Chapter 380 - 341: Internet-wide Bombshell
"What Western powers have entered the fray this time?" Ye Ling continued to ask Chen Lin.
"According to our current intelligence, besides the Dupont Consortium and the Moore Consortium—two top-ten-level powers—there are also a series of other Western high-tech companies like Guge. In total, nearly twenty different groups have joined in!" Chen Lin replied quickly.
Nearly twenty different Western financial powers!
Hearing this number, Ye Ling couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.
Truth be told, even without the other financial powers, those two consortiums alone were enough to obstruct Ye Ling’s upcoming plans.
However!
Fortunately, Ye Ling had used the Fruit Group’s stock market to tie up the funds of many of these powers, significantly reducing the pressure on Celestial Dragon Investment Company in its battle over Mitsubishi Technology Company’s stock.
"Let’s begin."
Ye Ling gave the order.
Previously, Ye Ling had obtained a classified document through the System. This very document was about Mitsubishi Technology Company!
Mitsubishi Technology Company was much harder to suppress than Fruit Group, for two main reasons.
First was the issue of replaceability. Fruit Group could be replaced by other phone brands, but the chips manufactured by Mitsubishi Technology Company were very difficult to replace!
Second, the two companies had different types of clients!
Mitsubishi Technology Company’s main clients were numerous phone manufacturers, while Fruit Group’s customers were a vast number of consumers.
Consumers might stop supporting Fruit phones due to slight performance issues, but the many phone manufacturers could not!
Because it wasn’t they who chose the chip manufacturer; it was the chip manufacturer that determined their supply.
In other words, if Mitsubishi Technology Company were to cut off the supply to phone manufacturers—much like how the Western consortiums were currently suppressing the Xia Wei Group—then the phone suppliers would have no ability to resist!
Therefore, unless a truly massive problem emerged, Mitsubishi Technology Company’s supply chain would remain unaffected.
And the secret Ye Ling now held in his hands was precisely that type of problem...
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「Xia Country Time. Saturday, 12:00 PM.」
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean, the United States was still shrouded in darkness.
And at this very moment, an article appeared on all the major media websites across the country...
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Everyone!
Your personal information may have been leaked! Your phone could be under surveillance at this very moment!
Have you ever used a phone with a chip manufactured by Mitsubishi Technology Company?
According to an insider, during the chip manufacturing process, Mitsubishi Technology Company uses certain methods to install "plug-ins" and leave "backdoors" in large batches of chips and other key components. These can be activated by special means to send back all kinds of data processed by the chip, or to control the chip to perform specific tasks.
What does this mean?
In simple terms, it’s like someone has installed a tiny camera inside your phone’s chip. And this camera can not only monitor your every move but can even forcibly control your phone.
Here is the proof!
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An article like this, first appearing on the major media forums of Xia Country, instantly attracted widespread attention.
In today’s internet age, if you had to name the one thing that grabs the most attention, it would undoubtedly be information security!
The ’right to be forgotten’ online had already been proposed and established as a personal right, which showed that modern society’s emphasis on information security had significantly increased.
Against this backdrop, a situation like this would naturally draw the attention of countless people.
’Leaving backdoors in chips?’
When they saw those four words, many people felt a chill run down their spine.
The horror of such an act was no less than installing hidden cameras in someone’s home!
’Is this for real? This is going too far!’
’Doesn’t the West always go on about personal rights? Is this their idea of personal freedom?’
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Online, most people expressed their anger, but of course, even more were wondering about the article’s authenticity.
After all.
You couldn’t rule out the possibility that it was just something cooked up by a clickbait account for views!
But just after the article was published, many experts on Zhihu started posting, confirming it was true. They added that many had long suspected Western manufacturers of leaving backdoors in their chips.
Mitsubishi Technology Company, in particular, had even been sued repeatedly over similar issues, but with no direct evidence, they had always managed to deflect the accusations with various tactics.
It wasn’t just phone chips. Even the chips in electronics like laptops might have had certain plug-ins—so-called backdoors—installed at the factory.
In an instant, the entire internet turned its fury on Mitsubishi Technology Company!
’Pah! Screw Mitsubishi Technology! Get lost! I only support Tianxin Technology Company from now on! Tianxin Technology rules!’
’That’s right! I’m on team Tianxin now! That piece of shit Mitsubishi, I’m gonna smash my phone right now!’
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Netizens across the web vented their fury.
Who could tolerate their phone or laptop being under surveillance at all times?
It was absolutely unacceptable!
Soon, the news shot to the top of all the major trending lists. Even some official newspapers began to expose the malicious practices of certain unscrupulous corporations!
BZZT BZZT!
Ye Ling was currently sunbathing, enjoying the orange slices Ning Ruoxi was feeding him as she rested in his arms. Suddenly, his phone vibrated gently.
"Mr. Ning, good afternoon!"
Ye Ling glanced at the caller ID. It was Ning Tianliang. He immediately answered with a warm greeting.
"Kid, that was quite a move you just pulled!"
As soon as the call connected, Ning Tianliang praised him without hesitation.
Truth be told, he was also very curious as to how Ye Ling had obtained such core secrets.
The fact that Mitsubishi Technology Company left backdoors in its phone chips was done very secretively, but as the saying goes, walls have ears.
Ning Tianliang himself had actually gathered some evidence in the past, but that small amount was nowhere near enough to take them down.
This just went to show how incredibly difficult it was to obtain such proof...
"It’s an honor to be praised by you, Mr. Ning."
Ye Ling offered some flattery.
"You’ve done very well this time. There’s no movement from the United States yet, but once the sun rises over there, the uproar it causes will be no less than what we’re seeing here at home."
Ning Tianliang offered a rational analysis.
He wasn’t just speculating, either!
In the West, people place an even greater importance on rights related to personal privacy!