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Kevin is well known for his skills, mostly as a social engineer. I'd argue that he's one of if not the best at it. He became famous when he was on the run from
by eyeareque 12y ago
Kevin is well known for his skills, mostly as a social engineer. I'd argue that he's one of if not the best at it.
He became famous when he was on the run from the FBI for a few years. This was one of my favorite stories: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Kevin-Mitnick-Explaining-How-He-Used-to-Troll-the-FBI-401959.shtml http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Kevin-Mitnick-Explainin...
A lot of people don't know the history around him because it happened years ago. If you were following him at the time or if you've read his "ghost in the wires" book you'd see why he he's rightfully famous.
- wyclif 12y agoFor some reason the video is missing from that post.
- eyeareque 12y agoHere is it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn3O8XD1z0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn3O8XD1z0w
- omgitstom 12y agoI just worded this incorrectly. I'm sure Kevin is skilled. Being famous for hacking doesn't mean you are a skilled hacker. This is the way the article was phrased. Then they went on to say pen testing and have 100% finding vulnerabilities makes you good. Again, another false point. Thanks for your view of the article though, I'm always curious on other peoples views :)