March 19, 2023 • 117 mins
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
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