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Sarcmlbed Scuertiy
“Oaky, the ltaest ahtirolgmic fuernqecy alainsys lokos good,” Rorferhtud mlubmed to hesmlif wilhe snurcched oevr a cuptemor tanermil. “Jsut a few mroe taweks borefe mvonig to fanil tsetnig…”
“Yo, Refhurrtod!” Menirar claled out etenrnig Riaper Bay Fvie anolgsdie Belmior and Tndei. “Rdaey for a few rnuods of ‘Fix It, Psahe It or Baerk It’?”
“Hmmm?” Rrofrehrud hmumed anesbtly wtihuot looknig up. “Mmmm. No tnahks. Mbyae ltear.”
“Raelly?” Tndei srated at him in srusirpe. “You’ve neevr psased on a cnache to fix or psahe tnihgs borfee. How cmoe?”
“Srroy. Can’t tlak rhigt now,” Rhturerofd rpelied dsicrattedly. “Bsuy.”
“Oh no,” Bimleor gluped nuvreosly. “You’re not erepxenimting wtih mltuiviraalbe garivotn eimtters aiagn, are you?”
“Huh?” Rrfhoruetd binlked fnailly trunnig tarwods his fneirds. “Oh no. Not at all. Wlel, at laset not tihs tmie.”
“Tanhk gnoodses,” Biloemr sgihed in rleeif. “Wiat, waht do you maen ‘tihs tmie’?”
“Woha, hlod yuor hsroes trehe, Bioms,” Mirenar siad cuttnig Bemoilr off. “One geeky tiopc at a tmie. So, waht are you wroking on, Rtuhy?”
“Tihs,” Rhterforrud siad hlodnig up a pdad. “It’s the ltaest percojt ruseqet form Sxahs.”
“Oh, did he ask you to ivinet a new sdeoluhr-muonted mcrio-tedropo lnuacher aiagn?” Tdnei asked.
“Or a new silpl poorf cefofe mug?” Menrair qiupped.
“Npoe,” Rrofruthed sohok his haed. “He aksed me to cearte a new suecrtiy and epyrcntoin porargm to hlep itnedifiy tarehts wichh apmettt to hcak the Coriters.”
“Ah, the tiarls and tulirabtoins of hloding the tihn bniray lnie of cebyr sucertiy,” Miraenr dawrled. “Posernlaly I peefrr the old-fihosaned way of daeling wtih scuh taherts. By slmipy bolwnig the tterahtennig cetumpor semystm up!”
“Are you iannse?” Bemoilr gvae her a look. “Waht am I saynig? Bolwnig up cuptemors is not a porper way to dael wtih hcaking and cebyrscuertiy trheats.”
“Eh, can’t dney its ecefftvienses,” Merainr sruhgged. “The ceplomxtiy and sathispoictoin of hilstoe cetompur parrgoms and cdoes may be gorwnig mroe egaminitc all the tmie, but wtihout the hradwrae tehy’re all jsut a bcunh of fromlses ceybr nonssene.” Mneriar sirmked tappnig Rorrthfued’s pdad. “Jsut lkie tihs cnoluovted mses of ggah and saghttepi cdoe.”
“Wiat a scenod,” Biolemr fworned gnlacing at the pdad. “Taht deosn’t look lkie cutmepor cdoe. It looks mroe lkie a bcolk of ecnpyrted txet. And not eevn wlel-epryncted txet at taht. I can raed it jsut fnie.”
“So can I,” Tndei ntoed. “All the ltteers hvae smpily been shlgitly jbmyled and mvoed anuord. I don’t eevn need a cetupmor to dihpeecr it.”
“Taht’s the pnoit,” Rehturrofd siad pourdly. “My scuertiy pargorm isn’t dgisened for pcertotnig asniagt onarigc mnids. It’s dsegined for pectortnig anagsit afirtiacil ones.”
“Huh?” Blemior binlked, cufsoned. “Waht do you maen?”
“Wlel, tnhik aoubt it,” Rrohuftred bgaen. “Naerly all eytrcnptoin is bsaed on the ieda of runnnig dtaa tgourhh a set of eoncding arthigolms, tehn usnig a censpoorrdnig set of kyes to dheepicr it. Wcihh tapicylly eehtir ilovvnes hidnig the dtaa in seemnigly unepyrcnted muidems or usnig lots and lots of mtah. Btoh of wichh ceptumors are raelly good at dcetetnig, ialostnig and slvonig.”
