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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thelaa rox" data-source="post: 5234724" data-attributes="member: 175273"><img src="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/kevinmitnick.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is a computer security consultant and author. He was a world-famous controversial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computer_security%29" target="_blank">computer hacker</a> in the late 20th century, who was, at the time of his arrest, the most wanted computer criminal in United States history. Arrest, Conviction, and Incarceration After a well-publicized pursuit, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI" target="_blank">FBI</a> arrested Kevin Mitnick in February of 1995 at his apartment in Raleigh, North Carolina, on federal offenses related to a 2½-year computer hacking spree. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[2]</a> In 1999, Mitnick confessed to four counts of wire fraud, two counts of computer fraud and one count of illegally intercepting a wire communication, as part of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea_bargain" target="_blank">plea agreement</a> before the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Central_District_of_California" target="_blank">United States District Court for the Central District of California</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a>. He was sentenced to 46 months in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison" target="_blank">prison</a> in addition to 22 months for violating the terms of his 1989 supervised release sentence for computer fraud. He admitted to violating the terms of supervised release by hacking into PacBell voicemail and other systems and to associating with known computer hackers, in this case co-defendant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_De_Payne&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Louis De Payne</a>. Mitnick served five years in prison, four and a half years pre-trial and eight months in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_confinement" target="_blank">solitary confinement</a>, because law enforcement officials convinced a judge that he had the ability to "start a nuclear war by whistling into a pay phone".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[3]</a> He 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. Mitnick fought this decision in court, eventually winning a ruling in his favor, allowing him to access the Internet. As per the plea deal, Mitnick was also prohibited from profiting from films or books that are based on his criminal activity for a period of seven years. Mitnick now runs Mitnick Security Consulting LLC, a computer security consultancy. Early life At the age of twelve Kevin Mitnick used social engineering to bypass the punchcard system used in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a> bus system. After a friendly bus driver told him where he could buy his own punch, he could ride any bus in the greater LA area using unused transfer slips he found in the trash. Social engineering became his primary method of obtaining information, whether it be user names and passwords, modem phone numbers or any number of other pieces of data. In high school, he was introduced by "Petronix" to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_phreaking" target="_blank">phone phreaking</a>, a method of manipulating telephones, which he often used to evade long distance charges. Mitnick also became handy with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio" target="_blank">amateur radios</a>; using radio equipment, Mitnick reportedly managed to gain unauthorized access to the speaker systems of nearby <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food" target="_blank">fast food</a> restaurants. Computer cracking Mitnick gained unauthorized access to his first computer network in 1979, when a friend gave him the phone number for the Ark, the computer system <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation" target="_blank">Digital Equipment Corporation</a> (DEC) used for developing their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSTS/E" target="_blank">RSTS/E</a> operating system software. He broke into DEC's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network" target="_blank">computer network</a> and copied DEC's software, a crime he was charged and convicted for in 1988. He was sentenced to twelve months in prison followed by a three year period of supervised release. Near the end of his supervised release, Mitnick hacked into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Bell" target="_blank">Pacific Bell</a> voice mail computers. Mitnick fled after a warrant was issued for his arrest, becoming a fugitive for the next two and a half years. According to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Justice" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Justice</a> while a fugitive Mitnick gained unauthorized access to dozens of computer networks. He used cloned cellular phones to hide his location and, among other things, copying valuable proprietary software from some of the country’s largest cellular telephone and computer companies. Mitnick also intercepted and stole computer passwords, altered computer networks, and broke into and read private e-mail. Mitnick was apprehended in February 1995 in North Carolina. When arrested he was found with cloned cellular phones, over one hundred clone cellular phone codes, and multiple pieces of false identification. Confirmed Criminal Acts    <ul style="text-align: left"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a> bus transfer system to get free rides<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-AOD-4" target="_blank">[5]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Evading the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" target="_blank">FBI</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-Live_2600-5" target="_blank">[6]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hacking into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation" target="_blank">DEC</a> system(s) to view <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVMS" target="_blank">VMS</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code" target="_blank">source code</a> (DEC reportedly spent $160,000 in cleanup costs)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-AOD-4" target="_blank">[5]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-Live_2600-5" target="_blank">[6]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gaining full admin privileges to an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM" target="_blank">IBM</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer" target="_blank">minicomputer</a> at the Computer Learning Center in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" target="_blank">LA</a> in order to win a bet<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-AOD-4" target="_blank">[5]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hacking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola" target="_blank">Motorola</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC" target="_blank">NEC</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia" target="_blank">Nokia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems" target="_blank">Sun Microsystems</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu_Siemens_Computers" target="_blank">Fujitsu Siemens</a> systems</li> </ul> Alleged Criminal Acts       <ul style="text-align: left"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stole computer manuals from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Bell" target="_blank">Pacific Bell</a> telephone switching center in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-Markoff-6" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Read the e-mail of computer security officials at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCI_Communications" target="_blank">MCI Communications</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation" target="_blank">Digital</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-Markoff-6" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wiretapped the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank">California</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Motor_Vehicles" target="_blank">DMV</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-Markoff-6" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Made free cell phone calls<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-TD-7" target="_blank">[8]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hacked <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Operation" target="_blank">SCO</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Bell" target="_blank">PacBell</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" target="_blank">FBI</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon" target="_blank">Pentagon</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell" target="_blank">Novell</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank">CA</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Motor_Vehicles" target="_blank">DMV</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" target="_blank">USC</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Unified_School_District" target="_blank">Los Angeles Unified School District</a> systems.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wiretapped <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" target="_blank">FBI</a> agents according to John Markoff,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#cite_note-Markoff-6" target="_blank">[7]</a> although denied by Kevin Mitnick</li> </ul> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick</a> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/shocked.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shocked:" title="Shocked    :shocked:" data-shortname=":shocked:" /> </blockquote>

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