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sagan@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Kevin Mitnick, formerly the world’s ‘most-wanted’ hacker, has passed away

www.engadget.com

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Kevin Mitnick, formerly the world’s ‘most-wanted’ hacker, has passed away

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sagan@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Kevin Mitnick, formerly the world’s ‘most-wanted’ hacker, has passed away | Engadget
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Kevin Mitnick, who was once one of the world's most wanted computer hackers, has passed away at 59 on July 16th..
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    What a legend, fuck cancer.

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    Ghost in the Wires is a great book of his with lots of early hacking shenanigans in it. Highly recommend.

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      I really loved The Art of Deception. So many fascinating cases.

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    Sad to hear. Enjoyed him as a guest in the early days of This Week in Tech. Brilliant mind.

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    Will his casket be a blue box?

    RIP.

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    I watched the Disrupt video on him literally yesterday. Rest in peace.

    • Kyoyeou (Ki jəʊ juː)@lemmy.world
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      And here is the link for people like me who are going to rewatch it!

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    Shit. Now I need to watch takedown again.

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    Way younger than I expected. 59 is young.

    His wife looks like she’s 18 based on social media photos.

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      She’s pregnant with his first child. I don’t know how old she is, but 60 is pretty old for your first child. But besides the cancer, he seemed to be happy.

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    Phantom phreaking.

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    Hex(0xDEADBEEF) Rip Kevin

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    Gone to the great terminal in the sky. RIP.

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    Here is ‘Freedom Downtime’ the 2600 documentary that covers some of his story and the Free Kevin movement. https://youtu.be/B2ac98FUMq8

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    What a legend, and that’s a shitty way to go. Sorry for his family.

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      Specially 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.

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    Damn. RIP to a real one.

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    Man, I remember reading about blue boxes and chrome boxes and not fully understanding it all, but it was fun learning about that stuff.

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    deleted by creator

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