Lucrative scam operations don’t exploit trust one conversation at a time — they manufacture it at industrial scale. Brett Johnson didn’t just run cons; he built the infrastructure that made large-scale fraud repeatable.
Built for teams on the front lines of brand and executive protection. No vendor pitch. No script.
What you'll learn
- How fake sites and fake profiles get built, launched, and iterated — often faster than most brands can respond
- What phishing infrastructure looks like from the inside, and how criminals test it before going live
- What criminals watch for to decide whether an organization is an easy mark — or not worth the effort
About the series
Off the Record: Cybercriminal Confessions is a three-part series of candid, unscripted conversations with Brett Johnson:
- Session 1: How Criminals Weaponize Trust and Your Brand [Watch on-demand]
- Session 2: How Criminals Manufacture Trust at Scale — (this session)
- Session 3 — October 8: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Impersonation [Register here]
About Brett Johnson
Former United States Most Wanted, Brett Johnson has been a central figure in the cybercrime world for over 20 years. Brett 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 countless social engineering attacks, breaches, and hacking operations.
Today, Brett is one of the world’s foremost authorities on cybercrime and identity theft. He 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.
