Tao Liangchen

Chapter 375 An Email

It wasn't easy to get a handle on Jiang Yu.

This girl didn't respond to either soft or hard tactics. If she were a clever girl who knew to take a hint, Su Yehao would have succeeded long ago, and wouldn't have had to wait until today.

Hearing this "dream on" comment, Su Yehao, guided by the thought that "you have to try to have a chance," sighed regretfully.

However.

Besides being pretty, another shining point about Jiang Yu that attracted him was her personality.

If she'd gone with the flow like those girls who threw themselves at him, being worldly and vain, she probably wouldn't have been so likeable.

So Su Yehao didn't care at all. He just told Jiang Yu to sit down and finish the shredded pork with green pepper noodles so as not to waste them.

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Upstairs in his study, he opened his computer to browse his account information.

The NASDAQ index had fallen a bit, resulting in a small loss of over ten million U.S. dollars. When Su Yehao logged into his email, he discovered that the newly appointed interim CEO of TVT, Roger Cruyff, had sent an email more than ten hours earlier.

The email's subject was "Beware of Hackers Stealing TVT Accounts, Affecting Company Reputation and Security." After reading it, Su Yehao felt a thump in his heart, recalling the shadow of being hacked on Penguin and having spam sent out to groups.

He immediately opened the email and read it carefully.

It read:

"Boss, when I set up a feedback and complaint forum to investigate user reviews, I found more than a dozen posts discussing lost accounts. Someone impersonated a user to break up with his girlfriend, and others were just trying to tease their friends. This makes me deeply worried about the security of the company's products.

A successful product must value security. Only by re-establishing a mature security mechanism can we increase users' confidence in our company's products.

In addition, I have also discovered a large amount of account theft feedback on iCQ. This makes me suspect that iCQ also has loopholes. Therefore, I suggest setting up a security department and hiring experienced experts to provide assistance…"

The email was a bit long, but Su Yehao read it very carefully.

Although he didn't know if Roger Cruyff was working so hard to be formally appointed, he could see his sense of responsibility and was very gratified.

Account security was indeed a top priority that Su Yehao had overlooked. He had been focusing on how to develop more interesting products, but had forgotten to put more effort into account security.

Since the problem was so serious that Roger had sent a special email to remind him, it meant that many users' accounts must have been hacked, which would definitely be a negative blow to the company's image.

Sitting in his chair, he recalled how QQ had handled things in the early days. It seemed that problems such as advertising and hacking were constantly recurring, and the practice of using plug-ins to grab red envelopes in groups was also annoying.

He grabbed some paper and a pen, and after carefully sorting out his thoughts for a few minutes, Su Yehao personally wrote an English email—

"I am very pleased that you were able to discover such a significant vulnerability. It seems that Mr. Roger Cruyff, you have begun to integrate into the company and have seriously considered the future of TVT from the perspective of a CEO.

Before the problem becomes more serious, it is necessary to establish a security department, and I fully support your idea. In addition, I have some immature suggestions that I hope the developers will turn into reality, including: 1. Bind TVT accounts to email accounts so that users can retrieve their accounts through email appeals, and strengthen security with confidential questions or independent passwords. 2. Investigate the methods hackers use to steal accounts and solve the vulnerabilities from the source. 3. Set up independent passwords for product operations, such as deleting a large number of friends or sending group messages. 4. Strengthen the resolution of user complaints. I will approve a special fund of five million U.S. dollars to hire customer service personnel.

These are just some of my immature ideas. The specifics still require you to think carefully, such as binding to devices, and providing email verification codes to log in to new devices, or binding through mobile phone numbers. In short, please pay special attention to security issues and hope to see a mature solution soon."

He called Linda Yun to check and correct some errors in words and grammar before sending the email.

He also reminded iCQ and sent an email to the iCQ CEO, asking them to send someone to contact TVT to discuss how to solve the problem of preventing hacking.

After finishing his work.

Linda Yun stood up and asked, "It's rare to see you working so early in the morning. Is it a tricky problem?"

"A bit. It mainly affects the reputation, which is disgusting."

Su Yehao stroked his chin, continuing to think while saying, "The development of computer networks has promoted the development of gray and black industries. Trojan viruses and malicious attacks are difficult to prevent. It seems that we have to invest some more money to popularize anti-virus software and reduce the risk of hacking from the root."

After saying this, Su Yehao laughed to himself.

He mainly thought of Yinhai under his control. He had originally given up the idea of letting Yinhai take the old path and make "Yinhai Duba" anti-virus software, but now it seemed that he had to pick it up again to prevent problems before they occurred.

Not to mention completely eradicating the problem, but as long as you are willing to spend money on security, you can always reduce the harm somewhat. It also requires the cooperation of users, which is difficult to achieve in a short time.

Today was a bit tiring.

It took him more than forty minutes to solve the business problems, most of which was wasted on typing himself. It was much smoother to ask Linda Yun for help. After all, English was her native language.

The two went downstairs together. Su Yehao thought about having lunch with his mother and visiting his grandfather.

So he asked Linda Yun to go out and buy some tea, supplements, and so on. Since the old man went on vacation to Australia, Su Yehao hadn't seen his grandfather, and had only contacted him once when he bought antiques in Si Jiucheng (Four Nine City).

The antiques he bought were currently stored in the bank vault.

The procedures were not a big problem, but it would be taxed to bring them to Hong Kong, so he simply left them in the mainland for the time being.

Su's father left Su Yehao a super large villa covering more than ten acres in the Sihai International Cultural Tourism City in Pengcheng, but construction has not yet started. When the house is built, he can use those old things as decorations, which will save him the trouble of tossing back and forth.

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Downstairs, he didn't see Jiang Yu. She had gone back to Hong Kong University to attend classes.

Su Yehao drank tea and basked in the sun, and also called Lei Busi of Yinhai to talk about the topics of portal websites and anti-virus software.

In addition, he contacted President Peng of the Bank of China in Hong Kong to inquire about recent loan interest rates and exchange rate details.

In this era, Hong Kong dollars were more valuable than RMB.

Su Yehao didn't know when the change would occur, but he clearly remembered that Hong Kong dollars were not as valuable as RMB. He had used a Hong Kong bank phone when he was in college, which was several hundred yuan cheaper.

President Peng invited him to meet and talk in person.

Su Yehao politely declined, telling him that he only had an intention for the time being and hadn't reached the point of actually taking out a loan.

He was bored in the morning, so he took the time to sort out all his assets. The land in Casino and Shanghai was still just land. It was estimated that construction could not begin until the money invested in NASDAQ was recovered.

Having missed the high dive in Hong Kong stocks, he didn't want to miss the myth currently occurring in NASDAQ, and started to consider continuing to play leveraged trading to make another wave of money from the stock market.

Not understanding finance is an eternal pain.

Thinking of this, Su Yehao thought about bringing Vice President Zheng Yongwen on board again.

Last year, Zheng Yongwen "just messed around" and helped Su Yehao earn more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars in a short period of time, which amazed him and he still remembers it vividly...