Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-263).
Contents:
The Key -- Deadly Weapons -- The Hungry Programmers -- The White Hat -- Cyberwar! -- I Miss Crime -- Max Vision -- Welcome to America -- Opportunities - Chris Aragon -- Script's Twenty-Dollar Dumps -- Free Amex! -- Villa Siena -- The Raid -- UBuyWeRush -- Operation Firewall -- Pizza and Plastic -- The Briefing -- Carders Market -- The Starlight Room -- Master Splyntr -- Enemies -- Anglerphish -- Exposure -- Hostile Takeover -- What's in Your Wallet? -- Web War One -- Carder Court -- One Plat and Six Classics -- Maksik -- The Trial -- The Mall -- Exit Strategy -- DarkMarket -- Sentencing -- Aftermath.
Summary:
"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. 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."--From publisher description.
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