Kevin Mitnick

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Meet the 'Great Lost Female Hacker of the 1980s'
Meet the 'Great Lost
Female Hacker of the 1980s'
longform

Meet the 'Great Lost Female Hacker of the 1980s'

Susy Thunder has had an interesting life, as the Verge explains

(Newser) - Susan Headley—aka Susy Thunder—claims to be one of only three women to have slept with all four Beatles. Oh, but this is not a story about that phase of her life, when she was one of the better-known rock groupies in California in the late 1970s. No, the...

Legendary Hacker: It Was 'a Huge Game'
Legendary Hacker: It Was
'a Huge Game'
interview

Legendary Hacker: It Was 'a Huge Game'

Mitnick reflects on the road from 'computer terrorist' to consultant

(Newser) - Tagged a “computer terrorist,” Kevin Mitnick served jail time after eluding the FBI for 3 years; today, he’s a security consultant. The best-known hacker ever tells CNET his infiltration of firms like Motorola and Sun “was like a huge game”: “thrilling, adventurous,” and “...

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