piercing Rocket," Elliot said with a smile, "In the future, play less with these gambling apps. Many gambling apps and websites are phishing sites. Brothers, you should also take this as a warning." Elliot added, "We
"Thank you, thank you, Boss!" Anya expressed her gratitude again, and then exited the connection.
Immediately after, the second netizen applied to connect.
It was a middle-aged man around fifty years old.
"Big brother, is there anything you need my help with?" Elliot asked with a smile.
"Hello, streamer," the middle-aged man said, "My surname is Chen. I was scammed in an investment. The scammer ran away, and I want to ask if you, the streamer, can help me find him?"
"He ran away, did you report it?" Elliot asked.
"I reported it. The authorities are also trying to catch him, but after more than half a year, there's still no news," the middle-aged man Mr. Chen said helplessly.
"I see…" Elliot mused for a moment, "This is a bit difficult!"
If the cyber police couldn't find him, he might not be able to find him online either.
"Do you have any information about the scammer?" Elliot continued to ask.
(End of this chapter)
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