- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Canada (Dec 29 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0143056565
- ISBN-13: 978-0143056560
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #380,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In early 2000, the websites of CNN, Yahoo, E*Trade, Dell, Amazon, and eBay ground to a halt for several hours, causing a sense of panic everywhere from the White House to suburbia and around the world. After two months and hundreds of hours of wiretapping, the FBI and RCMP staged a late-night raid to apprehend the most wanted man in cyberspace—a fifteen-year-old kid. Mafiaboy. For eight years, Mafiaboy, a.k.a. Michael Calce, has ignored requests from every major media outlet in North America, he has not told a word of his story—until now. Using his story as a cautionary tale, Calce takes the reader through the history of hacking and how it has helped make the internet the new frontier for crime in the tweny-first century.
About the Author
MICHAEL CALCE gained notoriety as the hacker Mafiaboy when he was just fifteen years old. He now uses his knowledge to help people and businesses protect themselves online.
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A Little Bit of Fun, Aug 15 2011
By Erica Phillipson (Hawaii) "Erica Phillipson" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mafiaboy: A Portrait of the Hacker as a Young Man (Hardcover)
Hackers hack because hacking is both fun and also a challenge to them. Hackers spend every waking moment in front of two to three flat panel displays and a keyboard searching, probing, exploring, looking for ways to get into systems and leave their mark much like a dog leaves its mark in a new neighborhood.This book tells the tales of an unknown hacker in 2000 that brought down the websites of Amazon, CNN, Dell, E-TRADE, eBay, IBM, Oracle, Lego's, Disneyland, Fredrick's of Hollywood, Yahoo! and many more. Panic ensued from Silicon Valley to the White House to people that had to tune into the Fox network of all places (fair and balanced) since the CNN site was d o w n . The FBI, police, and independent security experts (read...former hackers that joined the good side...) launched a manhunt as President Clinton convened a cyber security summit to discuss how best to protect America's information infrastructure from future attacks. Mr. Mattonski's email account was hacked and fake emails were sent to his family and friends stating that he was switching jobs to work for Safeway when in fact he was very happy at Starbucks! After thousands of hours of wiretapping the cops and other law enforcement officials lightly knocked on Mafiaboy's home door to execute a late-night raid and came face-to-face with the most wanted man (really boy) in cyberspace. At the time he was a fifteen-year-old whose username was "Mafiaboyzzz." Despite requests from every major media outlet, that young man, Michael Calce, has never spoken publicly about his crimes--until now. Not even to CNN, but did say yes to Fox (fair and balanced) but pulled out at the last minute.
Mafiaboyzzz has penned this true-crime thrilla that is both electrifying and fast paced. He puts us directly into the mind / gray matter of a hacker to the point that if you knew how to code you could hack to so don't even try.
Mafiaboyzza has served his time and wrote this book during his prison time (poor engrish).
This is an outstanding book and you too should buy it and learn about hacking and smacking and Mafiaboyzza. You will be happy you did!
p.s. Mafiaboyzza...please do not hack me if you don't like this here review. If you don't like it just email me and I will change the review to ANYTHING you want. My password is Star33Bucks99SafewayRocks
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Awesome Book!!!!!, Nov 10 2011
By busybuzzbuzz - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mafiaboy: A Portrait of the Hacker as a Young Man (Hardcover)
Really loved, loved, loved this book! A fascinating read. Truly amazing what the then 15-year-old hacker(Michael Calce) was able to do.I highly recommend you buy this book. (Would make a great stocking stuffer!)
Also, anybody watch Mafiaboy's guest spot on Last Call with Carson Daly last week? Really enjoyed his interview. He seemed very sincere about wanting to help people protect themselves against
the many threats internet users face in today's world. That is his main motivation for penning this book and his expert advice is well worth heeding. He knows exactly how hackers are capable of wreaking such havoc and he now shows you what you must do to avoid being hacked.
Also enjoyed reading about his early years and about his actual arrest by the RCMP. That part was really good!
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Great Book, Sep 16 2011
By DronePro - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Mafiaboy: A Portrait of the Hacker as a Young Man (Hardcover)
This is a well written book. Very exciting. I would recommend to any computer geek or anyone interested in a really good story. I am not a very big reader however i could not put this book down. Every minute i didn't read i was wondering what else did Michael Calce get into.
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