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Kevin Mitnick has died.
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this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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I enjoyed his Ghost in the Wires book and also his segment in the Secret History of Hacking documentary from the History Channel. I bought two of his other books about social engineering from a garage sale. I better start reading them
He seemed like a nice guy, though I've read his version of his story, but I'm sad to see him go so early
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