
Kingpin
How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
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Narrado por:
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Eric Michael Summerer
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Kevin Poulsen
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 U.S. 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. Together with a smooth-talking con artist, he ran a massive real-world crime ring.
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What did you love best about Kingpin?
I think Poulsen was the second best person to write this book, Max Vision himself is the only one who could have done a better job because the book is about him. That's really what separates this book from Ghost in the Wire, Mitnick wrote his own book and this is a second hand account of everything that happened. Still, I loved it and Poulsen did a great job with it.What was one of the most memorable moments of Kingpin?
Max changes his name to Max Ray Vision. Clearly it says something about you when you change your name. We get a sense that Max is a tortured soul wanting to do good and then reverting to crime and his need to be in control and hack.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
I think this book would make an excellent film, with a film it's all about what you focus on and the wild parties would make good cinematography.Any additional comments?
Some of the book has an investigative journalist feel to it and other parts feel more like taking a ride into the underbelly of the internet. Overall I loved it.Troubled Hacker Rules Stolen Credit Card World
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Interesting then boring then interesting ...
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Decent story
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Excellent audio book.
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Great book! Kept me interested.
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Still great book!
Not geeky enough but still good story
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enthralling
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With all the personal and technical details, there is no way for techies not to like this book. I was actually in fraud myself in the 90s -- as a techie working to detect fraud, not as a perp. I was in telecom fraud, not CC fraud, and I was pre-internet, but I was nevertheless able to relate to much of the action and was enthralled by a story that reminded me so much of what I worked on back in the day.
The big question is whether it works for readers who do not share that kind of background. I believe the answer is yes. There are all sorts of non-fiction titles that we all read and enjoy even if we're not experts in those fields. Indeed we learn a lot more from it if we go in as non-experts. One can get lost in some of Kingpin's more arcane technical details (even as a one-time computer professional, some of it went over my head), yet I feel this book would work for anyone.
What we all do have in common, even those who aren't techies, is having our credit cards hacked. This story explains many of the ways that has happened over the years, and that knowledge can help us avoid future scams. While I won't go so far as to say this is well-written, it has the supreme virtue of having been written by a former black hat hacker who served time for some of his crimes. Now a journalist, Kevin Poulsen has written a peppy little real life story, lean, well paced, informative. Worth a shot.
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fascinating for IT folks and hacking admirers
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Fascinating and worth the purchase
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