"That... I'm afraid it will take a long time. Once we reboot the servers, the enemy hackers could just attack again. Our firewall won't be able to stop them," the director of network security said.
"Contact that cybersecurity company and have them send engineers over to fix this. We paid them a fortune."
"We're already on it."
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Although the banking sector shut down the systems in time, millions of people had already completed their transactions. Having learned from past mistakes, the people were smarter this time. They avoided the crowded malls and supermarkets, instead going wherever they could buy something. It didn't matter what it was; they just wanted to seize the opportunity and buy whatever they could.
A considerable number of people opted for international online shopping. Even though it was much more expensive, they didn't care in the slightest. After all, the money was a windfall; it didn't hurt to spend it.
