Stealing the Network. How to Own a Continent

by Joe Grand as "The Don"

Overview

The sun had already sunk beyond the harbor as Don Crotcho woke up. He neither noticed nor cared. It had been a little more than a year since his flight from Boston after a successful theft of the United States next -generation stealth landmine prototype, and he had been enjoying his self-prescribed seclusion in this land of fire and ice

Between the wonders of volcanic activity, the lush, moss-covered fields, beautiful countryside, and seductive nightlife, what was there not to like about Iceland? It was a nice change from the urban concrete playground and he was glad to get away.

Don Crotcho, affectionately called The Don by his associates , had become a local in his neighborhood of Nor °urm ½ri in the city of Reykjav ­k. By word of mouth, his skills as a phone phreak were respected and feared by the underground world of computer misfits and organized (and not-so-organized) criminal enterprises , reaching far and wide.