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Kevin Mitnick

1963 - 2023

Kevin Mitnick is a former hacker and cybersecurity consultant, widely known for his high-profile arrests in the 1990s for various computer and telecommunications-related crimes. Once considered one of the most wanted computer criminals in the United States, he served five years in prison and later became a successful author and speaker on cybersecurity, emphasizing ethical hacking and security awareness. Mitnick is the founder of Mitnick Security Consulting, LLC, and has written books such as "The Art of Deception."

  1. I wasn't a hacker for the money, and it wasn't to cause damage.

    Kevin Mitnick
    #hacker#integrity#motivation

  2. A company can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on firewalls, intrusion detection systems and encryption and other security technologies, but if an attacker can call one trusted person within the company, and that person complies, and if the attacker gets in, then all that money spent on technology is essentially wasted.

    Kevin Mitnick
    #security#trust#vulnerability