Sitting by the fireplace under a thick woolen blanket in a comfortable chair with a cup of aromatic tea on long, chilly autumn evenings helps one think, Johann believed. After all, where would you go in the fall, especially when it has been raining outside for the second week and the wind is knocking on the window? Aromatic tea, good cognac, a comfortable chair and a woolen blanket. What else does a normal person need at such a time? Oh, yes, you also need a problem to puzzle over. After all, you can’t sit with a book in your hands all the time. It won’t take long to fall asleep.
Today he thought about the strange report from the agent
That had arrived to him by courier from the foreign intelligence service and which, as it seemed to Johann, could turn their understanding of the activities of their neighbors upside down.
The report stated that the neighbors’ technical intelligence service had had access to a vulnerability in network equipment manufactured by the world-famous company S for over 10 years. Using this vulnerability sweden whatsapp data allowed all keys for creating secure communication channels to be extracted without hindrance. Accordingly, all electronic correspondence was at risk…
In the morning, Johann Agent’s Report demanded that he be urgently received by the head of the Counterintelligence Department.
— Chief, if this report is true
then we are on the verge of a huge oops! It’s good that I insisted that all letters in government structures be encrypted with our keys and our ciphers. Remember how everyone was outraged? But this is only the tip Agent’s Report of the iceberg. Our agent found out about this vulnerability, and how many more are there that we don’t know about? We urgently need to organize a service that will check all hardware and software and respond to its updates. Yes, it’s expensive. Yes, we’ll have to check everything. What can we do?
Tales of Security: Agent’s Report
And it was right that you create an effective backup strategy did not listen to me then, but insisted on your own. I think we need to prepare a report with calculations for the Emperor. Will a week be enough for your aero leads guys? Keep in mind that you will Agent’s Report be the one reporting. And I think that this is not all. It is time to make your unit an independent service. And subordinate it directly to the Emperor. It is time! I have been thinking about this for a long time, and today’s meeting became the decisive argument.
