Kevin Mitnick, formerly the world’s ‘most-wanted’ hacker, has passed away
Kevin Mitnick, formerly the world’s ‘most-wanted’ hacker, has passed away
Kevin Mitnick, who was once one of the world's most wanted computer hackers, has passed away at 59 on July 16th..
What a legend, fuck cancer.
55 0 ReplyGhost in the Wires is a great book of his with lots of early hacking shenanigans in it. Highly recommend.
26 0 ReplyI really loved The Art of Deception. So many fascinating cases.
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Sad to hear. Enjoyed him as a guest in the early days of This Week in Tech. Brilliant mind.
16 0 ReplyI watched the Disrupt video on him literally yesterday. Rest in peace.
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Will his casket be a blue box?
RIP.
7 0 ReplyHex(0xDEADBEEF) Rip Kevin
5 0 ReplyPhantom phreaking.
5 0 ReplyWay younger than I expected. 59 is young.
His wife looks like she's 18 based on social media photos.
6 1 ReplyShe's pregnant with his first child. I don't know how old she is, but 60 is pretty old for your first child. But besides the cancer, he seemed to be happy.
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Shit. Now I need to watch takedown again.
6 1 ReplyGone to the great terminal in the sky. RIP.
5 1 ReplyHere is ‘Freedom Downtime’ the 2600 documentary that covers some of his story and the Free Kevin movement. https://youtu.be/B2ac98FUMq8
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What a legend, and that's a shitty way to go. Sorry for his family.
3 0 ReplySpecially the part about him not doing it for money. He was just intellectually curious and wanted to see if he could do it. Same reason a lot of us enjoy programming at home.
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Damn. RIP to a real one.
2 0 ReplyMan, I remember reading about blue boxes and chrome boxes and not fully understanding it all, but it was fun learning about that stuff.
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