Debunking the Myths
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Third - Law: Mitnick, Spin Doctors, and Culture Clash
From: strick at The Yak"...how did Shimomura learn to track down cellular phone calls, without violating exactly the same law?"John Gilmore on Tsomato
"Don't introduce that Tsutomu to your girlfriend."C4I-Pro Archive: [C4I-Pro] on "friendly" disinformation
"So, they caught the little fish, the big fish got away, and now they stand to make a million bucks. Nice work if you can get it. Nice work that is facilitated by your power to shape perceptions.
News one - Richard Sherman comments. (link dead)
[government agencies] "have got to do something to justify the millions of dollars wasted in the investigation of this subject. They ought to go out and pursue serious criminals."
The Condor Brief
"The details of Mitnick's conduct remain murky, and some of the accusations initially leveled against him by the government and members of the press have since been substantially discredited."Free Kevin Mitnick - December 29, 1997
"On Dec. 8 ersatz cyberterrorists broke into Yahoo! and posted a message proclaiming 'world domination.'"Meet Mitnick's Prosecutor - December 30, 1997
"We don't prosecute cases based on hysteria. We don't seek sentences based on hysteria. We investigate and prosecute cases based solely on the evidence in that case."
Web Whirl - HACKERS ON THE WEB - March 2, 1996
With special guests: Jonathan Littman and Emmanuel Goldstein
Jonathan Littman: "Hackers are often charged for what they might do--for the possible, for our greatest fears on the Net."Emmanuel Goldstein: "Kevin Mitnick was able to recognize that Shimomura was a hacker--it's too bad it didn't work the other way around. The thing is, Kevin never actually did anything to harm Markoff or Shimomura--but that can't be said about them."
Web Review: On the Line - Merry Prankster or National Threat?
Stephen Pizzo Talks to Author Jonathan Littman about Kevin Mitnick
(Interview in RealAudio)
Kevin Mitnick Readings
University of Arizona
Social and Ethical Issues of Computing
Professor Suzie Weisband
F.U.C.K. File 186 - Review of _Takedown_
"Why *did* Shimomura write a disassembler for an Oki cell phone?
Did Oki hire him to do it?"
At length...
The Fugitive Game
By Jonathan LittmanUnofficial Markoff, Mitnick, Shimomura FAQ
Experts doubt expertise of computer hacker
By Elizabeth Weise - The Associated PressKevin Mitnick: Dangerous Cyberfelon or Minor Hacker
By Keith Stone c.1996 Los Angeles Daily NewsRandom Access -The Kevin Mitnick/Tsutomu Shimomura affair
A collection - Some posts from alt.2600
SALON Features: Mitnick's Malice, Shimomura's Chivalry
Mitnick Into: FBI Affidavit, Well Stmt, Misc. Mitnick Information
Just to prove you can't always believe everything you read...
Mitnick Escapes.
In all fairness, this may be due to a post made to alt.2600 just after Kevin's arrest...
And a followup made in agreement to it...
Someone else debunked it not long after.This one never pretended to be anything but bunk. But it's funny bunk.
This Just In - Kevin D. Mitnick's Real Identy Discovered!And, of course, the latest:
Wired News: Tuna Lands Mitnick in Solitary.