Kevin Mitnick
From Hak5
HAK.5 Guest Intro -Episode 1x07
| Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is a well-known former computer cyber thief. He was arrested by the FBI on February 15, 1995. Mitnick was convicted of wire fraud and of breaking into the computer systems of Fujitsu, Motorola, Nokia, and Sun Microsystems. He served five years in prison (four years of it pre-trial), 8 months of that in solitary confinement, and was released on January 21, 2000. During his supervised release, which ended on January 21, 2003, he was initially restricted from using any communications technology other than a landline telephone. After fighting this descision in court, the judge ruled in favour of Mitnick, allowing him to access the internet. |
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