The Hacker Who Ruled the Criminal Underworld

Chapters:
0:00 From FBI Informant to Criminal
0:22 Max’s Early Life and Downfall
1:37 Max Ray Vision: Rise of a Cybercriminal
2:58 Discovery of BIND flaw and the Backdoor
4:22 From White Hat to Black Hat
5:05 Meeting Chris Aragon
6:34 Launching Carders Market
6:44 Iceman: The King of Carding
8:05 Law Enforcement Closes In
8:52 Max’s Arrest and Downfall
13:01 Sponsor: Protecting Yourself from Cybercrime

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[Unknown]

Making a criminal 101, childhood messed up by divorce, acts out gets a record, cant find a job, goes the illegal route, gets caught goes to prison aka graduate school/networking for criminals, gets out and breaks the law on a much longer scale

[VIPVip-of]

It’s sad to witness geniuses waisting in crime!

[moosethompson]

Yet another fantastically well told tale.
Max's story shows many things. Among these are the importance of quality available mental health care and the problems of excluding people with felony records from society. These things alone may not have helped in this particular case.
I'd be surprised if Max's past doesn't catch up with him by way of the organized crime groups he's crossed.

[MikeBudny]

I'm kind of amazed at how well you guys put this video together. Super informative and the visuals and pacing are just "chef's kiss"!

[Ju]

I’ve recently started watching your videos and really enjoy them. The content is very well presented and informative; but I believe the best part of the videos are the soothing tone and flow of your narration. Also, you look like you really enjoy what you’re doing.

[TrapQueenYT]

Wow, close to a million subscribers! Amazing work! Been following you since this channel started in the pandemic, really appreciate your quality work <3

[SBPk]

You know.. it's sad. Watching my family crumble to dust right in front of my own eyes. And I report it as it's happening and get called a liar. Trying to convince not only my ISP but also my 84 year old grandparents who still to this day can't wrap their minds around how scammers do what they do. So they still send the compromised services checks. And not listening to me about how they pretend ti be those services. And I literally was trying to help the whole time and now my lifes just in complete shambles. Destroyed my family, my life, future. And to my family... literally. Everything.

[oxo_]

as always; great quality of research and storytelling 😊

[Neurocalypse]

God that illegal cyber world sounds so unbelievably stressful

[ProfessionalGasLighting]

Idaho is so small, everyone from there is gonnna recognize meridian high school

[guruleinii]

it's kinda been forgotten, good video! hope he's doing okay these days.

[CrabsHigh]

My buddy Michael von hessen was on shadow crew in middle school. The FBI raided his parents multi million dollar Williams island condo and thought they had the wrong guy because he was 14. He became a prolific fake ID maker on the site. He learned about it from his parents computer guy. Shit was wild to see when you’re 13 in 2003.

[Davethreshold]

Subscribed! So glad I found your channel here. There is so much SUPERB content on YouTube. When It first started out, it was all silly, and came up on your 23" monitor as a 5 inch square box!

[Omicronthewiperofyouknow...]

Remember that scene in breaking bad where the twins drew sickles on the ground? Is it hard to imagine that happening to a hacker?

[I_am_on_theSky]

Is it true that if you are at the bottom of a well you can see stars in the daytime?

[notyouraveragegoldenpotato]

Rumor has it he is here today with us in this chat

[BritainWllz]

Y'all really oversold that SQL Injection attack description as way more heinous than some of the wild things said prior to that in this video 😂

[kyrathedestroyer_]

The most frustrating thing about this was that if he had maybe a real good counselor or a therapist to guide him through that divorce, his life would've/could've gone so differently.

[collecting-men]

This man is Genghis Khan if he was a black hat hacker. Remember guys, don't trade a chance at life long remembrance for one news headline...