Well, they are admitting that their security system isn't flawless. Having Kevin Mitnick using your service is the equivalent of asking to be hacked by a parti

Well, they are admitting that their security system isn't flawless. Having Kevin Mitnick using your service is the equivalent of asking to be hacked by a particular set of people... eventually your security will get broken. Which is not to say that AT&T has good security, all we can tell from this is that it can be broken...