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April 24th, 2004, 08:31 PM
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The legendary 'Condor' tells Andrew Mayeda the medium has changed, but not the methods hackers use to make a mockery of the most sophisticated network security.
Andrew Mayeda
The Ottawa Citizen
April 24, 2004
Author and consultant Kevin Mitnick was one of the most notorious hackers in U.S. history, spending five years in prison for stealing software from such companies as Motorola and Sun Microsystems and altering data on university computers. Before he was finally snared in a 1995 raid on a North Carolina apartment, he led the FBI on a three-year manhunt that made front-page headlines and spawned a new archetypal character: the cyber-fugitive. Now free, he's an information security consultant.
CREDIT: Joe Cavaretta, The Associated Press
A word to the wise from the man once branded the most wanted computer criminal in U.S. history: When it comes to protecting yourself against hackers and other high-tech infiltrators, don't forget the old-fashioned con.
Kevin Mitnick was once the biggest, baddest hacker on the planet. Now he's a consultant with his own information-security company, and this week he will tell Ottawa why the weakest link in network security is often human gullibility.
Mr. Mitnick will speak on Tuesday at a conference on technology and counter-terrorism at the Chateau Laurier. The topic will be "social engineering."
It's a term he uses to describe the tricks used by white-collar spies and hackers to extract passwords and other confidential information from unsuspecting employees.
Mr. Mitnick, who went by the handle "Condor," spent five years in U.S. prison for stealing software from companies such as Motorola and Sun Microsystems and altering data on university computers. He was held for more than four of those years without bail.
After a plea bargain with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty in March 2000 to computer fraud, wire fraud and intercepting communications.
Before he was finally snared in a 1995 raid on a North Carolina apartment, he led the FBI on a three-year manhunt that made front-page headlines and spawned a new archetypal character: the cyber-fugitive...
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-{ Quote: "Your worst enemy: You
The legendary 'Condor' tells Andrew Mayeda the medium has changed, but not the methods hackers use to make a mockery of the most sophisticated network security.
Andrew Mayeda
The Ottawa Citizen
April 24, 2004
Author and consultant Kevin Mitnick was one of the most notorious hackers in U.S. history, spending five years in prison for stealing software from such companies as Motorola and Sun Microsystems and altering data on university computers. Before he was finally snared in a 1995 raid on a North Carolina apartment, he led the FBI on a three-year manhunt that made front-page headlines and spawned a new archetypal character: the cyber-fugitive. Now free, he's an information security consultant.
CREDIT: Joe Cavaretta, The Associated Press
A word to the wise from the man once branded the most wanted computer criminal in U.S. history: When it comes to protecting yourself against hackers and other high-tech infiltrators, don't forget the old-fashioned con.
Kevin Mitnick was once the biggest, baddest hacker on the planet. Now he's a consultant with his own information-security company, and this week he will tell Ottawa why the weakest link in network security is often human gullibility.
Mr. Mitnick will speak on Tuesday at a conference on technology and counter-terrorism at the Chateau Laurier. The topic will be "social engineering."
It's a term he uses to describe the tricks used by white-collar spies and hackers to extract passwords and other confidential information from unsuspecting employees.
Mr. Mitnick, who went by the handle "Condor," spent five years in U.S. prison for stealing software from companies such as Motorola and Sun Microsystems and altering data on university computers. He was held for more than four of those years without bail.
After a plea bargain with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty in March 2000 to computer fraud, wire fraud and intercepting communications.
Before he was finally snared in a 1995 raid on a North Carolina apartment, he led the FBI on a three-year manhunt that made front-page headlines and spawned a new archetypal character: the cyber-fugitive...
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