Kingpin: The true story of Max Butler, the master hacker who ran a billion dollar cyber crime network...

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Kevin Poulsen

Kingpin

The true story of Max Butler, the master hacker who ran a billion dollar cyber crime network...

Kevin Poulsen

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English

Hodder & Stoughton
01 March 2011

True crime; Society & Social Sciences; Computer fraud & hacking

The word spread through the hacking underground like some unstoppable new virus: an audacious crook had staged a hostile takeover of an online criminal network that siphoned billions of dollars from the US economy.

The culprit was a brilliant programmer with a hippie ethic and a supervillain s double identity. Max

Vision

Butler was a white-hat hacker and a celebrity throughout the programming world, even serving as a consultant to the FBI. But there was another side to Max. As the black-hat

Iceman , he d seen the fraudsters around him squabble, their ranks riddled with infiltrators, their methods inefficient, and in their dysfunction was the ultimate challenge: he would stage a coup and steal their ill-gotten gains from right under their noses.

Through the story of Max Butler s remarkable rise, KINGPIN lays bare the workings of a silent crime wave affecting millions worldwide. It exposes vast online-fraud supermarkets stocked with credit card numbers, counterfeit cheques, hacked bank accounts and fake passports. Thanks to Kevin Poulsen s remarkable access to both cops and criminals, we step inside the quiet, desperate battle that law enforcement fights against these scammers. And learn that the boy next door may not be all he seems.

By: Kevin Poulsen
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9780733627712
ISBN 10: 0733627714
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 March 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unknown

Kevin Poulsen is a senior editor at Wired.com, where he edits the award-winning blog Threat Level. A recognised expert on computer security issues, he's been interviewed by Good Morning America, ABC News, CBS News, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the BBC, NPR and numerous other outlets.