It might be easy in some case to mistake "sloppy" for "pioneering". It's harder to defend yourself and cover your tracks when you're one of the firsts to actual

It might be easy in some case to mistake "sloppy" for "pioneering". It's harder to defend yourself and cover your tracks when you're one of the firsts to actually have been there and done that. I think the notable thing about Mitnick was just this: he became notable. He put these activities on the radar of the law enforcement and of the media when they weren't all that much concerned about it.