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Mitnick Calls for Hacker Stories
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."
But i'm afraid to talk about them. Statute of limitations and all that ;-)
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IT people and security-concerned people will hopefully learn a lot from this book.
good to see security improving as the time passess....
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Let's see...I'll give away a few hundred dollars for some stories of hacks, put them in a book and make thousands of dollars from it. I think he's still a damn good social engineer.
1: Get advertised on /.
2: Thereby, get others to produce the content of said book
3: Give $200 to all making "the finals", thereby getting their personal info. (Where did you say I should send the money?)
4: Sell personal details & story to company in question
5: Profit, profit, profit
I'm a dreamer, the world is my playpen. But hey, I'm a serious person, I can't dream all the time.
An anonymous coward sends him detailed information about how his own computer was hacked and information sent to Tsutomu Shimomura, causing his capture.
Sanity is a majority vote.
Well d00d I got this l33t tool called t3ln3t. I connected to other people computers and got things like "SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.7.1p2". The 0th3r kidi33s were like. "D00D!!". I was like w0ah. I am so l33t
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Wow! A free motorboat!
...he's got a job with the FBI now.
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... I can take money out of Kevin's bank account any time I like ;-)
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
So this windoze box is just staring me in the face, begging to be hacked, so I tried CraKit.exe, but that didn't work. But being a resourceful hacker, I didn't give up. I ran CraKit2.exe. But that didn't work either! Man this stupid box was resisting all my hacker powers. So I was like "Dude, what's your password??" and he told me.
I wonder whether Mitnick will have to edit and typeset some of his work on a typewriter, since he can't touch a computer...
Chicken Soup for the Hacker's Soul.
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I haxx0red the GIBSON. Ph33r m3, I AM 31337.
The more you know, the less you understand.
My plea agreement restricts me from telling stories of my own hacks until January 2010, which is why I'm looking for stories from people like you.
Heh, smart way to get around that plea agreement. Write a book of stories about "other people's" hacks, and, umm, don't say what their names are.