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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Once Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/technology/kevin-mitnick-dead-hacker.html

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[–] inkican@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

@fchaverri I wrote him an epitaph to do one thing that forty years worth of law enforcement and media hype never seemed to do: Look at Kevin Mitnick as a person.

[–] drwho 1 points 1 year ago

Weirdly, John Markoff didn't write this article. I'd have thought he'd have jumped at the opportunity.

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Check out his tell-all "Ghost in the Wires". Definitely an interesting read, and a great lens into cyber security in the 80s and 90s.

[–] jimrob4@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago