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Kevin Mitnick was born August 6th 1963 into a jewish family and grew up in Los Angeles California.
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When Mitnick was 13 he used dumpster diving and social engineering to bypass the punchcard system used by the bus system in LA.
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Mitnick gained unauthorized access to a computer network when he was 16 years old. He did this by breaking into the computer network and copied their software.
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In 1996 Mitnick authorised his first book. The book was titled the Fugitive game.
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Mitnick was charged and convicted for breaking into the computer network for the crime committed 9 years ago.
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Mitnick paid for his past crimes by spending 12 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release.
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Mitnick hacked into Pacific Bell during this time of supervised released. A warrant was then set out for his arrest and he fled, staying on the run for two and a half years.
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Mitnick was found after all this time in an apartment North Carolina with over 100 cloned cell phones and forms of ID.
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He 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 a total of 68 months in Prison
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Mitnick was released from prison after roughly 5 years.
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An FCC judge ruled in favor of allowing Mitnick to use have a radio license.
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Mitnick wrote and published his first book
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This decision was made during his supervised release.
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Mitnick wrote and published his second book 2 years later in 2005
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Appeared on the Colbert Report to talk about his new book.
