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WEB WAR ONE

When he calmed down, he sent Thomas a private e-mail. He'd been thinking about taking down Carders Market and retiring his Iceman identity. It wouldn't be a surrender; rather, it was the most serious threat imaginable to Thomas's campaign.

You haven't read the Art of War, have you, cunt?
You know NOTHING about me. I know EVERYTHING
about you.

I kill CM, I kill Iceman, then what do you have you punk bitch? Shadowboxing?? You are FUCKED.
An enemy who will fuck you over constantly for
years, that you have NO DEFENSE and NO TARGET for
retribution.

I am your worst nightmare you little bitch, and
you and your family will be feeling the effects
of the money you cost me for a long, long time.

Two days later, Max proved he was serious. He hacked into El Mariachi's website, the Grifters, which Thomas had turned into a semi-legitimate security site dedicated to watching the carding forums. Max wiped the hard drive. The site never came back.

Iceman announced his triumph in a final public message to the blog. "I have nothing to prove, and now having beat down David Renshaw Thomas, federal snitch, I make my exit," he wrote. "Unlike you people, I pay attention to my own business. Learn a lesson. Move on and leave me the fuck alone."

But Max wasn't going to be able to slip back into the shadows. Two reporters from USA Today had taken notice of the public carder war and confirmed the details of the hostile takeover with security firms watching the forums. The morning after Max declared victory over El Mariachi, delivery drivers around the country plunked down Thursday's edition of