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  1. Kevin David Mitnick (August 6, 1963 – July 16, 2023) was an American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker. He is best known for his high-profile 1995 arrest and five years in prison for various computer and communications-related crimes. [ 5 ] Mitnick's pursuit, arrest, trial and sentence were all controversial, as were ...

  2. Jul 20, 2023 · Published 11:35 AM PDT, July 20, 2023. Kevin Mitnick, whose pioneering antics tricking employees in the 1980s and 1990s into helping him steal software and services from big phone and tech companies made him the most celebrated U.S. hacker, has died at age 59. Mitnick died Sunday in Las Vegas after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer, said ...

  3. Jul 20, 2023 · Mr. Mitnick ran into trouble on Christmas Day 1994, when he stole emails from a fellow hacker named Tsutomu Shimomura and taunted him. When he learned of the attack, Mr. Shimomura suspended a ...

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  4. Nov 15, 2023 · The passing of Kevin Mitnick: behind the eyes of a hacker. By Mitnick Security Consulting. I was completely taken by surprise when I heard the news that a great light had gone out, with the untimely death of hacker legend and social engineer mastermind Kevin David Mitnick. Mitnick ’s exploits, both past and present, taught every hacker, from ...

  5. Jul 20, 2023 · Mitnick was originally known as a small-time hacker who served a brief prison sentence in the late 1980s for breaking into the Digital Equipment Corporation's computer system.

  6. Jul 20, 2023 · In his prepared testimony, Mitnick boasted that he had “successfully penetrated some of the most resilient computer systems ever developed.” Mitnick had first been arrested for computer crimes at age 17 for brazenly walking into a Pacific Bell office and taking a handful of computer manuals and codes to digital door locks.

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  8. Jul 20, 2023 · Kevin Mitnick, a reformed hacker who was once one of the FBI's "most wanted" cybercriminals, has died at the age of 59. ... Mitnick gained notoriety breaking into government websites and corporate ...

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