Kevin Mitnick debunks myths

["Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via CNN.

[snip]

To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with hacking, the cinematic sort where a snot-nosed kid thumbs his nose 
at authority. But, Mitnick says, the characterization is a bit overdone and the legend untrue, if not libelous.

It is true, he says, that he broke into corporate computer systems and stole source code to satisfy his curiosity, but 
he denies the stories that he hacked into NORAD -- North American Aerospace Defense Command--or that he wiretapped the 
FBI.

After a well-publicized pursuit that made him notorious, the FBI arrested Mitnick in 1995. He served five years in 
prison after pleading guilty to charges of wire and computer fraud. He was released in 2000 and today runs a computer 
security firm. In a telephone interview with CNN's Manav Tanneeru, Mitnick talks about his past, the state of online 
security today, and how he handles what his name has come to mean.

[snip]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/10/07/kevin.mitnick.cnna/index.html

- ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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