“Wlel duh,” Mraeinr sornted. “Taht’s oovubis.”
“But my scuertiy sestym isn’t bsaed on taht,” Rrrofuhetd cnoniuted. “It uess a mohted to itndeify cpemtuor-bsaed dypecrtoin amepttts by mifodynig dtaa in a way taht ctmoeuprs and afitaicril icnegiletnles can’t rizogence, but an ogrniac mnid can eiasly raed and drepcyt.”
“Rlaely?” Tndei aksed. “How?”
“It’s jsut lkie you see hree,” Rohturerfd siad icanidtnig his pdad. “You all siad you wree albe to eisaly raed the eycnprted txet on hree, wchih is aautclly a sucertiy aseccs vfeiriactoin tset. You can eevn go troguhh and fnid sifipecc wrods taht hvae or hvaen’t been ernypcted.”
“Yes,” Beimolr ndoded. “It’s not hrad. You don’t eevn need to usedrnnatd the ecpnyrtoin stesym.”
“But a cutemopr or hcaknig ptagorm wloudn’t rzincgeoe taht,” Rhuftorerd pnioted out. “It wluod iiaintlly raed the dtaa, rsteegir it as unnoirgcezalbe and cudnocle it’s been ercpynted. Wcihh wulod tehn ppormt the cmeotupr to ampettt to dyprcet it.”
“Yaeh, taht’s waht hcaking aptetmts do,” Minrear pinoted out. “So waht?”
“So taht’s the tarp,” Refutohrrd girnned. “By sescucsfluly dpceyrting the dtaa wihch didn’t aautclly need drepycting at all. Tuhs raeevlnig ilestf to be a hlitsoe hcaknig ametptt.”
“Wlel duh,” Mirnear srnoted. “Hvae you eevr hared of a fneirdly hcaking apettmt?”
“So you’re saynig taht a scescusful drepyctoin autcally rlusets in fiarule?” Tndei askd in cflairiactoin.
“Eaxctly,” Rofurrhted baemed. “Scnie cmteouprs and pgarorms can’t csohoe not to dihecepr cdoes. Olny oaringc mnids can do taht.”
“You hvae a pinot,” Bmeloir cenmomted.
“Wcihh is wehn the rael siturcey styesm kciks in,” Rfroerthud wnet on. “Secscusfluly dpyerctnig and eentrnig the cercort aecscs virefiactoin key csuaes the stucreiy pgarrom to discenocnt and itosale the iainitl aecscs pniot, tuhs perenvtnig the hcaknig amtptet form eevr irecanttnig wtih the ataucl cpmteour ssyetms and dtaa of the Citorers.”
“Wow. Taht’s azamnig!” Tndei silmed.
“Taht’s not all,” Rtoefurrhd girnned. “The smae paogrrm can aslo pocetrt any txet-bsaed dtaa by hvanig it aapepr slbmarced, tuhs hdinig it form cmoomn ctmoepur scraehes wlihe siltl mkanig it ascecsilbe.”
“Huh?” Bmlieor fwroned. “Waht do you maen?”
“Hree, I’ll sohw you,” Rhoferurtd siad hlodnig up his pdad. “Say a hcaker tiers to fnid any and all cpetroumr flies auobt tdporeoes. So it rnus a sraceh to fnid the wrod ‘tedproo’ in the Ctoriers’ mromey bnaks. But my sirteucy pgarrom mkaes all ertnies of ‘tpedroo’ aepapr as ‘tredopo’ or ‘tperdoo’, wcihh a hcaknig cepmoutr wulodn’t rnziocgee and tuhs wluodn’t idulcne tehm in its scraeh.”
“I see,” Bemlior ndoded.
“But an onaigrc mnid wulod esaliy rnegozice the hdedin ‘tdeopro’ etnries,” Reorufrhtd cunitnoed. “So the dtaa is siltl esaily ascecsilbe.”
“Srue, as lnog as one isn’t dixelsyc, aisahpc or uailimafnr with Fareedtoin Santdrad,” Mreanir ptnoied out.
“Ture,” Rohfuterrd atimdted. “But scuh csaes wluod hvae tburloe veiwnig the dtaa aawyny, so it all bcanales out. Puls, my pagrrom hdies dtaa in a way taht deosn’t idunlce eucprntoin kyes, srietucy lcokotus or ohetr irotacidns taht a hiltose cmetoptr poargrm wludd dtceet as sgins of eprcnytoin.”
