Kevin Mitnick, formerly the world’s ‘most-wanted’ hacker, has passed away
https://www.engadget.com/kevin-mitnick-formerly-the-worlds-most-wanted-hacker-has-passed-away-084912966.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL20uZmFjZWJvb2suY29t&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH7eLHGY4o37jcVDsvIcBtfrkwvV85XwwGe5JogwJIckBES6vj4cFrS12TDeLKkpB-FewfyFiY2HztnUdt2-bzVNnpPZBhdbX-nF1fX53e2k9KpzFOWLt4MA4RBv8JlDAUktay1zTioAu3m1t-l6PRuaxMe1C6MEq3DOXCFipFh-
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vic_rattlehead@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 3y
What a legend, fuck cancer.
RagnarokOnline@reddthat.com · 26 pts · 3y
Ghost in the Wires is a great book of his with lots of early hacking shenanigans in it. Highly recommend.
ultratiem@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
I really loved The Art of Deception. So many fascinating cases.
Beaupedia@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 3y
Sad to hear. Enjoyed him as a guest in the early days of This Week in Tech. Brilliant mind.
konalt@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
I watched the Disrupt video on him literally yesterday. Rest in peace.
Kyoyeou@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
And here is the link for people like me who are going to rewatch it!
PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks · 11 pts · 3y
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I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social · 7 pts · 3y
Will his casket be a blue box?
RIP.
just_change_it@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Way younger than I expected. 59 is young.
His wife looks like she's 18 based on social media photos.
scutiger@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
She's pregnant with his first child. I don't know how old she is, but 60 is pretty old for your first child. But besides the cancer, he seemed to be happy.
rayman30@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Hex(0xDEADBEEF) Rip Kevin
Cabrio@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Phantom phreaking.
bezerker03@lemmy.bezzie.world · 5 pts · 3y
Shit. Now I need to watch takedown again.
Yendor@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y
Gone to the great terminal in the sky. RIP.
xenomor@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Here is ‘Freedom Downtime’ the 2600 documentary that covers some of his story and the Free Kevin movement. https://youtu.be/B2ac98FUMq8
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zerbey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
What a legend, and that's a shitty way to go. Sorry for his family.
mrmanager@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 3y
Specially the part about him not doing it for money. He was just intellectually curious and wanted to see if he could do it. Same reason a lot of us enjoy programming at home.
Uniquitous@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y
Damn. RIP to a real one.
Hazdaz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Man, I remember reading about blue boxes and chrome boxes and not fully understanding it all, but it was fun learning about that stuff.
xenomor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
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