Kevin Mitnick

Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is one of the most famous criminal hackers to be jailed. He was arrested by the FBI on February 15, 1995. Mitnick was convicted of wire fraud and of breaking into the computer systems of Fujitsu, Motorola, Nokia, and Sun Microsystems. He served five years in prison (four years of it pre-trial), 8 months of that in solitary confinement, and was released on January 21 2000. During his supervised release, which ended in 2003, he was restricted from using any technology other than a landline telephone.

Recent activity

• Mitnick usually makes semiannual appearances on the popular late-night radio show Coast to Coast AM.
• Mitnick guest starred in a first season episode of Alias. The casting was an in-joke, since Mitnick played a CIA hacker. Due to the conditions of his parole, however, the computer he used in the scene was not connected to anything.
• He owns and operates Mitnick Security Consulting, LLC and has co-authored two books on computer security.