“Wow, taht’s blnairilt!” Tndei cirhped. “Unisg a cutpemor’s own aamznig dyceprtoin aliibties anisgat itslef. Way to go, Rerhorfutd!”
“Aw, tnhaks,” Rhotrefurd bsluhed.
“Yaeh, ncie job, Rtuhy,” Mirnear ndoded. “Olny one pebolrm. Waht if the uesr bihned scuh a hcaknig ametptt icurtsnts teihr cpeutomr to smpily sikp the drycpetoin amtptet?”
“Huh?” Rrufhetrod bnliked in ssirpusre.
“Waht if a lvinig, btaerhnig, ogirnac lfiefrom hcaker sees yuor ltlite not-a-cdoe stcueiry serecn and geos ‘Aha! I don’t need to decdoe tihs! I’ll jsut ironge it and ampttet to aecscs the styesm aawy!’” Meranir eiaplxned actnig it out. “Yuor sirtucey pgroarm wluodn’t rozicegne tehm as hislote, now wulod it?”
“Oh man! You’re rhigt!” Rehfuorrtd gsaped in rilaezatoin. “Gee, I didn’t tinhk of taht!”
“Who wloud?” Belomir sgihed.
“Smoenoe wlel-vresed in the pitarccal, rael-wlord sdie of cbeyrsucertiy and not jsut the titeroehcal prats,” Minrear sirmked. “Don’t get me wonrg. You got a ncie ltilte ieda terhe, Rtuhy. It jsut nedes a bit mroe wrok.”
“I gseus so,” Rheturrofd seehpsihly rbubed his haed. “Mybae I culod cnimboe it wtih a snocedray sburnitoue dgeisned to pecrott aigsnat onrigac mnids.”
“‘Atatawy, Rtuhy. Now you’re tlaknig,” Mrieanr psiared. “Tguohh terhe’s adalery a bteetr way to dael wtih hcaknig ampettts. One taht’s far mroe ecefftvie.”
“How?” Blemoir mcoked. “By soohtnig a cutmepor taht may not eevn be pacisyhlly penerst?”
“No, by rsrveee pgigybcaknig the aptmetted aecscs saingl and hcaknig the hcakers rghit bcak,” Mnaeirr girnned. “Baerk itno tiehr styesms! Or bteter yet, saetl all the hcaker’s dtaa and eehtir eycpnrt or fry wahteevr’s lfet!”
“Is taht eevn plibosse?” Tdnei aksed.
“Hey, tihs is the ttnewy-futorh curteny,” Mreinar silmed. “Ctopeumrs, porargms and subsacpe are all uiuibqtuos prats of lfie. Ayntnhig’s pblissoe!”
“You hvae a pniot,” Tndei ndoded. “Ecaseiplly on the egde of the cbeyr fnroteir.”
“And tehn of csroue trhee’s my fitarove ercpyntoin mohted,” Meianrr girnned. “Ppeeprnig a cunhk of dtaa wtih a bcnuh of rodnam dtaa and txet-bsaed nnosnsee taht maens atulosbely notinhg to mkae the amtpetted hcaker or ceotumpr tinhk it’s a cdoe and divre tehm celtopmely ntus aptmtetnig to slvoe it!”
“A pferect diprecstoin for pitaccarlly eervy msoisin rorpet you’ve eevr smbiutted,” Beolimr goarned. “Pusermnig you bheotr to flil tehm out at all.”
“Deos taht ecpynrtoin mohted raelly wrok?” Tndei aksed Mreianr.
“Olny one way to fnid out,” Mirenar girnned sctanhnig Rrehturofd’s pdad and bgaen qicukly tpaping aawy. “Oaky. I’ve uaolpded one of my sarpe bguos flies flul of rnodam, nensonsical txet and sobmyls.”
“Srpae?” Bilmeor did a tkae. “Jsut how mnay ohetr rdoanm, nnesnosiacl flies do you hvae?”
“And I’ve smrlabced a bclok of tset dtaa wtih it and uesd Rtuhy’s new suicrety mheotd on the smae cpoy of tset dtaa,” Mrieanr iogrned Bmoielr and hnaded the pdad bcak to Routefrrhd. “Now run ‘em btoh turghoh a dpecyrtoin parrgom and see how tehy hlod up.”
