Onderwêreld
Setting
Lawson College - Private boys school in Drakensberg
Exclusive school for the boys of super rich + influential families
School residences - House Da Vinci
Owen family
Greg Owen - In matric, very popular, head boy, wing for 1st team rugby, extremely privileged
Chris Owen - Influential media mogul for turret media
Rina Owen - The supportive wife, often feels out of place in her husband's social life
John Owen - Greg Owen’s brother, killed himself by swallowing pills
Best friends
TJ - Sharp chess player, grandfather founded Lawson College
Plank - Front row rugby player, loves watching soapies and smoking weed, smart guy
Eckardt Wilken - Enrolled at Lawson college in matric, hard nosed with dark look, reads a lot, knows a lot
An outsider - doesn’t get along and an experienced hacker
● Bumps heads with Greg, this changes after the grade 8 initiation
Tunnel ritual
Grade 8s must run through the school underground tunnels blindfolded
Since he’s new the matrics decide to make him do it as well
Greg recognises his brother in Eckardt's eyes, pulls him out of tunnel
● They become friends after this
● One night back at House Da Vinci, Greg and eckardt are hanging out together
● While surfing the internet, Eckardt asks Greg a startling question: have you ever hacked a
computer?
● Eckardt is an experienced hacker and intrigues greg by making it sound exciting
Begins teaching greg: Dumpster diving, shoulder surfing, SQL injections, social engineering, brute force…
Hacker nicknames
Greg - G-4CE
Eckardt - EKK-0
● Their friendship continues to grow after this
○ Eckardt goes on holiday with greg's family in Jeffreys Bay
● Friendship hits a snag
○ Greg finds Eckardt near his girlfriends room in the middle of the night
○ Eventually they sort things out, continue their friendship + hacking lessons
One Thursday morning, Eckardt disappears from the dorms
Greg goes to look for him but his phone/laptop/clothes are still in the dorm
No one knows what happened to Eckardt and no one seems interested to find out
Doc Alec Pienaar - Principal of Lawson College
Also CEO of PlusUltraMed
More concerned with schools reputation then trying to find Eckardt
● Greg goes to turret medias newspapers
○ Turns out to be a dismal failure
○ Newspapers more interested in the outbreak of the flu pandemic spreading through SA +
around the world
○ Greg stands up to principal and refuses to step foot on school grounds unless the school
starts looking for Eckardt
○ Police finally get involved
○ Greg must help them find Eckardt without anyone knowing about their hacking
● While greg runs his own parallel investigation, he comes across a clue in a photo hidden in a white
hat
○ Leads greg to Eckhardt’s secret blog, “Ekk-os_underworld”
○ Uses clues on blog and his hacking techniques
○ Starts to descend into the underworld of computer hacking
○ Starts to neglect schoolwork, sport & friends and spends all his free time trying to find
eckardt, leads to dark discovery
PlusUltraMed - pharmaceutical company
● Hiding manipulative bird flu virus in flu shots, causing worldwide sickness
● PlusUltraMed also has vaccine
○ By waiting and selling, they will make a lot of money
Known as “PROJECT NURSERY RHYME”
● Named after nursery rhyme “rub a dub dub three men in a tub”
● The butcher - Dr Pienaar
● The baker -
● The Candlestick-maker - Greg's father
● Police questions become problematic, greg must lie
● Greg confides in TJ
○ TJ betrays him and Greg is now responsible for eckardt's disappearance
○ Greg must tell police everything
○ Doc Pienaar is arrested
● Once things get back to normal, eckhart reappears and is different, something must be wrong
● Eckardt tells greg that he carried out a massive social engineering attack on greg + family
○ Greg's father destroyed eckardt's family years ago
○ His father was a judge, involved in a court case with the butcher + candlestick maker
involving insider trading, transaction goes wrong and he is “taken care of”
○ No one knows how eckardt's dad died or what happened to his body
○ Motive to destroy greg's family is revenge, his friendship with greg was a scam
Underworld
Instelling
Lawson College - Privaat seunskool in Drakensberg
Eksklusiewe skool vir die seuns van superryk + invloedryke gesinne
koshuise - Huis Da Vinci
Owen gesin
Greg Owen - In matriek, baie gewild, hoofseun, vleuel vir 1ste span rugby, uiters bevoorreg
Chris Owen - Invloedryke mediamagnaat vir rewolwermedia
Rina Owen - Die ondersteunende vrou, voel dikwels uit plek in haar man se sosiale lewe
John Owen - Greg Owen se broer, selfmoord pleeg deur pille te sluk
Beste vriende
TJ - Skerp skaakspeler, oupa het Lawson College gestig
Plank - Voorry rugbyspeler, hou daarvan om sepies te kyk en wiet te rook, slim ou
Eckardt Wilken - Ingeskryf by Lawson kollege in matriek, hardvogtig met donker voorkoms, lees baie,
weet baie, 'n Buitestander - kom nie oor die weg nie en 'n ervare hacker
Stamp koppe met Greg, dit verander na die graad 8-ontgroening
Tonnel ritueel
Graad 8's moet geblinddoek deur die skool se ondergrondse tonnels hardloop
Aangesien hy nuut is, besluit die matrieks om hom dit ook te laat doen
Greg herken sy broer in Eckardt se oë, trek hom uit die tonnel
Hulle word hierna vriende
Een aand terug by Huis Da Vinci kuier Greg en eckardt saam
Terwyl hy op die internet rondsnuffel, vra Eckardt vir Greg 'n verbysterende vraag: het jy al ooit 'n rekenaar
gekap?
