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Mitnick Calls for Hacker Stories

Posted by michael on from the one-that-got-away dept.

ram writes "Famed hacker and master social engineer Kevin Mitnick has been commissioned to write a new book following the success of his first text The Art of Deception. The new book, tentatively titled 'The Art of Intrusion' will tell the stories of real hacks, with the names of attackers obscured to protect them from the authorities and their victims. Mitnick has called on retired hackers to come forward with their stories, offering a $500 (283) prize for the best story that makes it into the book, and a $200 payment for all stories that make the final draft."

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  1. JAIL KEVIN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Send Kevin back to jail!

    Hacking is wrong and evil. Look at the nimda worm and the blaster virus... all done by HACKERS! And now we are PRAISING Mr Mitnick? What next, give Kevin Poulsen a job writing about comp. security? Don't make me laugh. These guys were social leppers who destroyed thousands of lives with their needless hacking.

    SEND KEVIN BACK TO JAIL WHERE HE BELONGS!

  2. Re:Interesting... by abulafia · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Having read books such as Cyberpunk and Takedown and watched that doco "Freedom Downtime" I've drawn the conclusion that Kevin appears to be more "misguided" than dangerous and also more "attention seeking" than a model hacker for script kiddies to chase after.

    I don't mean to be an asshole but...
    You've consumed enough media to form an opinion, have you?

    Thank god we have such watchdogs.

    (I think Kevin was an asshole. Not that he 'deserved what he got', but he was a jerk. More power to him on writing books and whatnot.)

    I suspect you also have strong opinions on the best round to use to take down a PCP taking psycho killer, no?

    --
    I forget what 8 was for.