cyber theft 1

ps: cyber theft网络盗窃

John is the owner of a small consulting business.

Last night, some important documents were stolen from John's office.

They were locked up in a safe, and the only way to open the safe was with an 8-digit access code.

ps: 他们被锁在一个保险箱里，打开保险箱的唯一方法是使用8位数字的密码。

Whoever got into the safe must have had that code.

So now he's trying to figure out who could have gotten it.

Question:

1.What was needed to open the safe?

an access code.

Only two people in the company were authorized to have the code.

ps: 公司里只有两个人被授权拥有密码。

To improve security, John changed the code every month.

He had the code of course, and so did his assistant, Sylvia.

As far as he knew, nobody else had it or had ever asked to use it to get something from the safe.

There was no reason for Sylvia to take the documents, so he couldn’t imagine that it was her.

That wouldn't make sense, and she was completely trustworthy.

Besides, she was on a business trip and wouldn't be back for several more days.

So somebody else must have had the code and stolen the documents.

If so, who was it and how did they get the code?

Question:

1. Why doesn't he suspect Sylvia?

She was completely trustworthy.

2.what has john done to improve security?

John changed the code every month.

One possibility is that the code was written down somewhere, maybe in a notebook.

Sylvia was famous for writing things down.

She had a notoriously bad memory, so she kept a lot of notes.

ps: 她记性很差，所以留了很多笔记。

notoriously    adv.恶名昭彰地；声名狼藉地;著名地；众所周知地

Maybe she wasn't careful, and someone looked through her notes and discovered the code.

But Sylvia wasn’t that careless or irresponsible.

ps: 但西尔维亚并没有那么粗心或不负责任

careless不小心的; 不仔细的; 粗心的; 粗心造成的; 疏忽引起的; 不担忧的; 无忧无虑的

irresponsible不负责任的; 无责任感的; 没有责任感的人; 无责任能力的人; 不

She would never have written the code down on a piece of paper.

So that couldn't be the answer.

Question:

1.Why did Sylvia write so many notes?

She had a notoriously bad memory.

Repeat & Read Sentences:

1.The only way to open the safe was with an 8-digit access code.

2. Only two people in the company were authorized to have the code.

3.She would never have written the code down on a piece of paper.

3. He had the code of course, and so did his assistant, Sylvia.

4. There was no reason for Sylvia to take the documents, so he couldn't imagine that it was her.

1. Last night, some important documents were stolen from his office.