Magical Traders
CHAPTER 13
Dian Hartanto was furious after a meeting with investors. He immediately threw a vase of flowers on his desk until it smashed into the wall.
Salmah, his private secretary, was shocked and immediately cleaned the shards of the vase using a tissue.
He already thought it would happen. Since in the meeting room, his boss seemed to hold back emotions when arguing with investors.
Their right or wrong opinion is not important. Last night's events were hard to convince that all their funds would still be safe. They want more than just reassurance, but they also need reassurance.
“Today we always play safe. You see, here there are analysts who every day work to monitor the movement of bitcoin. All decisions are taken using security considerations,”, his boss confirmed.
“You dare to guarantee our money is not lost in vain?”
“Dare to change if something happens?”
“You're sure there won't be another hack?”
The question made his boss and the team of analysts as well as IT personnel silent. Guaranteeing all of that takes tremendous courage. If his boss alone did not dare, then it was impossible for his men.
Salmah knew what they were talking about was not a matter of little money. Fortunately, not all investors withdraw their funds. But they still lost funds.
“We must quickly find new investors. I ask you with the team to make material offers right now,” orders Dian Hartanto looks riled.
At the meeting, Dian Hartanto had tried to ask for the time the disbursement of funds of investors would be done two weeks later.
He reckons there is still time to benefit in this one week. But for them, it was too long.
Some are worried if there is a subsequent bitcoin hack. While others, they already do not believe at all with the bitcoin security system. Dian Hartanto was only given time for the next three days.
“All right now I ask the analysts to make recalculations for the next three days,” he told Salmah.
“Where are you now, Dennis. I need your help,” bathin Dian Hartanto worried. He tried to contact Dennis on his phone again. However, futile. He has not realized his phone has not been working since.
When Dian Hartanto was busy with his own thoughts, the door of his room was knocked. Salmah opened the door. Two IT personnel immediately entered to provide a report.
“What's up?” dian Hartanto asked impatiently.
“All internet and mobile networks in our office are dead. We contacted the service provider but they said there were no interruptions. Now they're heading here to check in directly,” they replied.
Dian Hartanto's thoughts were immediately addressed to 30 units of computer mining rigs. Without an internet connection, it is clear that bitcoin mining activity is dead. He checked his phone again, only to realize there was no signal.
“This is weird,”
“Sorry, Sir. We felt a vibration. It's just not clear the cause. As we checked into the back of the office, the ground looked bumpy.”
“Vibration, corrugated, lest there be an earthquake?” guess Dian Hartanto is confused.
Then we wait a few hours later. Turn off all mining rigs and after that you help Salmah make an offer. I'll check back,” Dian Hartanto's orders.
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Far away across there, inside one of the multi-storey buildings, people wearing suits and sunglasses gathered in one of the rooms.
They were gathering to hear reports of the findings of a strange virus infecting their trading computers.
“Not sure since when nested in our computer. However, after the bitcoin theft last night, the virus can be seen on the desktop screen,”, the head of the IT division gave a report.
“Already deleted?” ask Mr. Joe again.
“Antivirus could not even detect and delete it at all,” said the head of the IT division continued his report.
“Then, where did you know it was a virus?” search Mr. Joe.
The head of the IT division then told me all the findings that he thought were very confusing. He has never encountered such a problem. Fifteen years working in the IT field, only time he found a virus that he thought was very strange.
“That file can only be deleted when it is not connected to the internet,” he replied explaining. “When the internet is turned on, the file reappears and cannot be deleted.”
“Have you found out how the virus works?” ask Joe directly to the core of the problem.
“Numbered, Boss. The virus is just so strange. In the condition of the internet is activated, when trying to remove the virus, the capacity of the virus increases itself to the size of Gigabyte.”
Mr. Joe immediately asked the other meeting participants for their opinions.
“We should find a way to anticipate it and ensure the workings of the virus,” suggested one of the big bodies.
“I agree. If in a few days there is no solution, we just replace it with a new computer,” said one more person.
“Lantas what about our stolen bitcoins? I think it's worth thinking about too!” ask others to wait for the results of the consortium chairman's decision.
Mr. Joe seemed to be thinking. He played his glasses with two fingers. “We have lost a lot. I am waiting for the report of the analyst team to get ready to help raise the price of BTC again. We can recoup losses if the price of bitcoin can rise 30-45%.”
The meeting participants nodded their heads. That sentence is very clear. That is, they will be preparing to make plans to raise the price of bitcoin.
“Then, our current problem is clear. In addition to the bitcoin price, we also have to solve the virus problem,” said Mr. Joe.
All the participants agreed with the decision. In a few days they will focus on taking care of that.
“I'm actually still curious. Does the trading computer leave no trace of where the virus came from?”
The attention of all meeting participants was immediately directed to the head of the IT division. They have been curious since then.
“At the moment the IT team is tracking him, Boss. Like the virus I told you about, it wasn't visible at first. However, our IT team was able to find him.”
Mr. Joe nodded his head. “Good then. What do you think we should do now?”
“To be fast, we still need the best IT people to learn how the virus works, Boss!”
“Then, I command all members to search for additional IT power. I want to know how the virus works so that it can tap our computer,” said Mr. Joe.
“All costs, I will bear it,” added Mr. Joe. He stood up from the chair to leave the room. “If you can, you save the virus into a flash or external hard drive. I want to show it to someone!” mr Pinta. Joe.
“Ready, Boss!” answer the head of IT division.
Decision's been made. They immediately left the room. After getting off the elevator, Mr. Joe went into the other room. He made a cell phone call to someone far away.
“I need Allien's help. In the next few days I will go to America,” said Mr. Joe in English.
