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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S. In 2007, he is arrested and eventually pleads guilty to wire fraud, stealing millions of credit card numbers and around $86 million of fraudulent purchases. Investigators determined that two hackers, known as Datastream Cowboy and Kuji, are behind the attack. billion dollars in damages.

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Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

Krebs on Security

As KrebsOnSecurity noted in 2016 , in conjunction with his RAT Rezvesz also sold and marketed a bulletproof “dynamic DNS service” that promised not to keep any records of customer activity. Rezvesz appears to have a flair for the dramatic , and has periodically emailed this author over the years.