The next day, he broke into the systems of all the Stock Exchanges of the world at one go. Not all of them were operating at that time, but, he did it as soon as the NYSE and NASDAQ opened up. He probably did so to make use of the biggest stock exchanges in the world to put his work into effect. By that time, the markets in Asia had closed down, but, Europe was still open. So, he attacked all the Stock Exchanges in the Western Hemisphere simultaneously. He shut them down indiscriminately and kept shutting down one exchange after another till all of them were left inoperative. He, then, took control of the systems of the other exchanges that weren’t open till then, but, since their computer systems were still operating, he had the opportunity to take over their controls as well. After he had taken over all the exchanges, he splashed a video message across all television networks in the world that said:
“I HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF ALL THE STOCK EXCHANGES IN THE WORLD AND HAVE LEFT THEM INOPERATIVE. FROM NOW ON, THERE WOULD BE NO MORE TRADING IN STOCKS AND COMMODITIES OF ANY KIND. ANY ATTEMPT TO WREST THE CONTROL BACK OR AT FINDING AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION WOULD FORCE ME TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION AGAINST THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. STOCK TRADING IS AN IMMORAL WAY ADOPTED BY BUSINESSES WORLDWIDE TO EARN MONEY. I WOULD SOON FORMULATE NEW POLICIES REGARDING SELLING SHARES IN A COMPANY TO RAISE CAPITAL, AND, BUYING AND SELLING OF SHARES IN ALL
