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Brian Krebs, Krebs on Security

Brian Krebs, writer of the cybercrime blog Krebs on Security, which was the first to reveal the data breach at Target and other retailers last year.

Credit: Daniel Rosenbaum for The New York Times

In the last year, Eastern European cybercriminals have stolen Brian Krebs's identity a half dozen times, brought down his website, included his name and some unpleasant epithets in their malware code, sent fecal matter and heroin to his doorstep, and called a SWAT team to his home just as his mother was arriving for dinner.

From The New York Times
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