Brett Johnson is referred to by the United States Secret Service as "The Original Internet Godfather", he was the Founder and Leader of Counterfeit Library and Shadow Crew and has been a central figure in the cybercrime world for almost 20 years.
Brett has been a lifelong criminal, he was committing crimes from inside the Secret Service's own offices, then a ... Show More
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<p>Brett Johnson, AKA Gollumfun (twitter.com/GOllumfun) was involved with the websites Counterfeit Library and Shadow Crew. He tells his story of what happened there and some of the crimes he committed.</p><p><br></p><p>In part 2, his past catches up to him.</p><p><br></p><p>List ... Show More
<p>This is a story about the hacker named “dawgyg” and how he made over $100,000 in a single day, from hacking.</p><p>Thanks to our guest <a href="https://twitter.com/thedawgyg">dawgyg</a> for telling his story.</p><p>Sponsors</p><p>This episode is sponsored by SentinelOne - to l ... Show More
