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if you're interested in hacker stories there is one a bit less mainstream about Max Butler, 'Kingpin', it's a really great read (more like a criminal thriller t
by zalew 14y ago
if you're interested in hacker stories there is one a bit less mainstream about Max Butler, 'Kingpin', it's a really great read (more like a criminal thriller than a nerd bio). long story short a very talented but very troubled white/grayhat hacker became a victim of the justice system and later on turned into a blackhat who got to the top of the cc fraud empire. he's currently serving his 13.
- packetslave 14y agoAlso written by a fairly notorious former hacker, Kevin Poulson.
- zalew 14y agoyep. here's his article[1] which is basically a TLDR (or teaser) for the book, but I'd recommend people read the book without spoilers, more fun (I didn't know the story details when I bought the book). [1] http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-01/ff_max_butler?currentPage=all http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-01/ff_max_bu...