The darker side of the Internet

By pandu

The Associated Press is reporting about a hacker Max Ray Butler, who has been indicted on several counts for hacking, stealing and selling credit card information from financial institutions like the Pentagon Credit Union, Citibank, etc. Max Butler goes by the online alias “Iceman”. He also operated an online forum on buying and selling stolen credit cards. Apparently he would check into hotel rooms and then using high powered antenna would connect to nearby wireless networks. He would then launch his attacks from those wireless networks. Read more »