Chapter 49: Riker – May 2166 – Sol
[Firewall has blocked breach attempt]
I stiffened and turned to Guppy, the UN meeting forgotten. “What? Someone’s trying to hack us?”
[Affirmative. Source appears to be the video feed from the UN meeting]
“Ongoing danger?”
By way of reply, Guppy threw up a stack trace. I examined the listings. It appeared that the hacker was basing his attack on the basic Heaven design. The original Heaven vessels had no firewalling, relying instead on all communications being encrypted. However, it looked like the encryption routines had a back door. Someone had injected some packets, which had run right into Bob-1’s firewall.
I made sure the UN communications system was logging all traffic. I would try the hack on sandbox Bob later. There was little doubt in my mind that the attempt originated from the FAITH enclave, but I needed some kind of documentation before I made accusations. And there was the question of what could be done about it. It’s not like there was a planetary police force to complain to.
The UN meeting seemed to be all about routine matters today, so I decided to get an early start on the day’s administrivia.
The first item was a message from Homer, just one phrase, “Space Station!” Complete with exclamation mark. I couldn’t see what he could add to the idea that would make it viable, but I would talk to him when I had a few moments.
I glanced back at the video feed of the UN meeting, but still nothing noteworthy was happening.