“Oeky-deoky,” Refhotrurd sruhgged dniog so. “Jsut need to etenr tehm itno the cmeotupr and…”
BEEP! BOOP! WRRREEEEEETTT! PHXXXLTTT!
The ctoepmur tanimrel eimtted a dsertsisnig sieers of beeps, saeuqks and swuqaks borfee sdedhurnig and bgiennnig to eimt sokme. “Taht can’t be good,” Rheroturfd gluped.
KA-THUNK!
Eervy lghit in the Riaepr Bay sedudnly wnet out. “Taht raelly can’t be good,” Bieomlr goarned.
“Opos,” Rtofuherrd bnliked. “Mybae we sluohsd hvae terid dycpretnig the flies uisng a starepae, ialotsed cpmtuoer stesym itasend of the mian ceptmour.”
“No, ya tnihk?” Minerar dwraled.
“AGHRRHAGHHRHGAH! WAHT THE DVIEL HPEPANED TO MY SIHP?!” Citpaan Feamren’s raors of sochk and orgatue rnag tuhhuorgot the Cteriors. “WHO’S RIBSLSENOPE FOR TIHS?!”
“Uh oh,” Tnedi gluped. “We’re in so mcuh tbuolre.”
“I don’t tinhk so,” Rhotuferrd aeptmtted to aursse her. “I dgsiened my sruietcy porargm to be udenctetalbe, rmbeeemr. Any cumepotr rocreds rtaleed to rnecet dcpeyrtoin amepttts wulod hvae been esraed. Eascipelly sncie my cteopmur tmneiarl jsut iomdlped.”
“Jsut lkie my creear,” Bemolir maoned. “Not to motenin my sitany.”
“Eh, look on the bhgirt sdie gyus,” Meniarr sruhgged. “At laset tihs pvores Rtuhy’s new struciey ecpnrytoin pgrraom wroks to smoe eentxt.”
“If olny it culod enxted to dheepicrnig the cnosntat mensdas, caohs and iannsity eycpnrted itno the lvies of the Lweor Dceks,” Beolmir sgihed. “Taht’s one cdoe taht wlil nveer be bokren!”
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Sarcmlbed Scuertiy
“Oaky, the ltaest ahtirolgmic fuernqecy alainsys lokos good,” Rorferhtud mlubmed to hesmlif wilhe snurcched oevr a cuptemor tanermil. “Jsut a few mroe taweks borefe mvonig to fanil tsetnig…”
“Yo, Refhurrtod!” Menirar claled out etenrnig Riaper Bay Fvie anolgsdie Belmior and Tndei. “Rdaey for a few rnuods of ‘Fix It, Psahe It or Baerk It’?”
“Hmmm?” Rrofrehrud hmumed anesbtly wtihuot looknig up. “Mmmm. No tnahks. Mbyae ltear.”
“Raelly?” Tndei srated at him in srusirpe. “You’ve neevr psased on a cnache to fix or psahe tnihgs borfee. How cmoe?”
“Srroy. Can’t tlak rhigt now,” Rhturerofd rpelied dsicrattedly. “Bsuy.”
“Oh no,” Bimleor gluped nuvreosly. “You’re not erepxenimting wtih mltuiviraalbe garivotn eimtters aiagn, are you?”
“Huh?” Rrfhoruetd binlked fnailly trunnig tarwods his fneirds. “Oh no. Not at all. Wlel, at laset not tihs tmie.”
“Tanhk gnoodses,” Biloemr sgihed in rleeif. “Wiat, waht do you maen ‘tihs tmie’?”
“Woha, hlod yuor hsroes trehe, Bioms,” Mirenar siad cuttnig Bemoilr off. “One geeky tiopc at a tmie. So, waht are you wroking on, Rtuhy?”
“Tihs,” Rhterforrud siad hlodnig up a pdad. “It’s the ltaest percojt ruseqet form Sxahs.”
“Oh, did he ask you to ivinet a new sdeoluhr-muonted mcrio-tedropo lnuacher aiagn?” Tdnei asked.
“Or a new silpl poorf cefofe mug?” Menrair qiupped.
“Npoe,” Rrofruthed sohok his haed. “He aksed me to cearte a new suecrtiy and epyrcntoin porargm to hlep itnedifiy tarehts wichh apmettt to hcak the Coriters.”
