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Brett Johnson: US Most Wanted Cybercriminal | Lex Fridman Podcast #272
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Brett Johnson was a US Most Wanted cybercriminal, called the Original Internet Godfather by US Secret Service for building the first organized cybercrime community called ShadowCrew, which was the precursor to today's darknet and darknet markets. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
3:15 - Early years
37:32 - Phishing and social engineering
55:36 - SolarWinds cyberattack
1:01:23 - Future social engineering fears
1:04:04 - Early cybercrimes
1:16:38 - Cybercrime entrepreneurship
1:20:06 - ShadowCrew
1:51:10 - Dark web
1:59:56 - ShadowCrew arrested
2:11:55 - Cybercrime
2:17:02 - Love
2:49:06 - Prison
3:17:18 - Life after prison
3:39:06 - Advice for young people
3:40:30 - Hope for the future
3:43:59 - Meaning of life

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@lexfridman

2 years ago

Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - Public Goods: publicgoods.com/lex and use code LEX to get $15 off - NetSuite: netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour - Blinkist: blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium - MasterClass: masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off - Onnit: lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off 3:15 - Early years 37:32 - Phishing and social engineering 55:36 - SolarWinds cyberattack 1:01:23 - Future social engineering fears 1:04:04 - Early cybercrimes 1:16:38 - Cybercrime entrepreneurship 1:20:06 - ShadowCrew 1:51:10 - Dark web 1:59:56 - ShadowCrew arrested 2:11:55 - Cybercrime 2:17:02 - Love 2:49:06 - Prison 3:17:18 - Life after prison 3:39:06 - Advice for young people 3:40:30 - Hope for the future 3:43:59 - Meaning of life

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@chauck1118

1 year ago

I'm glad he's seen the error of his ways, but I keep coming back to the people whose retirement accounts he robbed. Think about that. Working your entire life towards this goal and having it stolen from you. And then the guy who does it gets to act like a hero for turning his life around and yucking it up with Lex for 4 hours. Something about that just bothers me.

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@thiefoftomorrow

2 years ago

Itā€™s rare u can listen to someone youā€™ve never heard of for nearly 4 hours and immediately want another 4. This was off the charts

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@ALL_CAPS__

6 months ago

When you grow up in a cycle of dysfunction, drugs, and crime, your thinking and behavior will always be colored by this. Unless youā€™ve experienced it firsthand, itā€™s hard to grasp how difficult it is to break these norms. Congrats to this man for changing his life. These stories need to be told so those of us that have experienced it see examples of ones that make it out.

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@rawgasmiclove

7 months ago

This guy is getting a lot of pleasure telling his stories... I get the sense he still doesn't care about the hurt & trauma he has caused. I would believe he understands the gravity of his choices if he spent the rest of his life working to pay those poor people back. I appreciate the calm & quiet Lex maintains. He let's the guy spill & spill & spill.

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@ignasa007

2 years ago

Oh man, the diversity of interviewees, this is such a special channel!

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@peterfazio9306

2 years ago

This guest came out of left field, Lex. Great job. People need to know that this type of story is a real thing in the US, the richest country on Earth. It's a surreal world we live in.

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@TayWoode

6 months ago

I can imagine a lot of people will think heā€™s cool while heā€™s laughing and joking like he doesnā€™t care what heā€™s done, he doesnā€™t seem sorry, heā€™s never to be trusted, but people will still fall for his bs, heā€™ll still manipulate people in a different way. He really is a narcissistic psychopath

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@eddier155

7 months ago

Some might despise this guest, but he's highly intelligent and carries a metric ton of real life wisdom. We should all be happy that he's supposedly turned his life around.

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@jimbowred1983

2 years ago

Best Lex Fridman episode ever. This guy could carry 8 hours of material. Well done. Esp staying out of his way and letting him talk.

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@plasmaman9592

8 months ago

I can relate to his childhood. I was selling drugs at 12 to pay all the bills for my mom and moved out to live on my own at 14 and continued to selling massive amounts until I turned 18 and could get a job without a parent's signature. I took a huge pay cut but was able to get a license and buy a house and move to the county, start a landscaping business and I'm still in that house 22 years later. Now I have a metal fabrication shop.

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@JasonWh

7 months ago

So, as the owner of a Cybersecurity Provider firm that works to ensure guys like this aren't successful, I deal with guys like Brett daily. Ask him this... .did he go back and pay back ANY of his victims? NOPE. He's still bragging. The answer here is this.... If they sound like a used car salesman, walk away.

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@midnitelite7210

4 months ago

I commend you for what you are doing with your channel. Thank you for allowing us to hear stories straight from the people who lived them.

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@CodenameDuchess1984

2 years ago

"If you're addicted to something, you can not love anything else, except the addiction" - This line hit me on so many levels, and has put a lot into perspective

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@sacredflowspace

2 years ago

Seriously sat here and watched entire 3 hours and 47 minutes of this epicness ā™¾ā˜€ļøšŸ–¤ thanks lex appreciate your time and consideration!!!

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@user-cm8en8or1p

6 months ago

Hard to believe he became a criminal having such a fine upstanding mother in his life.

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@enriquecardona1819

4 months ago

Lex this has got to be one of your best interviews ever. Elon musk, bustamante and this guy. I have listened to all 3 interviews like 30x each

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@joblow8392

10 months ago

textbook narcissism, psycopathy and antisocial personality disorder. the glibness, charm, recklessness, disregard for authority, manipulation of every character in his story. amazing interview - Lex just allowed him to speak

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@jordenfuhriman740

2 years ago

This is the best podcast I've ever came across. I love the diversity of ppl he's able to bring on here it's actually impressive

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@OverLeveragedTrader

7 months ago

I literally sat the whole interview and oh man was this a good one thanks for sharing

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