Eckardt is 'n ervare hacker en intrigeer Greg deur dit opwindend te laat klink
Begin Greg leer: Dumpster-duik, skouerbranderry, SQL-inspuitings, sosiale ingenieurswese, brute force …
Hacker byname
Greg - G-4CE
Eckardt - EKK-0
● Hul vriendskap groei hierna steeds
○ Eckardt gaan vakansie hou by greg se gesin in Jeffreysbaai
● Vriendskap tref 'n probleem
○ Greg kry Eckardt in die middel van die nag naby sy vriendin se kamer
○ Uiteindelik sorteer hulle dinge uit, gaan voort met hul vriendskap + inbraaklesse
Een Donderdagoggend verdwyn Eckardt uit die koshuise
Greg gaan soek hom maar sy foon/skootrekenaar/klere is nog in die koshuis
Niemand weet wat met Eckardt gebeur het nie en niemand wil blykbaar belangstel om uit te vind
nie
Dok Alec Pienaar - Skoolhoof van Lawson College
Ook uitvoerende hoof van PlusUltraMed
Meer bekommerd oor skole se reputasie as om Eckardt te probeer vind
● Greg gaan na toring media koerante
○ Dit blyk 'n droewige mislukking te wees
○ Koerante meer geïnteresseerd in die uitbreek van die grieppandemie wat deur SA+ oor die
wêreld versprei word
○ Greg staan op vir skoolhoof en weier om op skoolterrein te trap tensy die skool na Eckardt
begin soek
○ Polisie raak uiteindelik betrokke
○ Greg moet hulle help om Eckardt te vind sonder dat iemand van hul inbraak weet
● Terwyl Greg sy eie parallelle ondersoek doen, kom hy op 'n leidraad af in 'n foto wat in 'n wit hoed
versteek is
○ Lei Greg na Eckhardt se geheime blog, "Ekk-os_underworld"
○ Gebruik leidrade op blog en sy inbraaktegnieke
○ Begin daal in die onderwêreld van rekenaarkrakery
○ Begin skoolwerk, sport en vriende afskeep en spandeer al sy vrye tyd om eckardt te vind,
lei tot donker ontdekking
PlusUltraMed - farmaseutiese maatskappy
● Versteek manipulerende voëlgriepvirus in griepinspuitings, wat wêreldwye siekte veroorsaak
● PlusUltraMed het ook entstof
● Deur te wag en te verkoop, sal hulle baie geld maak
Bekend as "PROJECT NURSERY RHYME"
● Vernoem na kinderrympie "rub a dub dub three men in a tub"
● Die slagter - Dr Pienaar
● Die bakker - ???
● The Candlestick-maker - Greg se pa
● Polisievrae raak problematies, Greg moet lieg
○ Greg vertrou in TJ
○ TJ verraai hom en Greg is nou verantwoordelik vir eckardt se verdwyning
○ Greg moet die polisie alles vertel
● Dok Pienaar word gearresteer
● Sodra dinge weer normaal is, verskyn eckhart weer en is dit anders, moet iets verkeerd wees
○ Eckardt vertel vir greg dat hy 'n massiewe sosiale ingenieursaanval op greg + familie
uitgevoer het
○ Greg se pa het eckardt se familie jare gelede vernietig
○ Sy pa was 'n regter, betrokke in 'n hofsaak met die slagter + kandelaarmaker wat
binnehandel behels, transaksie loop verkeerd en hy word "versorg"
○ Niemand weet hoe Eckardt se pa dood is of wat met sy liggaam gebeur het nie
○ Motief om Greg se familie te vernietig is wraak, sy vriendskap met Greg was 'n bedrogspul
