If you thought Brett Johnson (AKA Gollumfun) had hit rock bottom, think again. His online scam spree continued, even while working as an informant for the Secret Service. After years on the run and in prison, there was only one thing that made him hang up his criminal past.
Be sure to check out Part 1 of this story first: https://youtu.be/v6MglGQJewQ
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VTech makes toy tablets, laptops, and watches for kids. In 2015, they were breached. The hacker downloaded gigs of children’s data. Discover what the hacker did once he took the data.
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The largest bank robbery in history didn't require guns, masks, or threats. It was all done with careful planning, perfect timing, and a few computer keystrokes.
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Samy Kamkar just wanted some extra MySpace friends. But what he created spiraled out of control so quickly, it led the Feds to his doorstep.
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When banks started coming online, they almost immediately started being targeted by hackers. Vladimir Levin was one of the first ever known hackers to try to rob a bank. He succeeded a little, and failed a lot. Vladimir would go down in the history books as one of the most notorious hackers of all time because of his attempted online bank robberies.
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Chris Rock is known for being a security researcher. But he’s also a black hat incident responder. He tells us about a job he did in the middle east.
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Government computer networks across the Caribbean - including critical infrastructure like power plants - were infested with dormant malware, ready to activate when the time was right. Who was behind this massive attack, and how did one threat hunter named Omar figure it out?
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When federal investigators uncovered a terrorist's phone, even Apple couldn't unlock it. That's when the FBI turned to a darknet marketplace for some shadier (and expensive) tools.
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