In a previous life, Poulsen served five years in prison for hacking. So the Wired senior editor and "Threat Level" blogger knows intimately the terrain he explores in this page-turning tale of the criminal exploits of a hacker of breathtaking ambition, Max Butler, who stole access to 1.8 million credit card accounts. Poulsen understands both the hows of hacking, which he explains clearly, as well as the whys, which include, but also can transcend, mere profit. Accordingly, his understanding of the hacking culture, and his extensive interviews with Butler, translates into a fascinating depiction of a cybercriminal underworld frightening in its complexity and its potential for harm, and a society shockingly vulnerable to cybercrime. The personalities, feuds, double dealing, and scams of the hackers are just one half of this lively story. The other half, told with equal verve, is law enforcement's efforts to find and convict Butler and his accomplices. (Butler is now serving a 13-year sentence and owes .5 million in restitution.) Poulsen renders the hacker world with such virtual reality that readers will have difficulty logging off until the very end.
Kingpin — How One Hacker Took Over the Billion Dollar Cyber Crime Underground by Kevin Poulson
In a previous life, Poulsen served five years in prison for hacking. So the Wired senior editor and "Threat Level" blogger knows intimately the terrain he explores in this page-turning tale of the criminal exploits of a hacker of breathtaking ambition, Max Butler, who stole access to 1.8 million credit card accounts. Poulsen understands both the hows of hacking, which he explains clearly, as well as the whys, which include, but also can transcend, mere profit. Accordingly, his understanding of the hacking culture, and his extensive interviews with Butler, translates into a fascinating depiction of a cybercriminal underworld frightening in its complexity and its potential for harm, and a society shockingly vulnerable to cybercrime. The personalities, feuds, double dealing, and scams of the hackers are just one half of this lively story. The other half, told with equal verve, is law enforcement's efforts to find and convict Butler and his accomplices. (Butler is now serving a 13-year sentence and owes .5 million in restitution.) Poulsen renders the hacker world with such virtual reality that readers will have difficulty logging off until the very end.
Prosecuting Computer Crimes
US Department of Justice, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section
Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence Manual
Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence Manual
CIA’s Intelligence Art Collection
It is critical that we pass along to our thousands of new officers the accumulated wisdom and decades of experience that have made CIA the world’s premier intelligence service.
—General Michael V. Hayden, Studies in Intelligence Awards Ceremony, 13 December 2006
Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
COVECTRA Serialization, Track, Trace, Smartphone Serial ID authentication: Brand Loyalty and Integrity Services (BLIS)
NanoGuardian nanoencryption linked to RFID and 2-D barcodes
TruTag Technologies edible microtag
AlpVision Krypsos invisible taggant marking and Digimarc digital watermarking
SecureTrace Consortium case study on RFID and 2-D barcode authentication
GIS RFID
Domino Barcode
Authentix forensic signature
Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) Mini-Lab surveillance
Thermo Fisher Nicolet iS10 Fourier Transform - Infrared Red, andTruScan Raman Spectrometer
NanoGuardian nanoencryption linked to RFID and 2-D barcodes
TruTag Technologies edible microtag
AlpVision Krypsos invisible taggant marking and Digimarc digital watermarking
SecureTrace Consortium case study on RFID and 2-D barcode authentication
GIS RFID
Domino Barcode
Authentix forensic signature
Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) Mini-Lab surveillance
Thermo Fisher Nicolet iS10 Fourier Transform - Infrared Red, andTruScan Raman Spectrometer
Fake Medicines may Kill a Million a Year
“While 65,000 people have died in the past 40 years as a result of terrorism, fake medicine has killed 200,000 people in China in one year alone.” - Interpol Secretary-General Ronald Noble quoted in a presentation at an anti-counterfeiting conference in Africa.
Drug Counterfeiting Brief
World Health Organization, International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT)
INTERPOL Medical Product Counterfeiting and Pharmaceutical Crime (MPCPC)Unit
European Commission Taxation and Customs Union
U.S. Department of Justice Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Health and Consumer Goods
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Rx-360 Consortium
International Chamber of Commerce, Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy
Partnership for Safe Medicines
Healthcare Distribution Management Association
LegitScript
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS)
Biotechnology Industry Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
Pharmaceutical Security Institute (PSI)
Permanent Forum of International Pharmaceutical Crime (PFIPC)
Heads of Medicines Agencies Working Group of Enforcement Officers (HMA WGEO)
Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) Mini-Lab
Rx Pattern Analysis Tracking Robberies & Other Losses
Visiongain Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies and Commercial Analysis 2010-2020
SecuringPharma
Pharmaceutical and Medical Packing News
Links to other organizations
Drug Counterfeiting Brief
World Health Organization, International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT)
INTERPOL Medical Product Counterfeiting and Pharmaceutical Crime (MPCPC)Unit
European Commission Taxation and Customs Union
U.S. Department of Justice Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Health and Consumer Goods
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Rx-360 Consortium
International Chamber of Commerce, Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy
Partnership for Safe Medicines
Healthcare Distribution Management Association
LegitScript
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS)
Biotechnology Industry Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
Pharmaceutical Security Institute (PSI)
Permanent Forum of International Pharmaceutical Crime (PFIPC)
Heads of Medicines Agencies Working Group of Enforcement Officers (HMA WGEO)
Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) Mini-Lab
Rx Pattern Analysis Tracking Robberies & Other Losses
Visiongain Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies and Commercial Analysis 2010-2020
SecuringPharma
Pharmaceutical and Medical Packing News
Links to other organizations
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