Kevin Mitnick

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Kevin Mitnick
Americas Most Wanted Computer Outlaw
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• 2 years vanishing while in probation for his
  1989 conviction for computer and access device
  fraud.
• His downfall was his Christmas 1994 break-in to
  Tsutomu Shimomura's computers in San Diego,
  California.
• While he was on the run, he broke into countless
  computers altering information, corrupting
  system software, and eavesdropping, sometimes
  prevented or impeded legitimate use
• Using cloned cellular telephones and stolen
  cellular and internet service
• Less than two months later, Tsutomu had tracked
  him down after a cross-country electronic
  pursuit.
• Mitnick was arrested by the FBI in Raleigh, North
  Carolina, on February 15th, 1995.
• On March 16, 1999, Mitnick plead guilty
• Released from prison on January 21, 2000

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Tsutomu Shimomura
San Diego Supercomputer Center
www.takedown.com
Takedown The Pursuit and Capture of America's
Most Wanted Computer Outlaw -- By The Man Who
Did It, with John Markoff1996)
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I just have to know
The question is always HOW
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www.kevinmitnick.com