![]() In recent months, hackers have been making headlines around the world. Instead of breaking in and getting an endorphin rush, I’m breaking in and have to fill out a report.” ![]() ![]() “I actually get hired to do what got me into a lot of trouble many years ago.” The only difference between his hacking days breaking systems all around the world and what he does today, Mitnick says, is one word: authorization. “Companies hire me to break into their networks and systems and find their vulnerabilities so they can fix them,” he says of his current life. ![]() ![]() He was eventually sentenced to 46 months in prison-a portion of which was served in solitary confinement a result of the government’s overblown fears that he could whistle nuclear-missile launch codes into a phone-and ordered to pay thousands of dollars as reparation.Ĭorporations hire Mitnick’s security company, Mitnick Security Consulting, to do what he does best-hack their computer systems-and report back. Ghost in the WiresBy Kevin Mitnick432 pages. ![]()
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