saganKevin Mitnick, formerly the world’s ‘most-wanted’ hacker, has passed away
Sad to hear. Enjoyed him as a guest in the early days of This Week in Tech. Brilliant mind.
What a legend, fuck cancer.
Gone to the great terminal in the sky. RIP.
Ghost in the Wires is a great book of his with lots of early hacking shenanigans in it. Highly recommend.
I really loved The Art of Deception. So many fascinating cases.
Phantom phreaking.
I_Miss_DanielWill his casket be a blue box?
RIP.
Shit. Now I need to watch takedown again.
konaltI watched the Disrupt video on him literally yesterday. Rest in peace.
Kyoyeou (Ki jəʊ juː)
Earth's Most Wanted Hacker
Damn. RIP to a real one.
Man, I remember reading about blue boxes and chrome boxes and not fully understanding it all, but it was fun learning about that stuff.
Here is ‘Freedom Downtime’ the 2600 documentary that covers some of his story and the Free Kevin movement. youtu.be/B2ac98FUMq8
FREEDOM DOWNTIME - The Story of Kevin Mitnick - 1 of 9
Way younger than I expected. 59 is young.
His wife looks like she’s 18 based on social media photos.
What a legend, and that’s a shitty way to go. Sorry for his family.
mrmanagerSpecially 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.