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Kevin Mitnick

by hailey from rutherfordton

What a loser. (You can find anything on Google,you know.)
What a loser. (You can find anything on Google,you know.)

Kevin Mitnick was born on August 6, 1963 in Van Nuys, CA.
He is a jewish white male and formerly the world's most famous
computer hacker/criminal mastermind (in my own opinion).
He is also the world's largest nerd.

Kevin Mitnick’s scandalous crimes include:

• Using the Los Angeles bus transfer system to get free rides
• Evading the FBI
• Hacking into DEC systems to view VMS source codes

(DEC reportedly spent $160,000 in cleanup costs)

• Hacking Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu Siemens systems


Wow. That guy really was on a roll for a while.
But every great criminal gets busted sometime...

Mitnick served five years in prison, four and a half years of which were pre-trial. Personally,I think that’s unfair under any circumstances. He served eight months in solitary confinment. He was released on January 21, 2000, but supervised for the next three years. He was forbidden the use of any communications technology, other than a landline telephone. He fought this decision in court, and the judge ruled in Mitnick’s favor, allowing him to access the Internet.

Page created on 2/29/2008 12:00:00 AM

Last edited 2/29/2008 12:00:00 AM

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