#119 : The Hacker Who Took Down The Internet — The Case Of MafiaBoy Michael Calce | CYBER CRIMES

By All Means Necessary

English - March 20, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 107 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
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In the year 2000, a 15 year old under a handle Mafiaboy launched a major denial-of-service attack. The attack, named Rivolta (meaning "riot" in Italian) brought down Yahoo!, eBay, CNN and Amazon, resulting in an estimated $1.7 billion in damages.

This is the story of Michael Calce.

0:00 Live, laugh, hack
6:00 The rise of Mafiaboy
1:16:26 The downfall
1:48:31 Mafiaboy 2.0

https://youtu.be/CQVPCxF233c