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Thursday, October 10, 2002 Hacker starts security company AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE in Washington Kevin Mitnick, the cult figure hacker jailed for breaking into big corporate computer networks, is starting his own Internet security firm, according to an interview published this week. Mr Mitnick, who served nearly five years in prison for stealing corporate computer secrets, said he had formed the company and would work more intensely on it when the terms of his supervised release expire in a few months. "I am taking my knowledge and experience to help educate government and industry on how to protect their assets, instead of using my former hobby to create grief," Mr Mitnick told silicon.com. Mr Mitnick allegedly broke into computer systems of Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Qualcomm and others until he was apprehended in 1995. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]