Brett Johnson was a US Most Wanted cybercriminal, called the Original Internet Godfather by US Secret Service for building the the first organized cybercrime community called ShadowCrew, which was the precursor to today&#8217;s darknet and darknet markets. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here&#8217;s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) &#8211; Introduction
(08:47) &#8211; Early years
(43:05) &#8211; Phishing and social engineering
(1:01:09) &#8211; SolarWinds cyberattack
(1:06:56) &#8211; Future social engineering fears
(1:09:37) &#8211; Early cybercrimes
(1:22:10) &#8211; Cybercrime entrepreneurship
(1:25:39) &#8211; ShadowCrew
(1:56:42) &#8211; Dark web
(2:05:29) &#8211; ShadowCrew arrested
(2:17:28) &#8211; Cybercrime
(2:22:34) &#8211; Love
(2:54:39) &#8211; Prison
(3:22:50) &#8211; Life after prison
(3:44:39) &#8211; Advice for young people
(3:46:03) &#8211; Hope for the future
(3:49:32) &#8211; Meaning of life

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#272 – Brett Johnson: US Most Wanted Cybercriminal

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