
Highly recommend Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground by Kevin Poulsen:
Chapters:
0:00 From FBI Informant to Criminal
0:22 Max’s Early Life and Downfall
1:37 Max Ray Vision: Rise of a Cybercriminal
2:58 Discovery of BIND flaw and the Backdoor
4:22 From White Hat to Black Hat
5:05 Meeting Chris Aragon
6:34 Launching Carders Market
6:44 Iceman: The King of Carding
8:05 Law Enforcement Closes In
8:52 Max’s Arrest and Downfall
13:01 Sponsor: Protecting Yourself from Cybercrime
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