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Born on August 6, 1963 in a lower-middle-class family in Los Angeles, USA
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Mitnick became fascinated with radio technology while still in elementary school and quickly became a master at it.
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Mitnick and his accomplices sneaked into the Los Angeles call center on a holiday to steal a batch of user passwords and destroyed some files in the central control computer. Mitnick, 17, was only sentenced to 3 months in prison, plus one Years of supervised residence.
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In 1983, he was sentenced to six months in a youth correctional facility in California after he was found to have used a university computer to gain unauthorized access to the ARPA network, the predecessor of today's Internet, and to access the Pentagon's computer through the network.
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He was arrested again by law enforcement authorities in 1988 for: DEC accused him of stealing $1 million worth of software from the company's network and causing $4 million in damages. This time, he wasn't even allowed to bail.
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Immediately after his release, he successfully hacked into the computer systems of several world-renowned high-tech companies. Based on the companies' filings, the FBI estimates their losses totaled $300 million. Just as the police were about to arrest him again, Mitnick suddenly disappeared from his residence and lived an underground life on the run.
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On February 15, 1995, Shimomura discovered Mitnick's whereabouts - hiding in a small North Carolina town - and promptly notified the FBI to arrest Mitnick. In February 1995, Mitnick was finally brought to court. In the courtroom, Mitnick, who was in handcuffs, turned to Tsumomura Shimomura, who had met for the first time and testified in court, and said sincerely, "Hello, Shimomura, I admire your skills."
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Mitnick's network supporters demand that the US government release Mitnick, otherwise, they will launch the virus that has been implanted in many computers around the world through the Internet.They claimed that once Mitnick was released, they would provide a solution to the virus. For a time, the Internet fell into a new panic.
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Mitnick pleaded guilty to five of the counts and two additional charges and was sentenced to a total of 68 months in prison, plus three years of supervised residency. The FBI also accused him of causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, and the prosecution is seeking $1.5 million in damages.
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Since 2000, Mitnick has been a security consultant, public speaker and author. He does security consulting for Fortune 500 companies, performs penetration testing services for the world's largest companies, and teaches social engineering to dozens of businesses and government agencies.
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On January 21, 2000, he was released on parole by a US court. During this period, he was not allowed to touch any digital devices, including program-controlled telephones, cell phones and any computer.
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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
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Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon， The Art Of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind The Exploits Of Hackers, Intruders, And Deceivers,
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Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon, Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker,
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The graphic novel Wizzywig written by Ed Pisco in 2012 is about Mitnick, but the protagonist's name is changed to Kevin Phenicle. In this novel, a code named The story for "Boingthump" is remarkably similar to Mitnick's, from Kevin Finnick's early days, when he hacked into the company through a company loophole, to his eventual arrest and the "FREE KEVIN" campaign, which is closely related to Mitnick's. The details of Turnick's story remain little changed.