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Wow. He was only 59. I've always loved his lockpicking business card: https://www.mitnicksecurity.com/kevin-mitnicks-famous-lockpick-business-card https://www.

Wow. He was only 59. I've always loved his lockpicking business card: https://www.mitnicksecurity.com/kevin-mitnicks-famous-lockpick-business-card https://www.mitnicksecurity.com/kevin-mitnicks-famous-lockpi... While I assume this is real, part of me does feel like a combination of how young he is and who is is leads me to be slightly skeptical. Assuming it's real, hopefully he would have appreciated the skepticism.

booi 3y ago
Can you still get one of these? It says send cash in the mail so… I’m skeptical
- sva_ 3y ago
  There are similar ones on AliExpress, if you just look for lockpicks in CC format
  - libraryatnight 3y ago
    and forego the experience of mailing cash for lockpicks? never.
- jbaber 3y ago
  I, too, was concerned it was some kind of hacker gotcha trick, but took the leap of faith and mailed the cash. They did ship the card to me.
- ivoc 3y ago
  Could always ask Woz for a card ?
- thesuitonym 3y ago
  As of a few years ago, KnowBe4 was sending them out (well, a KnowBe4 branded version) to companies that partnered with them.
Simulacra 3y ago
He gave me his business card at CES and it's one of my most prized possessions. I am heartbroken.
SonicSoul 3y ago
damn i missed this! do you know if its possible to still get one of those???
- grayhatter 3y ago
  toool is an organization worthy of the support, and they sell a version of it.
  - autoexec 3y ago
    Do you have a link? I'm not seeing one at toool.nl
    - vitus 3y ago
      https://www.toool.us/equipment/Emergency-Pick-Card-p365089217 https://www.toool.us/equipment/Emergency-Pick-Card-p36508921...
    - ChristianGeek 3y ago
      https://www.toool.us/equipment/Emergency-Pick-Card-p365089217 https://www.toool.us/equipment/Emergency-Pick-Card-p36508921...
Apocryphon 3y ago
Adrian Lamo also passed away at an early age (37), coincidentally enough.
- VectorLock 3y ago
  I miss Adrian, looking at this picture now gives me a wistful feeling https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamo-Mitnick-Poulsen.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamo-Mitnick-Poulsen... Hope Kevin Poulsen is doing okay tonight.
  - wyclif 3y ago
    Since he's now a journalist, I hope Poulsen writes an obit for Mitnick. That would be somehow fitting and something I'd definitely want to read.
- WhackyIdeas 3y ago
  Wasn’t sure who that was, but wikipidia says: “Lamo was best known for reporting U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning to Army criminal investigators in 2010[7] for leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks.[8][9] Lamo died on March 14, 2018, at the age of 37.[10]” Kind of the wrong side in history there. But RIP, regardless.
  - nyokodo 3y ago
    > Kind of the wrong side in history there. Manning’s leaks included vast numbers of documents related in no way to a legitimate whistleblowing issues, some of which helped spark the Arab Spring which precipitated in an ongoing civil war in Syria, slave markets and the beheading of religious minorities in Libya, and on and on all over the region affecting 100s of millions of people. I don’t know about Lamo, but Manning certainly isn’t on the right side of history and deserves to be still in jail.
    - StanislavPetrov 3y ago
      >Manning’s leaks included vast numbers of documents related in no way to a legitimate whistleblowing issues, some of which helped spark the Arab Spring which precipitated in an ongoing civil war in Syria You're mistaking Manning's leak with the CIA. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/middleeast/cia-syria-rebel-arm-train-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/middleeast/cia-syri...
ineedasername 3y ago
I had a similar thought, his social engineering abilities were very strong. If there was one person in the world willing to fake their own death to engineer access to something, it would have been him. A sad day.
- jdthedisciple 3y ago
  > fake their own death to engineer access to something Care to elaborate?
  - ineedasername 3y ago
    what is there to elaborate, other than pointing out that he was good at social engineering things and finding behavioral or procedural loopholes to get access to systems?
    - jdthedisciple 3y ago
      I'm referring to the insinuation about faking his own death. I might not be up to speed with a particular instance of that in his life though. Perhaps that's where my lack of understanding stems from.
yreg 3y ago
For years I planned to get one by sending him the $10, but I never got around to do it…
Wevah 3y ago
Wired story about the origin of the cards: https://www.wired.com/2007/06/lock-pick-busin/ https://www.wired.com/2007/06/lock-pick-busin/ (I looked it up because I thought they looked like some cards someone I knew designed, and sure enough…)

