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U.S. v. Brett Johnson (ShadowCrew Cybercrime Syndicate)

Docket: 2:04-cr-00725 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey Opened: 2004-10-26 Sector: Banking, Consumer Identity, E-Commerce

Key Facts

Status

SENTENCED

Legal disposition

Loss Amount

$4.0 million

Facilitated millions in fraudulent debit card cloning transactions.

Techniques

Verified mappings

Defendants

Named in charges

Legal Status: SENTENCED in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Primary Target Sector: Banking, Consumer Identity, E-Commerce.
Documented Financial Loss: $4.0 million.
1 verified MITRE ATT&CK techniques substantiated with verbatim court excerpts.

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Case Summary

Pioneering cybercriminal known as 'The Original Internet Godfather' who built and operated ShadowCrew, the prototypical dark web marketplace for trafficking in stolen identities and credit card data.

Procedural & Incident Timeline

2005-02-08 arrest

Johnson arrested by U.S. Secret Service in Operation Open Market.

2007-06-20 sentencing

Sentenced to 90 months (7.5 years) in federal prison.

Named Defendants & Operatives

Defendant	Nationality	Status	Prison Term	Restitution	Notes
Brett Johnson	United States	sentenced	90 mo	None	Creator of ShadowCrew dark web forum; sentenced to 90 months in federal prison.

Substantiated MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

Technique ID	Technique Name & Tactic	Primary Source Evidence Excerpt	Locator	Verification
T1566.002	Spearphishing Link Initial Access	"Johnson established early phishing operations that cloned PayPal and eBay authentication web pages to steal account credentials."	Indictment ¶ 11, Page 6	reviewed

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Cyberattack Case Library, U.S. v. Brett Johnson (ShadowCrew Cybercrime Syndicate), No. 2:04-cr-00725 (U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey 2004), https://cyberattackcaselibrary.pages.dev/cases/us-v-johnson-shadowcrew/

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