This article was written on August 22, 2006 by CyberNet.
Kevin Mitnick is one of the world’s most notorious hackers. When he was caught back in 1995 the FBI seized his laptop which ended up being a money maker for him. He was put in jail for 5-years and in 2002 he sold that laptop with a fresh copy of Windows 95, documentation, and the FBI evidence bag for more than $15,000! I’m sure it did help that the laptop was signed by himself and the Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak who wrote “You’ve got the whole world in your hands. –Woz (Free Kevin!).” Not a bad price for a Toshiba Satellite T1960CS.
He eventually started his own security company cleverly named Mitnick Security and does conferences around the globe. Unfortunately for him the “underground” world still sees Kevin as a hacker and prides themselves on breaking into his sites. It just happened yesterday and the image above is what the hackers used to deface the site.
I am sure the hackers feel proud but Mitnick said “The Web hosting provider that hosts my sites was hacked” which is a very valid point. It’s not like these hackers broke through Mitnick’s own security defenses in order to gain control of the Web site. Not only that but the image looks a little childish.
News Source: zone-h [via CNet]
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