- Computer Technology, Nonfiction, Social aspects, Computer hackers
The world's most infamous hacker offers an insider's view of the low-tech threats to high-tech security Kevin Mitnick's exploits as a cyber-desperado and fugitive form one of the most exhaustive FBI manhunts in history and have spawned dozens of articles, books, films, and documentaries.
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- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Tantor and Blackstone Publishing, Wiley, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781665197052
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“a company may have purchased the best security technologies that money can buy, trained their people so well that they lock up all their secrets before going home at night, and hired building guards from the best security firm in the business.”
American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker.
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