CNN interviews Mitnick

[DR]

It is true, he says, that he broke into corporate computer systems and stole source code to satisfy his curiosity, but he denies the stories that he hacked into NORAD -- North American Aerospace Defense Command -- or that he wiretapped the FBI.

After a well-publicized pursuit that made him notorious, the FBI arrested Mitnick in 1995. He served five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of wire and computer fraud. He was released in 2000 and today runs a computer security firm. In a telephone interview with CNN's Manav Tanneeru, Mitnick talks about his past, the state of online security today, and how he handles what his name has come to mean.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/interne...nna/index.html

[Steevo-WA]

“The [New York] Times portrayed me as this very dangerous character, the government stepped up the prosecution of the case. If that story never went out, I don't think, at the end of the day, I would have been prosecuted...”

I read that as...he shouldn’t have done any time? Just the curious hacker after "forbidden fruit?"


“There are several in the security field that don't trust me. They're my competitors, and right there, there is an agenda.”

Yes and its easy for him to judge his competitors.

I wonder how he feels when companies he has consulted prosecute others claiming innocent forbidden fruit?

[Spud1]

Good read I like mitnick, an ex-cracker and social engineer (bad guy), now a hacker(good guy)

His book - the art of deception - is a very interesting read too, well worth a look