The world of thieves

Qualified and brave, young but equally mischievous, ready to commit crimes, that is portraying black hat hackers - credit card thieves, ATM cards that are hidden all over the world threatening anyone's budget.

The story of a hacker

So far, stories around Albert Gonzalez , who have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for stealing more than 170 million credit cards and ATM cards are still hot topics in technology forums.

Gonzalez was bought by his father, a Cuban immigrant to the United States for the first computer in 1989, when he was eight years old. Without going through any school, he mainly learns himself, Gonzalez gradually grasped the skills of the top 'hackers' and the first time ' enrolled ' at the FBI file at age 17 when he hacked the Main website. India government only to prove its ' bravery '. In 1999, Gonzalez stepped into the path of crime when he co-founded Shadowcrew website - a forum of credit information thieves.

When the FBI embarked on an investigation of Shadowcrew, Gonzalez became an "insider" with a high amount of remuneration from the US Government, but this did not stop him from committing crimes. Gonzalez and his colleagues in many countries around the world write their own sniffer program, which is then used to analyze the transmission and intrusion into retail companies' intranets, stealing credit card information and then selling them. for overseas customers on sites like Shadowcrew .

Until his arrest in May 2008, Gonzalez and his colleagues stole information from 170 million credit and debit cards. With the huge amount of money earned from these missions, Gonzalez lives lavishly, ready to give up $ 75,000 for a birthday party. The notorious thief in this hacker village also owns a luxury apartment, cars and expensive jewelry.

Magic is hard to resist

Gonzalez steals credit cards for a single purpose of money, but the motive to dominate the behavior of many thieves is not only that. Power to control information is sometimes even more appealing, especially when it brings money.

Peng Uncle used to be a good student of Southwest Technology University , Mianyang City, Sichuan, China. Capital infatuated with the Internet from a young age, and trained in a suitable environment, Peng Uncle spends all his time to satisfy his love of discovering to the end of that magical world. However, one of the most charismatic things for him is a hacker - a free and powerful world. On a forum, Peng Uncle met people with similar interests, thereby regularly exchanging knowledge and experiences with each other over the internet.

It all started from once when Peng Uncle was sent by a friend in the group for information stolen from a credit card and instructed how to purchase items through foreign online sales sites. Suddenly owning an expensive item in his hand without losing a penny made Peng Uncle extremely excited. He found what he needed with just a few simple search operations. When the first test was successful, Peng Uncle infiltrated a bank computer system in the US and stole information of nearly 300 credit cards.

After graduating, Peng Uncle and some friends opened an internet store. Making money is quite hard, making Peng Uncle think of using his skills to make money. 'My thoughts are very simple, I just want to prove myself to the world, that I am a powerful cracker ', when standing in front of the horseshoe, Peng Uncle defended himself. According to the indictment, from July to August 2004, Peng Uncle has repeatedly stolen internet credit card information from China Construction Bank from the internet , earning over 19,000NDT.

A noticeable feature in the case of theft of credit information , ATM cards in the world are subjects at a very young age, in which students account for a large proportion. Crime of psychological analysis, expert Trinh Quoc Cuong, Shandong said, young people are the most at risk of plunging into this spiral of crime, because this is a part of mastering knowledge of technology. information, eager to explore but lack of legal knowledge, moreover, it is easy to be affected by the mentality of competition, aggression, and desire to prove themselves, especially when those actions bring money and sense of prestige. right.

The mana of this offense is very large, just ' dip ' once, it is difficult to give up. In fact, many hackers stole credit information captured in China, showing that people often go from one mistake to another, missions with increasingly difficult nature, of course also bring ' The result 'is greater, and when it is removed, it is too deep and forced to receive extremely severe penalties.