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Mitnick Speaks About Hacking

Rob_Warwick writes "I've just posted a one on one interview with Kevin Mitnick on Applefritter. In just less than 20 minutes, we take a look at who generally gets targeted by social engineering schemes, and how social engineering can assist in making a technical exploit work. Mitnick speaks about which industries are at highest risk from social enginerering, and what types of workers are generally easier to talk into doing something for you. Kevin also talks about who his heroes were when getting into phreaking and computers, as well as a humbling moment when he was on the recieving end of some social engineering. The HOPE keynotes for both Kevin and The Woz are also available for download."

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  1. Mitnick stories... by anakin357 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is it just me, or do you really don't care about him anymore?

    It's a bad dream that just wont go away, some people are so enamored with Kevin that they feel the need to post every story that includes his name.

    He's a felon.

    One of the first, abeit more publicized and punished geeks, and I really don't care to read stories about him. About the only thing that actually is interesting is that this guy got caught by trying to hack into some other geeks computer, and was traced back to his location.

    Amature. Go social engineer some money out of a bank instead of robbing it with a gun, and THEN I'll be interested.

    I can see it now, bumper stickers that read:

    "Free Kevin v2.0"

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    http://www.fsckin.com/