booi 3y ago

Can you still get one of these? It says send cash in the mail so… I’m skeptical

sva_ 3y ago
There are similar ones on AliExpress, if you just look for lockpicks in CC format
- libraryatnight 3y ago
  and forego the experience of mailing cash for lockpicks? never.
jbaber 3y ago
I, too, was concerned it was some kind of hacker gotcha trick, but took the leap of faith and mailed the cash. They did ship the card to me.
ivoc 3y ago
Could always ask Woz for a card ?
thesuitonym 3y ago
As of a few years ago, KnowBe4 was sending them out (well, a KnowBe4 branded version) to companies that partnered with them.

Simulacra 3y ago

He gave me his business card at CES and it's one of my most prized possessions. I am heartbroken.

SonicSoul 3y ago

damn i missed this! do you know if its possible to still get one of those???

grayhatter 3y ago
toool is an organization worthy of the support, and they sell a version of it.
- autoexec 3y ago
  Do you have a link? I'm not seeing one at toool.nl
  - vitus 3y ago
    https://www.toool.us/equipment/Emergency-Pick-Card-p365089217 https://www.toool.us/equipment/Emergency-Pick-Card-p36508921...
  - ChristianGeek 3y ago
    https://www.toool.us/equipment/Emergency-Pick-Card-p365089217 https://www.toool.us/equipment/Emergency-Pick-Card-p36508921...

Apocryphon 3y ago

Adrian Lamo also passed away at an early age (37), coincidentally enough.

VectorLock 3y ago
I miss Adrian, looking at this picture now gives me a wistful feeling https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamo-Mitnick-Poulsen.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamo-Mitnick-Poulsen... Hope Kevin Poulsen is doing okay tonight.
- wyclif 3y ago
  Since he's now a journalist, I hope Poulsen writes an obit for Mitnick. That would be somehow fitting and something I'd definitely want to read.
WhackyIdeas 3y ago
Wasn’t sure who that was, but wikipidia says: “Lamo was best known for reporting U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning to Army criminal investigators in 2010[7] for leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks.[8][9] Lamo died on March 14, 2018, at the age of 37.[10]” Kind of the wrong side in history there. But RIP, regardless.
- nyokodo 3y ago
  > Kind of the wrong side in history there. Manning’s leaks included vast numbers of documents related in no way to a legitimate whistleblowing issues, some of which helped spark the Arab Spring which precipitated in an ongoing civil war in Syria, slave markets and the beheading of religious minorities in Libya, and on and on all over the region affecting 100s of millions of people. I don’t know about Lamo, but Manning certainly isn’t on the right side of history and deserves to be still in jail.
  - StanislavPetrov 3y ago
    >Manning’s leaks included vast numbers of documents related in no way to a legitimate whistleblowing issues, some of which helped spark the Arab Spring which precipitated in an ongoing civil war in Syria You're mistaking Manning's leak with the CIA. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/middleeast/cia-syria-rebel-arm-train-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/middleeast/cia-syri...

ineedasername 3y ago

I had a similar thought, his social engineering abilities were very strong. If there was one person in the world willing to fake their own death to engineer access to something, it would have been him. A sad day.

jdthedisciple 3y ago
> fake their own death to engineer access to something Care to elaborate?
- ineedasername 3y ago
  what is there to elaborate, other than pointing out that he was good at social engineering things and finding behavioral or procedural loopholes to get access to systems?
  - jdthedisciple 3y ago
    I'm referring to the insinuation about faking his own death. I might not be up to speed with a particular instance of that in his life though. Perhaps that's where my lack of understanding stems from.

yreg 3y ago

For years I planned to get one by sending him the $10, but I never got around to do it…

Wevah 3y ago

Wired story about the origin of the cards: https://www.wired.com/2007/06/lock-pick-busin/ https://www.wired.com/2007/06/lock-pick-busin/ (I looked it up because I thought they looked like some cards someone I knew designed, and sure enough…)