The Brett Johnson Show

Truth. It can be a real Motherf*cker. Everyone wants the Truth--until they don't. Original Internet Godfather Brett Johnson discusses with a special emphasis on cybercrime and cybersecurity. But that's not all. This episode features the first Cybersecurity DDSS segment--Don't Do Stupid Shit. Why do breaches happen? Why are attacks successful? Often its because someone has done some stupid shit. Finally? The Texas Dept of Public Safety sent 3000 Driver Licenses to a Chinese Criminal Syndicate. Brett Discusses and shares how the techniques used is successful in many different states and also the State Department.

Mail Theft is sweeping the country. Thieves in cities large and small steal the mail out of home mailboxes, apartment buildings, and those large blue drop-off mailboxes scattered throughout the cities. Mailbox keys can be purchased from the darkweb. Or stolen from mail carriers at gunpoint. The problem has gotten so bad that several cities have issued warnings that dropping off mail in remote mailboxes is no longer safe.

Meet Frank Albergo, National President of the Postal Police Officers Association. Mr. Albergo visits The Brett Johnson Show to discuss the problem and the hardships the Postal Police are having in doing their job. 

Joe Sullivan. Former Federal Prosecutor. Turned CISO (Chief Information Security Officer). Turned Criminal. 

Joe was CISO at UBER when they got hit by cybercrooks. What did Joe do? He hid it. He paid the criminals $100k under a phony bug bounty, had them sign an NDA, and had them promise they didn't steal any data (Data that later wound up on darkweb markets).

But it gets worse. Joe Sullivan knew who the attackers were and remained silent as they went and victimized other companies.

Joe Sullivan, now Prison Bound.

Rudy Rouhana visits The Brett Johnson Show to talk about the Joe Sullivan case and to discuss what prison looks like for the former prosecutor/CISO.

Former US Most Wanted Cybercriminal Brett Johnson dives into the oldest profession on the planet--Prostitution. Brett discusses how prostitution has evolved with the internet and how it is being marketed via "Sugar Daddy" sites.

Former US Most Wanted Brett Johnson returns from an Ilya Lichtenstein Hiatus!

Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan. Charged for trying to launder $4.5 billion in Bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. Both facing 25 years in prison.

But no one has been charged with the theft. Who did it? Maybe Ilya's father might have an idea. After all, he was a confirmed cybercriminal who breached not only USSS computers, but also servers at the First National Bank and Trust of Indiana in the mid-2000s. Only no one knew until episode 45 of The Brett Johnson Show. Well, almost no one....

Former US Most Wanted Cybercriminal turned Good Guy and Chief Criminal Officer of Arkose Labs, Brett Johnson, continues looking at the Ilya Lichtenstein story. Was Ilya capable of the theft? Or was he an idiot?

Who gave Ilya Lichtenstein 119,000 stolen bitcoins? Why did Ilya stop laundering?

Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan. Charged for trying to launder $4.5 billion in Bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. Both facing 25 years in prison.

But no one has been charged with the theft. Who did it? Maybe Ilya's father might have an idea. After all, he was a confirmed cybercriminal who breached not only USSS computers, but also servers at the First National Bank and Trust of Indiana in the mid-2000s. Only no one knew until episode 45 of The Brett Johnson Show. Well, almost no one....

Former US Most Wanted Cybercriminal turned Good Guy and Chief Criminal Officer of Arkose Labs, Brett Johnson, continues looking at the Ilya Lichtenstein story. Was Ilya capable of the theft? Or was he an idiot?

Who gave Ilya Lichtenstein 119,000 stolen bitcoins? Why did Ilya stop laundering?

And did Ilya's father, Eugene, have a very special job?

An old "Associate" reaches out. Associate? Well, a fellow Brett set up and sent to prison. The Agents who sent the guy to prison? Not exactly by the book. Brett discusses and touches on deleted text messages, and more.

Does Crime Pay? If It didn't there wouldn't be millions of criminals breaking the law. But crime doesn't always pay in cash.

TikTok. It's a lot of fun. Probably the best Social Media has to offer. But is it safe? Justin Pierce visits The Brett Johnson Show to discuss why you should delete TikTok immediately and never use it again. But Brett REALLY likes TikTok....

Is TikTok a tool of the Chinese Government being used to gain information on American Citizens, Troops, and more? Hmm....