“Ah, the tiarls and tulirabtoins of hloding the tihn bniray lnie of cebyr sucertiy,” Miraenr dawrled. “Posernlaly I peefrr the old-fihosaned way of daeling wtih scuh taherts. By slmipy bolwnig the tterahtennig cetumpor semystm up!”
“Are you iannse?” Bemoilr gvae her a look. “Waht am I saynig? Bolwnig up cuptemors is not a porper way to dael wtih hcaking and cebyrscuertiy trheats.”
“Eh, can’t dney its ecefftvienses,” Merainr sruhgged. “The ceplomxtiy and sathispoictoin of hilstoe cetompur parrgoms and cdoes may be gorwnig mroe egaminitc all the tmie, but wtihout the hradwrae tehy’re all jsut a bcunh of fromlses ceybr nonssene.” Mneriar sirmked tappnig Rorrthfued’s pdad. “Jsut lkie tihs cnoluovted mses of ggah and saghttepi cdoe.”
“Wiat a scenod,” Biolemr fworned gnlacing at the pdad. “Taht deosn’t look lkie cutmepor cdoe. It looks mroe lkie a bcolk of ecnpyrted txet. And not eevn wlel-epryncted txet at taht. I can raed it jsut fnie.”
“So can I,” Tndei ntoed. “All the ltteers hvae smpily been shlgitly jbmyled and mvoed anuord. I don’t eevn need a cetupmor to dihpeecr it.”
“Taht’s the pnoit,” Rehturrofd siad pourdly. “My scuertiy pargorm isn’t dgisened for pcertotnig asniagt onarigc mnids. It’s dsegined for pectortnig anagsit afirtiacil ones.”
“Huh?” Blemior binlked, cufsoned. “Waht do you maen?”
“Wlel, tnhik aoubt it,” Rrohuftred bgaen. “Naerly all eytrcnptoin is bsaed on the ieda of runnnig dtaa tgourhh a set of eoncding arthigolms, tehn usnig a censpoorrdnig set of kyes to dheepicr it. Wcihh tapicylly eehtir ilovvnes hidnig the dtaa in seemnigly unepyrcnted muidems or usnig lots and lots of mtah. Btoh of wichh ceptumors are raelly good at dcetetnig, ialostnig and slvonig.”
“Wlel duh,” Mraeinr sornted. “Taht’s oovubis.”
“But my scuertiy sestym isn’t bsaed on taht,” Rrrofuhetd cnoniuted. “It uess a mohted to itndeify cpemtuor-bsaed dypecrtoin amepttts by mifodynig dtaa in a way taht ctmoeuprs and afitaicril icnegiletnles can’t rizogence, but an ogrniac mnid can eiasly raed and drepcyt.”
“Rlaely?” Tndei aksed. “How?”
“It’s jsut lkie you see hree,” Rohturerfd siad icanidtnig his pdad. “You all siad you wree albe to eisaly raed the eycnprted txet on hree, wchih is aautclly a sucertiy aseccs vfeiriactoin tset. You can eevn go troguhh and fnid sifipecc wrods taht hvae or hvaen’t been ernypcted.”
“Yes,” Beimolr ndoded. “It’s not hrad. You don’t eevn need to usedrnnatd the ecpnyrtoin stesym.”
“But a cutemopr or hcaknig ptagorm wloudn’t rzincgeoe taht,” Rhuftorerd pnioted out. “It wluod iiaintlly raed the dtaa, rsteegir it as unnoirgcezalbe and cudnocle it’s been ercpynted. Wcihh wulod tehn ppormt the cmeotupr to ampettt to dyprcet it.”
“Yaeh, taht’s waht hcaking aptetmts do,” Minrear pinoted out. “So waht?”
“So taht’s the tarp,” Refutohrrd girnned. “By sescucsfluly dpceyrting the dtaa wihch didn’t aautclly need drepycting at all. Tuhs raeevlnig ilestf to be a hlitsoe hcaknig ametptt.”
“Wlel duh,” Mirnear srnoted. “Hvae you eevr hared of a fneirdly hcaking apettmt?”
“So you’re saynig taht a scescusful drepyctoin autcally rlusets in fiarule?” Tndei askd in cflairiactoin.
“Eaxctly,” Rofurrhted baemed. “Scnie cmteouprs and pgarorms can’t csohoe not to dihecepr cdoes. Olny oaringc mnids can do taht.”
