FBI - 揭密联邦调查局 - 12

Necessity being the mother of invention, Morris sets out to create a secret device that can track every keystroke from a cyber crook's computer.

It then became a matter of finding the technology that was available to time and piecing it together in such a way that we can get in and resolve.

Man, I made it, I'm in.

Morris and a team of FBI engineers invent a high-tech¹, high-speed computer-tracking device that they proudly call the "magic box".

The complex inner workings of the magic box are so secretive that Morris isn't allowed to reveal how it works.

I'm really not at liberty to go farther into the, that technology. It might jeopardize² other investigations³.

But he did agree to tell us how it was used for the very first time to catch the Phonemasters.

First, the FBI gets a tip that someone is offering to sell the phone records of several celebrities⁴. The suspect with the stolen goods is this man, Calvin Cantrell.

FBI agents set up a stakeout inside a store near Cantrell's house in Grand Prairie, Texas.
This building across the street is a major substation for the telephone company and a perfect place for Cantrell to steal classified information.

This particular building, Calvin, when he was hacking⁵, used to dive into that dumpster over there and actually pull information out of. He also actually hacked⁶ into the telephone switch contained in this building. So he actually, at one-point time, owned the computer that's inside that building. He could've changed it, sent wherever he wanted to.

Using a wiretap and the magic box, agents record all of Cantrell's phone calls and every keystroke he makes on his computer.

Our magic box, if you will, would intercept⁷ everything that, that he did across his computer.

Incredibly, the FBI discovers that Calvin Cantrell is not just any cyber criminal, but one of the three leaders of the Phonemasters.

With the magic box, we're able to see all the things that they are sending back and forth⁸ each other, ah, all the computer systems that Calvin was hacking into.

The suspects are unaware⁹ that the FBI is onto them. In fact, during one secretly recorded phone conversation, they even joked about the possibility of being investigated.

What the hell happened?
That was the FBI tapping in.
Yeah.
Was it really?
You're going to jail.
We're all going to jail.
For a very long time.

Finally after two months of constant surveillance, the FBI has all the evidence it needs to arrest the Phonemasters.

working: the manner of functioning or operating : operation― usually used in plural

at liberty: free, authorized

stakeout: police surveillance

1 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

2 jeopardize   

vt.危及，损害

参考例句：

• Overworking can jeopardize your health.工作过量可能会危及你的健康。
• If you are rude to the boss it may jeopardize your chances of success.如果你对上司无礼，那就可能断送你成功的机会。

3 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

4 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

5 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

6 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

7 intercept   

vt.拦截，截住，截击

参考例句：

• His letter was intercepted by the Secret Service.他的信被特工处截获了。
• Gunmen intercepted him on his way to the airport.持枪歹徒在他去机场的路上截击了他。

8 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

9 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。