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The Birth of a legend
The World’s Most Famous Hacker was born in Los Angeles, CA on August 6, 1963. -
Social Engineering
At age 12, Mitnick used social engineering and dumpster diving to bypass the punch card system used in the Los Angeles bus system. He convinced a bus driver to tell him where he could buy a ticket punch for "a school project", he then was able to ride any bus in his area using unused transfer slips he retrieved from the bus company's trash. -
Kevin attends High School
Kevin attended James Monroe High School in Los Angeles, California -
The First Hack
Mitnick first gained unauthorized access to a computer network in 1979, at the age of 16, when a friend gave him the phone number for the Ark, the computer system Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) used for developing their RSTS/E operating system software. Kevin Mitnick used social engineering to gain access to the computers. DEC was the leading vendor of computer systems, computers, software, and peripherals. TDEC was bought out by Compaq in June of 1998. -
Charged with Burgarly
In 1981, as a teenager, he was convicted of burgling computer manuals from Pacific Bell and sentenced to probation. -
12 Months in Prison
Kevin Mitnick was charged and convicted for computer crimes against Digital Equipment Corporation. Crimes he had committed in 1979 -
No patch for stupidity
In 1995, Kevin Mitnick coined the phrase, "there is no patch for stupidity". Mitnick's core strategy is social engineering, which is basically the exploitation of human behavior and psychology to make an individual do things, most often to their detriment, and always in favor of the hacker. His techniques revolve around lulling people to become careless and the use of smoke and mirrors to trick people. -
MitnickSecurity.com
As the CEO of Mitnick Security Consulting, Kevin, and The Global Ghost Team™ now maintain a 100 percent successful track record of being able to penetrate the security of any system they are paid to hack into using a combination of technical exploits and social engineering. -
Becoming a white hat
After a 22 month prison sentence for computer fraud and illegally intercepting a wire communication. Mitnick became a paid security consultant. He performed security consulting for Fortune 500 companies and the FBI, performed penetration testing services for the world's largest companies and teaches Social Engineering classes. -
Now an author
Mitnick released his book The Art of Deception. Sure, Kevin gained access to computer system using passwords and codes. But he gained these tools using social engineering. His key element. -
The Art of Intrusion
Kevin Mitnick releases 'The Art of Intrusion'. The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders & Deceivers. A collection of stories about social engineering as performed by other hackers. Each story ends by summarizing insight into the attack as well as measures to defend against it. -
KnowB4
Kevin Mitnick is the CEO of KnowB4. A company which enables your employees to make smarter security decisions, every day. -
Ghost in the Wires
Kevin Mitnick releases Ghost in the Wires. The wild story about Kevin Mitnick making phony phone calls in the 1970s and quickly graduating to computers, hacking some of the largest companies in the world.
