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Mafiaboy How I Cracked the Internet and Why It's Still Broken
VIKING CANADA Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 HudsonCanada Street, Inc.) 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on CNN 17 CHAPTER THREE Weekend at Cite Des Prairies 25 CHAPTER FOUR Media Circus 33 CHAPTER FIVE Portrait of the Hacker as aYoung Man 43 CHAPTER SIX A Brief History of Hacking 55 CHAPTER SEVEN The Birth of Archangel Michael 67 CHAPTER EIGHT Blindspot 79 CHAPTER NINE Call Me Mafiaboy 85 CHAPTER TEN I'mTNT 91 CHAPTER ELEVEN Rivolta: The 109 Attacks CHAPTER TWELVE Wanted: 121 Mafiaboy CHAPTER THIRTEEN Dad, It Was Me 133 143 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Suspicious Minds viii Contents CHAPTER FIFTEEN Wiretapped 149 CHAPTER SIXTEEN "Open the Door or We'll Break It Down" 163 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Eighteen Days in Hell 169 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Guilty 183 CHAPTER NINETEEN My Day in Court 191 CHAPTER TWENTY "This Adolescent Had a Criminal Intent" 203 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Final Odyssey 209 PART Mafiaboy 2.0 CHAPTER TWENTY-Two Life, Uploaded 217 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Hacking for Country, Hacking for Profit 225 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Attack of the Botnets 237 CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE What Lurks Inside Your PC 245 CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX The Mafiaboy Guide to Protecting Yourself Online 263 AFTERWORD RIP Mafiaboy 273 Acknowledgments 272 Introduction I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user BILL GATES "HOT ON THE TRAIL OF 'MAFIABOY" read a headline on technology news site Wired.com on February 15, 2000.That was the day Mafiaboy, my online alter ego, became a household name Before that moment, I was just an ordinary kid growing up in a Montreal suburb I out with friends, went to school, and played basketball I was a fifteen-year-old grade ten student living in my father's house Then I suddenly became international news In February 2000, the FBI named me, Maflaboy, as a suspect in a series of online attacks that had targeted some of the giants of the internet, including Yahoo.com, eBay.com, CNN.com, and E*TRADE.com Their websites had been slowed or had completely ground to a halt as a result of massive denial-ofservice (DoS) attacks Just like you would jam a phone system with a barrage of calls to prevent anyone else from getting through, someone had bombarded their web servers with so many requests that they were unable to serve content to visitors That someone was me Introduction Working from my bedroom on a suburban street in Montreal, I launched what remains one of the biggest series of DoS attacks ever to hit the internet As a result, Mafiaboy became famous Infamous My online alias was mentioned on the news in countries around the world Then U.S president Bill Clinton responded to the attacks by convening a cybersecurity summit at the White House Janet Reno, his attorney general, said her office wouldn't rest until I was apprehended I was hunted by the FBI and RCMP and eventually arrested and charged with close to seventy counts related to computer crimes Along the way, my father was arrested on a questionable charge that was later dropped A court order prevented me from seeing my best friends and from using computers and the internet Reporters camped outside my home and school My life fell apart I lost a sense of who I was This had never been a problem for me before Ever since I first laid hands on a PC, at six years old, I knew my life would be forever linked to computers School could be a struggle, but the computer always made sense to me It was as if using it was encoded in my DNA I soon moved from playing games to going online and learning about computer programming and networking I was then drawn to the darker corners of the internet, joining hacker groups and learning how to inflict damage on my online enemies Computers and hacking became my life Then they forever changed it My attacks of 2000 were illegal, reckless, and, in many ways, simply stupid At the time I didn't realize the consequences of what I was doing That doesn't excuse what I did It's important for me to state clearly that I recognize and regret the damage I caused This book is not meant to excuse or glorify what I did It is the story of how a child's obsession with computers resulted in some of the most written-about online attacks in history Introduction Despite entreaties from the press over the last eight years I have kept quiet about what really happened on the night of my arrest, and about the events that followed I remained silent as the media and law enforcement painted a portrait of me that is still held to be the truth to this day I want to set straight the many inaccuracies about me that persist I have done my best to verify my own memory of events with court records, evidence, and other sources I have also attempted to speak with people who were involved in my case but have been largely rebuffed In truth, they've already had their say Now it's my turn Aside from a personal desire to open up about my life as Mafiaboy, there is another, more urgent, reason why my story now needs to be told It has taken years for me to come to terms with my crimes and to gain a new level of perspective and maturity During this period, I have watched the internet grow less secure, more dangerous, and frighteningly criminal The average computer user is increasingly becoming victim to online fraud, identity theft, extortion, and other serious crimes Technology companies continue to earn profits, but the average user is overwhelmed with spam, worms, viruses, and other threats This wasn't the way the internet was supposed to work I believe I can play a role in helping raise awareness about online security, and teach average users how they can protect themselves My journey to this book began a few years ago when I started writing a computer security column for Lejournal de Montréal, a French-language newspaper I focused on basic user security and worked hard to try to educate people about how they can protect themselves But eventually I realized the best way to have an impact is to share my experience and show how it relates to our current, worrisome situation This is the story of Mafiaboy, but it is also a warning about today's insecure online world Introduction As Bill Gates expressed in his famous quote, personal computers are incredibly empowering because they can be shaped by their user Personal computers and the internet offer unlimited potential for creativity, personal expression, and communication Even in a time of constant online threats, the average user still has the power to control and shape his or her computer and internet experience We have the means to protect ourselves The problem is that too many people are unaware of how to take online security into their own hands By each doing our part, we can make the internet safer and more secure, and help defeat the next generation of misguided Mafiaboys Mafiaboy 1.0 Raid at Rue du Golf IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST DAYS of Tommy's life He had received the call: Tommy was going to be a made man His friends were excited, and even his mom was thrilled She couldn't help but fix his shirt collar and give him a kiss before he headed out, wearing one of his best suits "Listen," she told him, "you be careful I wish you lots of luck I love you." I remember watching him walk through the door into a woodpanelled room expecting to see a gathering of his new mob family But the room was empty Tommy got what was coming to him-a bullet in the back of the head He should've known it was going to happen Tommy had broken the rules and beaten a made guy to death But they came and got him at a time he least expected, and so his last moments on earth were a combination of total joy, surprise, fright GOODFELLAS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE FILMS Joe Pesci's performance as the ultra-violent Tommy DeVito has always stuck with me It was a great role in a great film, but I remember it because my life changed dramatically at the exact same time as Tommy's On a Friday night in April 2000 I was watching Goodfellas while staying over at my friend Patrick's house, a beautiful home in the ... dangerous, and frighteningly criminal The average computer user is increasingly becoming victim to online fraud, identity theft, extortion, and other serious crimes Technology companies continue to... But I was still surprised to be sitting near an FBI agent 14 Ilafiaboy 1.0 This set my imagination off again The presence of the FBI meant that my case was an international incident The Mounties... about it I was living a huge portion of my life online, interacting with a whole other universe of people, and taking part in activities that my friends and family wouldn''t have understood even if