Now it's time for all of you cyber-citizens to play

THE STAY OUT OF JAIL VERSION OF

THE FUGITIVE GAME!

Here's the main cast of characters. Study them carefully!!



Kevin Mitnick
Accused by the government of being
THE HACKER
Tsutomu Shimomura
Proclaimed by himself to be
THE TRACKER

John Markoff
the N.Y.Times correspondent is
THE REPORTER
Eric Heinz
hacker turned F.B.I. informant is
THE CRACKER


The object of the game is to crack the identity of the person referred to (highlighted bold) in the following statements. Just answer the following questions by clicking on the appropriate choice. Don't despair if you don't get the answer right the first time. Nobody's watching you. Yet.

1. "The guy's a hacker. Maybe a cellular phone person was interested in what code he had and that's why he was attacked."
THE HACKER


THE TRACKER


THE REPORTER
 THE CRACKER


2. "I too became enmeshed in the digital manhunt for the nation's most wanted computer outlaw."

THE HACKER


THE TRACKER


THE REPORTER
 THE CRACKER


3. "I'm the type who's a master safecracker. I'd read your will, your diary, put it back, not take the money, shut the safe, and do it so you never knew I was there."

THE HACKER


THE TRACKER


THE REPORTER
 THE CRACKER


4. I want to have fun with him," Mitnick laughs, imagining the possibilities. "Wherever he thinks I am, I think all the calls should originate from there.
THE HACKER


THE TRACKER


THE REPORTER
 THE CRACKER


5. "Think about it for a second and you get into this wilderness-of-mirrors kind of world...They don't know how close he is to the military. It would make perfect sense. Who knows what's in the code? The guy is in the counterintelligence business.

THE HACKER


THE TRACKER


THE REPORTER
 THE CRACKER


6. "If I went into Ralph's Supermarket and took a forty-nine-cent Bic pen, would they say I stole something they spent four million to develop and three million to market, and therefore the penalty will be seven million and they will have to hire three new security guards to watch the pens?

THE HACKER


THE TRACKER


THE REPORTER
 THE CRACKER


7. "I don't want to be stuck in a life where I have to work for a living...I would rather be a criminal."

THE HACKER


THE TRACKER


THE REPORTER
 THE CRACKER


8. "I (Markoff) wrote a story for Wired magazine about cell phone hacking. Mark (Lottor) was one of the people in the article...The other was.. _________"

THE HACKER


THE TRACKER


THE REPORTER
 THE CRACKER






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