The Phisherman

No technology that’s connected to the internet is unhackable.

- Abhijit Naskar

Blurb & character overviews

The storyteller's introduction

PART A – THE PHISH

Nov 2019 – Feb 2020

One of the best things about hacking is the buzz you get when you find your way into some place you’re not meant to be.

- Thalia Kalkipsakis

1 - A dark night

2 - The light of day

3 - Sale of the century

4 - Welcome home

5 - The Pied Piper

6 - Nick the geek

7 - Yankee Doodle

PART B – THE PHRIGHT

Sunday – Tuesday

If somebody’s hacking you, you don’t want them to know that you know.

- Nancy Pelosi

8 - Itsy Bitsy Spider

9 - A dark past

10 - What a hack job!

11 - Who's a very naughty boy?

12 - The cyber chick

13 - Time for a change

14 - Desperate times

15 - Alison

16 - The angry tiger

16b - One of the lads

17 - Repairing the breach

18 - Desperate measures

19 - Gotcha!

20 - Let it roll!

21 - Desperado

PART C – THE PHLIGHT

Wednesday – Friday

It is not the monsters we should be afraid of; it is the people that don’t recognize the same monsters inside of themselves.

- Shannon L. Alder

22 - Catch me if you can

23 - Morning is broken

24 - Blackbird has spoken

25 – Who’s hacking who?

26 - To catch a thief

27 - Would you like a little more tea?

28 - The confession

29 - Turkish delight

30 - Chinese Chequers

31 - Out of the frying pan

32 – Splash some cash

33 - The end of the road

PART D – THE PHIGHT

Friday – Saturday

While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or social harm.

- Dorothy E. Denning

34 - The red room

35 - The lul before the storm

36 - The mwah of death

37 - Vengador

38 - Lucy's in the sky

39 - The witching hour

40 - Knock, knock

41 - Space Invaders

42 - Watson Way

PART E – THE PHISHERMAN

Saturday – Monday

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.

- Kali Linux

43 - The betrayal

44 - The prisoner

45 - The weapon

46 - The spider

46b - The hammerhead

PART F – THE PHINALE

Tuesday

If you are a good hacker everybody knows you; if you are a great hacker nobody knows you.

- Rishabh Surya

47 - The King Phisher

48 - The hunters


Phinal phings

Phanks

As this is a work of fiction, the main characters in this story are entirely fictional. The author has mentioned specific agencies and adapted some historical events to suit the convenience of the story. However, all key characters are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, whether living, dead, digital, analog, or zombie, is entirely coincidental. In other words, you’re not in it.