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9780307588692

Kingpin How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground

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  • ISBN13:

    9780307588692

  • ISBN10:

    0307588696

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-02-07
  • Publisher: Crown

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Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of the top investigative reporters on the cybercrime beat. In Kingpin, he pours his unmatched access and expertise into book form for the first time, delivering a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative-and an unprecedented view into the twenty-first century’s signature form of organized crime. The word spread through the hacking underground like some unstoppable new virus: Someone-some brilliant, audacious crook-had just staged a hostile takeover of an online criminal network that siphoned billions of dollars from the US economy. The FBI rushed to launch an ambitious undercover operation aimed at tracking down this new kingpin; other agencies around the world deployed dozens of moles and double agents. Together, the cybercops lured numerous unsuspecting hackers into their clutches. . . . Yet at every turn, their main quarry displayed an uncanny ability to sniff out their snitches and see through their plots. The culprit they sought was the most unlikely of criminals: a brilliant programmer with a hippie ethic and a supervillain’s double identity. As prominent “white-hat” hacker Max “Vision” Butler, he was a celebrity throughout the programming world, even serving as a consultant to the FBI. But as the black-hat “Iceman,” he found in the world of data theft an irresistible opportunity to test his outsized abilities. He infiltrated thousands of computers around the country, sucking down millions of credit card numbers at will. He effortlessly hacked his fellow hackers, stealing their ill-gotten gains from under their noses. Together with a smooth-talking con artist, he ran a massive real-world crime ring. And for years, he did it all with seeming impunity, even as countless rivals ran afoul of police. Yet as he watched the fraudsters around him squabble, their ranks riddled with infiltrators, their methods inefficient, he began to see in their dysfunction the ultimate challenge: He would stage his coup and fix what was broken, run things as they should be run-even if it meant painting a bull’s-eye on his forehead. Through the story of this criminal’s remarkable rise, and of law enforcement’s quest to track him down, Kingpin lays bare the workings of a silent crime wave still affecting millions of Americans. In these pages, we are ushered into vast online-fraud supermarkets stocked with credit card numbers, counterfeit checks, hacked bank accounts, dead drops, and fake passports. We learn the workings of the numerous hacks-browser exploits, phishing attacks, Trojan horses, and much more-these fraudsters use to ply their trade, and trace the complex routes by which they turn stolen data into millions of dollars. And thanks to Poulsen’s remarkable access to both cops and criminals, we step inside the quiet, desperate arms race that law enforcement continues to fight with these scammers today. Ultimately, Kingpin is a journey into an underworld of startling scope and power, one in which ordinary American teenagers work hand in hand with murderous Russian mobsters and where a simple Wi-Fi connection can unleash a torrent of gold worth millions. From the Hardcover edition.

Author Biography

KEVIN POULSEN is a senior editor at Wired.com and a contributor to Wired magazine. He oversees cybercrime, privacy, and political coverage for Wired.com and edits the award-winning Threat Level blog (wired.com/threatlevel), which he founded in 2005.

Table of Contents

Cops and Cardersp. ix
Prologuep. xi
The Keyp. 1
Deadly Weaponsp. 6
The Hungry Programmersp. 14
The White Hatp. 19
Cyberwar!p. 25
I Miss Crimep. 33
Max Visionp. 42
Welcome to Americap. 49
Opportunitiesp. 54
Chris Aragonp. 64
Script's Twenty-Dollar Dumpsp. 73
Free Amex!p. 80
Villa Sienap. 85
The Raidp. 91
UBuy We Rushp. 98
Operation Firewallp. 105
Pizza and Plasticp. 115
The Briefingp. 120
Carders Marketp. 124
The Starlight Roomp. 130
Master Splyntrp. 134
Enemiesp. 139
Anglerphishp. 144
Exposurep. 150
Hostile Takeoverp. 159
What's in Your Wallet?p. 170
Web War Onep. 176
Carder Courtp. 183
One Plat and Six Classicsp. 189
Maksikp. 194
The Trialp. 201
The Mallp. 208
Exit Strategyp. 213
Dark Marketp. 224
Sentencingp. 229
Aftermathp. 234
Epiloguep. 241
Notesp. 243
Acknowledgmentsp. 265
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