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Chapter 401

Scapegoating

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Island Nation Prime Minister's Official Residence.

The short, sleazy-looking man glared furiously as he swept his gaze over the officials below. "Why did this happen? Is the Ministry of Defense's cybersecurity division useless? How could the entire country's network be so vulnerable?"

"Prime Minister, the Ministry of Defense's computers have also been breached and taken over," a Ministry of Defense official said awkwardly.

"Is there any way to remove these viruses?"

He suppressed his anger.

In less than two hours, a computer virus had spread to every corner of the Island Nation. The country had now fallen into a state of semi-paralysis.

"We haven't thought of a good solution yet. Computer security experts are looking for a way to crack it."

"How is the progress?"

"We have no leads for now," the official said. "But we can confirm that the computer virus hasn't damaged the files inside the computers. As long as it's removed, everything can be restored to normal."

"Have you found out which hacker organization did this?" he asked grimly.

"We don't know yet. We're still investigating," an Intelligence Bureau official said. "However, computers running Ant Army Company's Termite System have not been affected by the virus. We suspect it may be connected to Ant Army Company."

"May be? I want evidence. Bring me evidence. Only with evidence can I pressure Huaxia, not with speculation."

His mood had never been worse. Since becoming prime minister, there had been earthquakes, nuclear leaks, and later the "Joker Virus." After so many disasters, he had finally stabilized the Island Nation's economy, only for another unknown virus to appear and ruin all his efforts.

Listening to the reported figures made his heart bleed.

The entire national network had been taken over by an unknown computer virus without warning. Every business connected to

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