Nicole went upstairs to get ready for a rest when suddenly her phone buzzed twice. She picked it up
and saw that it was a message from Carl. [The things abroad have been resolved. It will not be long
before I can go find you.] ,
[Excellent. Why isn‘t there any news from Zane lately?] Nicole replied.
[I think Zane has gone to Eperon, but I don‘t know exactly what he is going there for.]
Looking at the message on the screen and with Nicole‘s knowledge of Zane, she felt that since Zane
had gone to Eperon, things would not be so simple.
[Stay alert, especially for news from Eperon. Keep in touch.] Nicole wrote.
[Okay.]
The next day, Nicole had breakfast early and went to school. Before she could even sit down, Preston
and Edwin came looking for her.
“Can we have a word with you?” Preston asked Nicole out in the hallway.
“You two are so early. What‘s up?”
“White has surfaced again and attacked the LAN of one of our clients.” Preston looked at her solemnly.
“White is back?” Nicole was taken aback, not expecting White to disappear for so long and reappear.
“Yes, and this is a very important customer, who is an arms dealer. I can‘t imagine what the
consequences will be if the drawings are leaked.” Preston tried to keep his voice down so no one else
could hear him.
“Go. Let‘s go to your company.” Nicole felt White must be eliminated, as it was a time bomb.
At the company, Nicole sat in front of the computer and typed out strings of code. She noticed that
White‘s intrusion was not rather unusual.
She asked Preston, “Who built the firewall for the arms dealer?”
“It was Warbler.”
“Call her over.”
It did not take long for Warbler to be summoned to Nicole. “Didn‘t you notice that vulnerability?” Nicole
studied Warbler with cold eyes.
“Vulnerability? No way. I was not well at that time, but I still worked hard and seriously. How can there
be a vulnerability?” Warbler had an innocent look on her face.
“You worked hard?” Nicole was amused by Warbler‘s expression.
“If you really worked hard, there would not have been a vulnerability in the firewall for an important
client–you just mentioned that you were ill for those few days.”
“And I didn‘t even say which client‘s firewall had a vulnerability , and you immediately said you were ill
on those days. This showed that you knew the vulnerability, but you didn‘t fix it. Have you ever thought
about the importance of this client? If it was because you did not fix this vulnerability, resulting in the
weapons drawing leak, it would be an irreparable disaster and even affect you and my family. Warbler ,
do you still remember the last time I used the firewall you built as bait? I‘m telling you now, although it
might seem like you built the firewall for nothing, it worked. That‘s the value of it, and it doesn‘t have to
continue to be there to be of value.” Nicole gave Warbler a good lecture.
Warbler still argued about the vulnerability. “It‘s really not what you think. If I knew there was a
vulnerability, I would have fixed it and wouldn‘t have made such a low level mistake.”
“Stop quibbling. Do you want me to lay bare the data in front of you before you admit it?” Nicole looked
at Warbler, who still stubbornly denied any wrongdoing. At first, Nicole was thinking of cutting her some
slack, but now it seemed that was unnecessary. She could only silence Warbler with facts.
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