Kevin Mitnick

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Kevin Mitnick

• Pioneer of Modern Security
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• Dangerous Reverse Salient?

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• Born in LA and never owned a computer during his
  childhood
• Found adventure and challenge in manipulating a
  phone companys office switch
• This sparked his unusual curiosity for acquiring
  information in unconventional ways

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• Cap N Crunch whistles
• Common hacker motivation
• Types of Hacking

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• The pranks began to escalate
• 3 months in juvenile detention
• Several more arrests followed

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• Mitnicks final crime
• San Diego Supercomputer Center
• Tsutomu Shimomura

• Stolen software, email messages, passwords

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• The FBI tries to catch Mitnick
• Other Allegations
• Punishment
• Where is Mitnick now?

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• Questions