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From wikipedia: "In 1999, Mitnick pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud, two counts of computer fraud and one count of illegally intercepting a wire comm
by ourmandave 12y ago
From wikipedia:
"In 1999, Mitnick pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud, two counts of computer fraud and one count of illegally intercepting a wire communication,...
He was sentenced to 46 months in prison plus 22 months for violating the terms of his 1989 supervised release sentence for computer fraud."
I would have SERIOUS trust issues with a company run by a convicted hacker.
- joshuapants 12y agoSeems like that would be a good credential for a computer security consultant to have
- misframer 12y agoWouldn't people prefer credentials that don't involve breaking the law?
- thret 12y agoIt would seem like he has more to lose and will understand the consequences better than someone in that space who hasn't spent years in jail.
- ourmandave 12y agoBy that line of thinking, I can't wait for Bernie Madoff to get out and start another hedge fund. o_O
- beernutz 12y agoOr to start a company to help people AVOID scams maybe?
- quesera 12y agoOnce upon a time, it was difficult or impossible to attain certain skills without committing acts which might have been ambiguous then, but are now clearly "breaking the law". It's all different today, but Mitnick is old school. The rest of the security company founders who were active in that era but do not have felony records...by and large, they just didn't get caught. Which sounds like it might be a reasonable criterion for judging skill, but the scene was so tight and inbred back then that getting caught often had more to do with who your friends (or enemies) were, than with your own skills.