英国卫报：迷失在网络里的青少年黑客(6)

It was while running another scan that Edwin noticed some outdated¹ software at KPN.

就在进行另一次扫描时，埃德温注意到KPN的一些过时的软件。

Holland’s biggest telecoms company was using HP Data Protector and hadn’t installed the update yet.

荷兰最大的电信公司正在使用惠普数据保护器，但还没有安装更新。

Here was an open window.

这里是一个开放的窗口。

Did he dare sneak² in?

他敢溜进去吗？

Why not take a quick peek³ inside his own internet provider?

为什么不在他自己的网络供应商内部快速窥探一下呢？

After all, KPN was a big fish and would earn him massive credit.

毕竟，KPN是一条大鱼，可以为他赢得巨大的黑客荣誉。

Edwin took the gamble.

埃德温赌了一把。

He entered a random⁴ KPN IP address, ran his exploit and then, using a detour⁵ through the Japanese university, slipped inside KPN’s network.

他随机输入了一个KPN的IP地址，运行他的漏洞，然后绕道日本大学，溜进了KPN的网络。

He found himself in a far corner of the network, which is to say he was in, but still needed to open some doors.

他发现自己在网络的一个角落里，也就是说，他已经进入了，但仍然需要打开一些门。

For instance, he couldn’t send commands directly from his own computer to KPN.

举例来说，他不能直接从自己的电脑向KPN发送命令。

Nor did he have full rights across the whole network.

他也没有跨越整个网络的全部权利。

He couldn’t just walk around, because a firewall was blocking his way.

他不能随便走动，因为有防火墙挡住了他的去路。

But all this was child’s play.

但这一切都只是小儿科。

By moving a programme from his own PC on to the KPN computer, Edwin could bypass the wall.

通过将一个程序从他自己的电脑移到KPN的电脑上，埃德温就可以绕过这堵墙。

Now he was free to do as he pleased.

现在他可以自由地做自己想做的事了。

Stupid KPN, he thought to himself.

他心想，愚蠢的KPN。

The whole place was riddled⁶ with holes.

整个地方都是漏洞百出的。

Scanning the rest of the network from the KPN machine he’d accessed, Edwin saw the obsolete⁷ software being used in hundreds of places.

埃德温从他所访问的KPN机器上扫描了网络的其他部分，看到有数百个地方正在使用过时的软件。

Almost every computer server in the telecom provider’s vast network had a window open.

在电信供应商的庞大网络中，几乎每台电脑服务器都有一个窗口是打开的。

The kid from Barendrecht strolled around unimpeded, and what he saw astonished him.

这个来自巴伦德雷赫特的孩子畅通无阻地逛了一圈，他对看到的情况大吃一惊。

He could control 514 computer servers.

他可以控制514台计算机服务器。

He could even access the core router, the backbone⁸ of KPN’s entire network.

他甚至可以进入核心路由器，即KPN整个网络的主干。

He could see the data of 2.1 million KPN customers.

他可以看到210万KPN客户的数据。

He could block hundreds of thousands of people from connecting to the national emergency telephone line.

他可以阻止数十万人连接到国家紧急电话线。

He could redirect internet traffic so that people who wanted to visit, say, a news site, would wind up somewhere completely different.

他可以改变互联网流量的方向，使那些想访问某个新闻网站的人，被带到一个完全不同的网站。

Edwin could do whatever he wanted and KPN wouldn’t know a thing.

埃德温可以做任何他想做的事，而KPN什么也不知道。

Excitedly, he told Dwaan of his conquest.

他兴奋地告诉德瓦恩他的战果。

At first, Dwaan refused to believe him.

起初，德瓦安不相信他。

To prove he’d gained command of KPN, Edwin logged on to the chat channel from the KPN network.

为了证明他已经获得了对KPN的指挥权，埃德温从KPN网络中登录到聊天频道。

“WTF!” Dwaan responded.

“天哪！” 德瓦安回应道。

Edwin was thrilled with his newfound status.

埃德温对他新发现的事物感到很兴奋。

He dropped out of his computing⁹ course.

于是他从计算机课程中退学了。

At home, the tension eased.

在家里，紧张的气氛得到了缓解。

Relieved, his mother emailed a friend to say that “Edwin has been feeling better.

他的母亲松了一口气，给一个朋友发电子邮件说："埃德温已经感觉好多了。

He’s been exempted¹⁰ from attending classes this year and now he’s doing a high school English course from home.”

他今年被免除了课程，现在他正在家里学习高中英语课程"。

Meanwhile, up in his room, Edwin was expanding his latest coup¹¹.

与此同时，在房间里，埃德温正在扩大自己的最新尝试。

“I’m hacking¹² my ISP,” he announced to “Combasca”, a Korean student.

“我正在入侵我的ISP，”他向化名为“康巴斯卡”的一个韩国学生说道。

Combasca didn’t believe him and demanded evidence.

Combasca不相信他，要求埃德温提供证据。

Again, Edwin entered the chat channel from the KPN network. He urged Combasca: “U should become a hacker¹³ too.”

埃德温再次从KPN网络进入聊天频道。他敦促康巴斯卡说：“你也应该成为一名黑客”。

1 outdated   

adj.旧式的，落伍的，过时的；v.使过时

参考例句：

• That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

2 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

3 peek   

vi.偷看，窥视；n.偷偷的一看，一瞥

参考例句：

• Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
• Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，别偷看。

4 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

5 detour   

n.绕行的路，迂回路；v.迂回，绕道

参考例句：

• We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.我们绕道走，避开繁忙的交通。
• He did not take the direct route to his home,but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.他没有直接回家，而是绕到市郊兜了个圈子。

6 riddled   

adj.布满的；充斥的；泛滥的v.解谜，出谜题(riddle的过去分词形式)

参考例句：

• The beams are riddled with woodworm. 这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。
• The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets. 在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 obsolete   

adj.已废弃的，过时的

参考例句：

• These goods are obsolete and will not fetch much on the market.这些货品过时了，在市场上卖不了高价。
• They tried to hammer obsolete ideas into the young people's heads.他们竭力把陈旧思想灌输给青年。

8 backbone   

n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气

参考例句：

• The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
• The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。

9 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

10 exempted   

使免除[豁免]( exempt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His bad eyesight exempted him from military service. 他因视力不好而免服兵役。
• Her illness exempted her from the examination. 她因病而免试。

11 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

12 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。

13 hacker   

n.能盗用或偷改电脑中信息的人，电脑黑客

参考例句：

• The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。
• This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。