The SEI Digital Intelligence and Investigation (DIID) Team assisted in the Iceman case, where a former computer security consultant, Max Ray Vision (also known as the “Iceman” and Max Ray Butler), allegedly attacked computers at financial institutions and credit card processing centers, stealing account information, and selling the data to others.

Knowing about DIID Team’s expertise in cracking sophisticated techniques used by cybercriminals, Federal Law Enforcement requested DIID’s assistance in acquiring and decrypting the Iceman’s data, thus providing critical evidence for the case.

Butler was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for stealing close to two million credit card numbers adding up over $86 million in fraudulent charges. His sentence was the longest hacking sentence in the U.S. until the TJX case.


Max Butler had an audacious plan to rule the black market in stolen credit cards.
[spread photo: Mark King; mugshot of Max Butler courtesy Santa Clara County Sheriff]

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