A Hacker's Audacious Plan To Rule the Underground 313
An anonymous reader writes "Wired has the inside story of Max Butler, a former white hat hacker who joined the underground following a jail stint for hacking the Pentagon. His most ambitious hack was a hostile takeover of the major underground carding boards where stolen credit card and identity data are bought and sold. The attack made his own site, CardersMarket, the largest crime forum in the world, with 6,000 users. But it also made the feds determined to catch him, since one of the sites he hacked, DarkMarket.ws, was secretly a sting operation run by the FBI."
My Ambition (Score:5, Funny)
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The article leaves out a key piece (Score:5, Funny)
I went to school with Max Butler. He's driven by constant challenges. I knew Max as a friend and as such witnessed the same vitriol and hatred he put up with from others who did not understand him. Teachers often openly mocked him, especially in computer science courses.
His escape from it all came from hacking. He noticed he had a particular knack for it. He'd get really engrossed, and it became sort of a downward spiral from there. If you know anyone like him, please do not ostracize him in his forming years. Imagine if he had been a solid, contributing member of society like timecop, or the millions of other good natured people that run trolling organizations that specialize in making fools out of idiots like yourself.
Re:Doofus Maximus (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Doofus Maximus (Score:1, Funny)
Plenty... They're just from the other inmates is all.....
White hat? (Score:2, Funny)
Just showing my ignorance here, but can someone give me a definition of what 'hat colors' mean? Red Hat I know (I guess), but White Hat? Black Hat? Blue Hat?
Someone throw me a bone, here.
Re:Article? (Score:5, Funny)
Wouldn't decimating them mean having to leave 90% of the logins?
Re:He was used (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't hackorX really Max's long-lost brother Rex Hackor, in disguise?
Re:Article? (Score:5, Funny)
True, but I'll bet there were lots of cool graphics swirling around his head while he was doing it!
Re:My Ambition (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Rather interesting line at end of article... (Score:5, Funny)
The USS cracked
Sounds like the worst name ever for a ship.
Re:mod parent troll (Score:5, Funny)
you all must be new here.
Please stop bringing me into this!
Re:CHECK MATE (Score:5, Funny)
since zero is a percent.
Please, let's leave the value of my 401k out of this.
Re:White hat? (Score:5, Funny)
Don't forget "green hat." Those are hackers who shut down computers across the globe in order to reduce the world's carbon footprint.
Re:My Ambition (Score:4, Funny)
buggy slashcode
+1 Redundant
Re:Fun with exponents (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The article leaves out a key piece (Score:5, Funny)
I went to school with Anonymous Coward. He's driven by shame. I knew AC as a friend and witnessed the same vitriol and hatred he put up with from others who did not understand him. Users often openly mocked him, especially after he posted comments about Apple Computer.
His escape came from posting. He noticed he had a particular knack for it. He'd sometimes post a thousand times a day to Slashdot (just check the logs and you can verify this for yourself). If you know others like him (such as Anonymous Howard, Eponymous Dotard, Androgynous Blowhard), please do not euthanize him in his cromulent fears.
Re:My Ambition (Score:3, Funny)
That must be because you're The One, and you are here to save us. Talk you the Oracle in the park - she might tell you what you need to know.
Re:Article? (Score:3, Funny)
The internet is serious business.
Also,
http://qwantz.com/archive/001377.html [qwantz.com]