I read a few articles / books about him years ago. I liked the story about a car giveaway for caller number "x" to a radio station and how he routed the calls to his location and simply picked up the handset to be connected as that number caller. Pretty slick.
On Saturday, February 6, 2016, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > *Ghost in the Wires* Kevin Mitnik > > Enjoying this book very much. > > Most wanted hacker from 20 years ago. Tells how he did things. Mostly > telco hacks but man is this guy impressive. As an old phone guy I am blown > away at what he learned by just trial and error. Super super smart guy. > Even got the source code to DEC OS downloaded on 1200 bps modems and stored > on 9 track tapes. He did it all for fun. Went to jail multiple times > too. > > Best thing, paper books don’t need to be recharged.... > >
