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Ask Kevin Mitnick
Okay, Kevin Mitnick is getting back online and can start taking email tomorrow, January 21. We've spoken with Kevin by phone, and he agrees that a Slashdot interview is a fine way to help celebrate his return to the Internet, especially since he has a book to sell and a consulting business to build. (Don't forget: Kevin hasn't been able to make much money for a number of years, and has a lot of lost time to make up for.) One question per post, please. We'll email Kevin 10 of the highest-moderated questions, and post his answers shortly after he gets them to us.
"first post?"
sulli
RTFJ.
...he agrees that a Slashdot interview is a fine way to help celebrate his return to the Internet
I guess he'd know better if he'd actually read any Slashdot interviews lately.
-- If no truths are spoken then no lies can hide --
Is it "cracker" or "hacker"?
He loves ... San Dimas!!
mstyne: real name, no gimmicks
What is the password to my PayPal account? I forgot it a while back.
Thanks in advance!
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
hummmmmm...........
Those "wannabes" don't really need a shirt to repell girl, they have a natural ability.
He prob. had to do the same that everyone else is doing each time they are back from vaccation:-->
Delete spam. Tons of spam.
Melius mori in libertate quam vivere in servitute.
Now that you're out of jail, may I take the "Free Kevin" bumpersticker off my car?
Trolling is a art,
Nah, it'll be, "Damn, I've got alot of e-mail!"
That what was all this school was for... to teach us how to solve our own problems. -- janeowit
While you were incarcerated - were there any attempts at unauthorized access to your ports? How did you manage to secure these ports from would be DoS attacks? Did you have to do a lot of social engineering to keep them safe?
Probably flamebait, but, if it were me, the goat pr0n of Shimomura would be first on my list. Spamming usenet with that would be worth the wait.
"See, we plan ahead! That way, we never have to do anything now."
Dude, that's the most blatant attempt I've ever seen ignored by the masses. Unbelievable. You should be at +5 with ten spare +s left over by now.
Honestly, though, I just wish someone would ask the question we all really wanna know the answer to.
Kevin, do they call you the customizer?
Bite my yammer.
You should upgrade to the latest version of Linux ported to fountain pens. I reccomend using Bic pens, as they come in 12 packs and are really easy to cluster.
You think that I'm crazy, you should see this guy!
After a whole lot of unathorized "going in", everthing will be "coming out" with a lot less effort.
Do you think michael (or some othe /.crew d00d) will try to sneak in a +5 question as
they did in the last interview with the AMIBIOS guy?
Thank you
Yeah, did you ever lie about your crimes to the inmates to gain respect with them? I understand inmates generally don't like pedophiles and that "the system" punishes them pretty harshly. How do they like super elite hackers? You ever claim you killed a man?
Best he could claim is that he rooted somebody's system and killed "man"
Mod point free since 2001
Dear Kevin,
It is great to have you back on slashdot. Unfortunately, since you have been away, your account has been locked. If you would please reply to this post with your username and password, I would be happy to fix your account for you.
Sincerely,
CmdrTaco
"When I was in school, I cheated on my metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me"
as if he has been deaf, dumb, and blind for all this time.
But he sure plays a mean pinball.
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
Yes, but after you figure out that it doesn't work in the stock market, you realize that by rewriting a few functions, it will work on the roulette wheel. Then it's off to Vegas, and easy livin'.
Show some inmates with lots of power how to make free phone calls, and perform some favors for them. When you get out, they will take you into an elite crime syndicate as their technology head. Then wait for a secret box that decrypts everything to come along, and hire your former best friend to steal it for you.
Simple as that
Moderation Totals: Flamebait=2, Troll=1, Redundant=1, Insightful=6, Overrated=1, Underrated=1, Total=12. (not mine)
No, but they have done a pretty damn good job of making it disappear into thin air ;)
> education
Clearly underfunded in your state.
Is that free-as-in-beer or free-as-in-speech?
....bet it'll look a lot like this.
FreeBSD for the impatient.
Great. We can watch him on live TV trying to remember which password he used for his email...
Viv
Gmail invites for ip
hot teen nympho's, an MBA in 2 weeks and penis enlargement offers.
I bet his email account is full! 100,000 spams just waiting for him to return...
I see it going something like this:
TechTV Host: Okay Kevin, here's your computer, you have the controls. You said you were thinking about browsing a few web sites?
Kevin: Yes. I think I'd like to try Yahoo.
Kevin: Ah. Here we go. Hmm. This is odd, it doesn't look like the screenshots I've seen in magazines...
Kevin displays shock and surprise.
Kevin: It looks like a hundred pages of CREDIT CARD NUMBERS! Hey, what's going on!?!
Cops bust through the doors, comedy ensues.
Are social engineering principles useful in getting a date?
God knows, if there's anything the Slashdot crowd can use, it's *this*...
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
... I was curious, after all these years... what do you think of the net? Did it go the way you expected? Did it turn into what you hoped? Are you (dis)satisfied with the results? Any intentions to make your own post-prison marks on the future of the net? Intentions to contribute? Are you a re-habilitated 'citizen' or a disgruntled scapegoat? ...
little side note... we've got this little problem with North Korea; any chance you could use your 'craft' to turn their nuclear program into the worlds most expensive pinball simulator?
Welcome back
Once a hacker always a hacker so... when will you begin hacking again?
Was it worth it?