Chapter 147 - Swimwear Project Deleted

Feng Xinying made her way through the crowd along with Xie Yuansheng to the center where Yun Chen was crying. The employees greeted the two of them. 

"Who hacked the site?" asked Feng Xinying looking at Yun Chen, who had cried so much that her nose, had become red. 

One of the senior IT guys said, "Miss, the hacking has taken place through this computer. The hacker had sent some codes to Miss Yun Chen and she had clicked on them. Why did she click on the codes if she didn't want the hacker to gain access?" 

"There are so many files that I open everyday. All files come with company's filter of security. How will I know which file contains virus and which doesn't? You cannot accuse me," said Yun Chen as she sniffled. 

"Don't you know that you shouldn't click on the links that look fishy?" rebuked the IT guy. 

Feng Xinying looked at her and said, "Yun Chen, you are getting way out of hand." 

Yun Chen again wailed, "I haven't done anything."

Feng Xinying turned to the IT guy and asked, "You said that all data is there except swimwear project?"

"Yes ma'am."

"You mean not a single other file was touched?"

"No ma'am."

"That is weird. This only means one thing – that there is someone who wants to sabotage the image of a member who is associated with the project." 

Xie Yuansheng said, "Xinying, you mentioned that you have the physical copy of the project. Where is that?"

Feng Xinying went to her cubicle and opened the drawers. She used to keep all her files in the drawer. She sifted through all of them to find the folder but to her horror it wasn't there. She took out all the files from there but it wasn't present amongst them. She looked at Xie Yuansheng with wide eyes. "It's not there." 

Xie Yuansheng narrowed his eyes and went to his office. All those who had gathered around Yun Chen dispersed soon. Yun Chen's computer was seized. 

Feng Xinying followed Xie Yuansheng to the office. She saw him booting the computer. She went near him and before he could search for the file, she went straight to the folder where it was. She knew almost all the files and their location on his computer. Xie Yuansheng was highly impressed by her. 

The problem was that the file wasn't there even on his computer. This was a major data breach and could never take place unless some very highly trained professionals were at work. 

"Xie Yuansheng, I want you to find out about all the main IT hackers that are around in the country. This isn't a work of a small time hacker. They could breach Feng Conglomerate servers. The only thing that baffles me is why was only the swimwear project deleted…"

"Xinying, do you suspect anyone?" 

"No, Xie Yuansheng…" Feng Xinying said that and went out of the office. 

In the meanwhile Xie Yuansheng called his brother and asked him what to do. 

Outside in the office, Feng Xinying said, "I want everyone who was associated with this project to come for the emergency meeting now." 

Saying that Feng Xinying went to the first conference hall on the floor as some of the people who were associated with the project followed her. 

Feng Xinying sat on the head chair and waited for the rest of them to come. She kept thinking as to who would be stupid enough to only delete that particular data. It narrowed a lot of suspects. 

When everyone had gathered, she said, "I would like all of you to think about the person who would have so much animosity with you that he would directly affect you by deleting this data." 

She stood up from her chair and started handing out paper and pens to everyone out there. 

As the meeting progressed, none of them could come up with any concrete enemy name. Some said that they had dumped their girlfriends but then they were too dumb to do this kind of stuff. Some had step brothers or sisters. All the possibilities were ruled out. Feng Xinying was getting more and more confused as time progressed. 

"Okay, can you guys locate the IP address of the person who hacked? I have heard that you can trace the IP address easily," asked Feng Xinying. 

"Yes, we can trace the IP address if the hacker is a rookie," said a senior IT guy.

"It will be difficult if the hacker is professional because professional guys use VPN or proxy servers," said one of the junior IT guys. 

Feng Xinying pondered for a while and then said, "Fine, at least go and find the IP address for now. In the meantime, I want all of you to again remember all the data that was there and recreate the project." 

When the team left, she went to Xie Yuansheng. She was carrying her desk's drawer keys with her. She tossed the keys on his desk and said, "There's a USB in this bunch."