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Hacker Kevin Mitnick to Release Tell-All Book

by Terrence O'Brien on August 30, 2008 at 02:15 PM

Hacker Mitnick to Release Tell-All Book
World famous geek and hacker, Kevin Mitnick, who tapped into the FBI's phones to stay one step ahead of his pursuers and could launch a nuclear strike by whistling into a phone (according to legend), is writing a tell-all book.

The first person in our list of famous hackers spent over four years in prison before finally being sentenced in 1999 and was released in 2000. Now that the statute of limitations has expired on many of his crimes and the seven-year court ban on him writing about his exploits has passed, Mitnick has decided to share his side of the story and set straight the myth of Mitnick.

While Mitnick may have never been able to incite a nuclear holocaust by blowing through his pursed lips, he did gain access to the systems of most of the major corporations of the day, including Sun, IBM, DEC, and Nokia. His autobiography is sure to make clear why he was considered "the most wanted computer criminal in United States history." [From: Wired]




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