Kevin David Mitnick (born on August 6, 1963) is an American computer security consultant, author, and hacker. he was the most-wanted computer criminal in the United States.
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Personal life
Mitnick grew up in Los Angeles and attended Monroe High School. He was enrolled at Pierce College and USC. He worked as a receptionist for Stephen S. Wise Temple for a while.Alleged criminal acts
- Stole computer manuals from a Pacific Bell telephone switching center in Los Angeles[8]
- Read the e-mail of computer security officials at MCI Communications and Digital
- Wiretapped the California DMV
- Made free cell phone calls
- Hacked Santa Cruz Operation Pacific Bell, FBI,Pentagon, Novell, California Department of Motor Vehicles, University of Southern California and Los Angeles Unified School District systems.
- Wiretapped NSA agents, according to John Markoff. This was originally denied by Kevin Mitnick but later mentioned by Mitnick while listing his crimes as a juvenile in an interview with Stephen Colbert on an August 18, 2011 episode of The Colbert Report.
Arrest, conviction, and incarceration
After a well-publicized pursuit, the FBI arrested Mitnick on February 15, 1995, at his apartment in Raleigh, North Carolina, on federal offenses related to a 2½-year period of computer hacking.Mitnick served five years in prison — four and a half years pre-trial and eight months in solitary confinement — because, according to Mitnick, law enforcement officials convinced a judge that he had the ability to "start a nuclear war by whistling into a pay phone". He was released on January 21, 2000. During his supervised release, which ended on January 21, 2003, he was initially forbidden to use any communications technology other than a landline telephone. Mitnick fought this decision in court, eventually winning a ruling in his favor, allowing him to access the Internet. Under the plea deal, Mitnick was also prohibited from profiting from films or books based on his criminal activity for seven years. Mitnick now runs Mitnick Security Consulting LLC, a computer security consultancy.
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