Friday, July 21, 2023

Kevin Mitnick est mort

"The world's most dangerous hacker" is dead at 59 from pancreatic cancer.  There's a good obit at The Register. 

It's a little strange to have been in the security biz long enough to see people start to die off.

6 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 21, 2023 at 1:58 PM

    It disconcerts me to see people dying at 59, since I'm...uh...let's not go there.

    Also, pancreatic cancer stinks. It's killed a lot of good people, some at even younger ages. And I don't think it gets the attention it deserves compared to other cancers.

    ==Dwight

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  2. FeralFerretJuly 21, 2023 at 3:12 PM

    What a shame, especially pancreatic cancer. He was one of the first to expose caller ID spoofing. I enjoyed the several interviews he did with Art Bell back in the day.

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  3. m4rtyJuly 21, 2023 at 3:45 PM

    "I know crazy monkey technique!" I wonder whatever happened to Shimomura.....

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  4. bloggerJuly 21, 2023 at 8:09 PM

    Shimomura you magnificent bastard, I read your book!

    - Borepatch

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  5. Old NFOJuly 22, 2023 at 12:59 PM

    Oh wow, I hadn't heard that.

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  6. drjimJuly 28, 2023 at 5:29 PM

    I met him a few times at Open Source conferences. He was an interesting guy.

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