During the investigation of the largest theft of personal information in the history of the United States, the investigation came to the attention of Belarusian citizen Sergei Pavlovich, who was found guilty of selling stolen bank card data. In 2008, a group of 11 people, citizens of different countries, were charged with a number of crimes related to illegal penetration into the computer networks of trading companies and the theft of data from 170 million credit cards. The brains behind these operations was Albert Gonzalez, an informant for American intelligence agencies. According to US authorities, the damage from the actions of Gonzalez's 11 Friends exceeded a billion US dollars. The book is based on real events and was written by the author while serving a 10-year prison sentence.16+ (In accordance with Federal Law of December 29, 2010 No. 436-FZ.)