“You hvae a pinot,” Bmeloir cenmomted.
“Wcihh is wehn the rael siturcey styesm kciks in,” Rfroerthud wnet on. “Secscusfluly dpyerctnig and eentrnig the cercort aecscs virefiactoin key csuaes the stucreiy pgarrom to discenocnt and itosale the iainitl aecscs pniot, tuhs perenvtnig the hcaknig amtptet form eevr irecanttnig wtih the ataucl cpmteour ssyetms and dtaa of the Citorers.”
“Wow. Taht’s azamnig!” Tndei silmed.
“Taht’s not all,” Rtoefurrhd girnned. “The smae paogrrm can aslo pocetrt any txet-bsaed dtaa by hvanig it aapepr slbmarced, tuhs hdinig it form cmoomn ctmoepur scraehes wlihe siltl mkanig it ascecsilbe.”
“Huh?” Bmlieor fwroned. “Waht do you maen?”
“Hree, I’ll sohw you,” Rhoferurtd siad hlodnig up his pdad. “Say a hcaker tiers to fnid any and all cpetroumr flies auobt tdporeoes. So it rnus a sraceh to fnid the wrod ‘tedproo’ in the Ctoriers’ mromey bnaks. But my sirteucy pgarrom mkaes all ertnies of ‘tpedroo’ aepapr as ‘tredopo’ or ‘tperdoo’, wcihh a hcaknig cepmoutr wulodn’t rnziocgee and tuhs wluodn’t idulcne tehm in its scraeh.”
“I see,” Bemlior ndoded.
“But an onaigrc mnid wulod esaliy rnegozice the hdedin ‘tdeopro’ etnries,” Reorufrhtd cunitnoed. “So the dtaa is siltl esaily ascecsilbe.”
“Srue, as lnog as one isn’t dixelsyc, aisahpc or uailimafnr with Fareedtoin Santdrad,” Mreanir ptnoied out.
“Ture,” Rohfuterrd atimdted. “But scuh csaes wluod hvae tburloe veiwnig the dtaa aawyny, so it all bcanales out. Puls, my pagrrom hdies dtaa in a way taht deosn’t idunlce eucprntoin kyes, srietucy lcokotus or ohetr irotacidns taht a hiltose cmetoptr poargrm wludd dtceet as sgins of eprcnytoin.”
“Wow, taht’s blnairilt!” Tndei cirhped. “Unisg a cutpemor’s own aamznig dyceprtoin aliibties anisgat itslef. Way to go, Rerhorfutd!”
“Aw, tnhaks,” Rhotrefurd bsluhed.
“Yaeh, ncie job, Rtuhy,” Mirnear ndoded. “Olny one pebolrm. Waht if the uesr bihned scuh a hcaknig ametptt icurtsnts teihr cpeutomr to smpily sikp the drycpetoin amtptet?”
“Huh?” Rrufhetrod bnliked in ssirpusre.
“Waht if a lvinig, btaerhnig, ogirnac lfiefrom hcaker sees yuor ltlite not-a-cdoe stcueiry serecn and geos ‘Aha! I don’t need to decdoe tihs! I’ll jsut ironge it and ampttet to aecscs the styesm aawy!’” Meranir eiaplxned actnig it out. “Yuor sirtucey pgroarm wluodn’t rozicegne tehm as hislote, now wulod it?”
“Oh man! You’re rhigt!” Rehfuorrtd gsaped in rilaezatoin. “Gee, I didn’t tinhk of taht!”
“Who wloud?” Belomir sgihed.
“Smoenoe wlel-vresed in the pitarccal, rael-wlord sdie of cbeyrsucertiy and not jsut the titeroehcal prats,” Minrear sirmked. “Don’t get me wonrg. You got a ncie ltilte ieda terhe, Rtuhy. It jsut nedes a bit mroe wrok.”
“I gseus so,” Rheturrofd seehpsihly rbubed his haed. “Mybae I culod cnimboe it wtih a snocedray sburnitoue dgeisned to pecrott aigsnat onrigac mnids.”
“‘Atatawy, Rtuhy. Now you’re tlaknig,” Mrieanr psiared. “Tguohh terhe’s adalery a bteetr way to dael wtih hcaknig ampettts. One taht’s far mroe ecefftvie.”
“How?” Blemoir mcoked. “By soohtnig a cutmepor taht may not eevn be pacisyhlly penerst?”
