"... Mitnick then embarked on a two and a half year coast to coast hacking spree ..." Mitnick is a good choice for #1 cracker (why do people persist with the '

"... Mitnick then embarked on a two and a half year coast to coast hacking spree ..." Mitnick is a good choice for #1 cracker (why do people persist with the 'h' & not the 'cr' ~ http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is ). Mitnick is probably the best known ( http://www.takedown.com/bio/mitnick.html http://www.takedown.com/bio/mitnick.html ) but his special area of exploitation is "primarily human" and focus of his book "Art of Deception". This makes him an exceptionally effective cracker, exploiting both man and machine. While some are good with machines, Mitnick is good with machines & humans cracks ~ http://www.kevinmitnick.com http://www.kevinmitnick.com