Brett Johnson 

"The Original Internet Godfather"

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 the 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.