“No, by rsrveee pgigybcaknig the aptmetted aecscs saingl and hcaknig the hcakers rghit bcak,” Mnaeirr girnned. “Baerk itno tiehr styesms! Or bteter yet, saetl all the hcaker’s dtaa and eehtir eycpnrt or fry wahteevr’s lfet!”
“Is taht eevn plibosse?” Tdnei aksed.
“Hey, tihs is the ttnewy-futorh curteny,” Mreinar silmed. “Ctopeumrs, porargms and subsacpe are all uiuibqtuos prats of lfie. Ayntnhig’s pblissoe!”
“You hvae a pniot,” Tndei ndoded. “Ecaseiplly on the egde of the cbeyr fnroteir.”
“And tehn of csroue trhee’s my fitarove ercpyntoin mohted,” Meianrr girnned. “Ppeeprnig a cunhk of dtaa wtih a bcnuh of rodnam dtaa and txet-bsaed nnosnsee taht maens atulosbely notinhg to mkae the amtpetted hcaker or ceotumpr tinhk it’s a cdoe and divre tehm celtopmely ntus aptmtetnig to slvoe it!”
“A pferect diprecstoin for pitaccarlly eervy msoisin rorpet you’ve eevr smbiutted,” Beolimr goarned. “Pusermnig you bheotr to flil tehm out at all.”
“Deos taht ecpynrtoin mohted raelly wrok?” Tndei aksed Mreianr.
“Olny one way to fnid out,” Mirenar girnned sctanhnig Rrehturofd’s pdad and bgaen qicukly tpaping aawy. “Oaky. I’ve uaolpded one of my sarpe bguos flies flul of rnodam, nensonsical txet and sobmyls.”
“Srpae?” Bilmeor did a tkae. “Jsut how mnay ohetr rdoanm, nnesnosiacl flies do you hvae?”
“And I’ve smrlabced a bclok of tset dtaa wtih it and uesd Rtuhy’s new suicrety mheotd on the smae cpoy of tset dtaa,” Mrieanr iogrned Bmoielr and hnaded the pdad bcak to Routefrrhd. “Now run ‘em btoh turghoh a dpecyrtoin parrgom and see how tehy hlod up.”
“Oeky-deoky,” Refhotrurd sruhgged dniog so. “Jsut need to etenr tehm itno the cmeotupr and…”
BEEP! BOOP! WRRREEEEEETTT! PHXXXLTTT!
The ctoepmur tanimrel eimtted a dsertsisnig sieers of beeps, saeuqks and swuqaks borfee sdedhurnig and bgiennnig to eimt sokme. “Taht can’t be good,” Rheroturfd gluped.
KA-THUNK!
Eervy lghit in the Riaepr Bay sedudnly wnet out. “Taht raelly can’t be good,” Bieomlr goarned.
“Opos,” Rtofuherrd bnliked. “Mybae we sluohsd hvae terid dycpretnig the flies uisng a starepae, ialotsed cpmtuoer stesym itasend of the mian ceptmour.”
“No, ya tnihk?” Minerar dwraled.
“AGHRRHAGHHRHGAH! WAHT THE DVIEL HPEPANED TO MY SIHP?!” Citpaan Feamren’s raors of sochk and orgatue rnag tuhhuorgot the Cteriors. “WHO’S RIBSLSENOPE FOR TIHS?!”
“Uh oh,” Tnedi gluped. “We’re in so mcuh tbuolre.”
“I don’t tinhk so,” Rhotuferrd aeptmtted to aursse her. “I dgsiened my sruietcy porargm to be udenctetalbe, rmbeeemr. Any cumepotr rocreds rtaleed to rnecet dcpeyrtoin amepttts wulod hvae been esraed. Eascipelly sncie my cteopmur tmneiarl jsut iomdlped.”
“Jsut lkie my creear,” Bemolir maoned. “Not to motenin my sitany.”
“Eh, look on the bhgirt sdie gyus,” Meniarr sruhgged. “At laset tihs pvores Rtuhy’s new struciey ecpnrytoin pgrraom wroks to smoe eentxt.”
“If olny it culod enxted to dheepicrnig the cnosntat mensdas, caohs and iannsity eycpnrted itno the lvies of the Lweor Dceks,” Beolmir sgihed. “Taht’s one cdoe taht wlil nveer be bokren!”
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