Brett Johnson Biography

Former United States Most Wanted Brett Johnson referred to by the United States Secret Service as “The Original Internet Godfather” has been a central figure in the cybercrime world for over 20 years. Mr Johnson built and was leader of ShadowCrew the precursor to today’s darknet markets. He was instrumental in developing many areas of online fraud while helping design implement and refine modern Identity Theft Account Take Over Fraud Card Not Present Fraud IRS Tax Fraud and countless other social engineering attacks breaches and hacking operations.
Upon his capture the United States Secret Service hired Mr Johnson to work as a consultant and informant. Johnson worked with the Secret Service for several months before going on a cross country crime spree being placed on the US Most Wanted List being captured again sent to prison escaping prison being captured yet again and finally accepting responsibility for his actions.
Today Brett works as a security consultant and public speaker. He is one of the world's foremost authorities on cybercrime and identity theft. During 2017 Mr. Johnson was Keynote Speaker at over 30 conferences worldwide. Brett has been featured in the book Kingpin by Kevin Poulsen and on numerous media outlets including the New York Times NBC CNN Money Wired Magazine Vice RT TV ArsTechnica The Independent and more.

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