WILLIAM L. SIMON
GHOST IN THE WIRES
My Adventures as The World's Most Wanted Hacker
GHOST IN THE WIRES is the long-awaited memoir that KEVIN MITNICK was banned from writing for seven years.
It is a thrilling true story of intrigue, suspense, and narrow escape. First arrested at the age 17, Kevin' s notorious (alleged) 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the movie WAR GAMES.
Mitnick bypassed security systems at MOTOROLA, SUN MICROSYSTEMS and PACIFIC BELL. A genius at social engineering, more often than not, he simply talked people out of the information he needed to break in.
Unlike hackers today, Mitnick never did it for money, but for the thrill: "It's enough to defeat your opponent. You don' have to seize his assets and loot
his kingdom to make it worthwhile."
As SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN explains: The same skills that allowed Mitnick to penetrate corporate security also allowed him to keep tabs on the FBI investigation launched against him. He spent three years on the run: changing identities, social security cards and driver’s licenses. He soon penetrated the whole FBI operation, finding out the names and home addresses of the entire team, listening in on their calls and intercepting their emails. He even created an effective alarm system that alerted him just before the FBI raid!
With these and other legendary exploits, Kevin Mitnick earned his reputation as the most elusive computer break-in artist in history.
BOOKS : GHOST IN THE WIRES
KEVIN MITNICK
LITTLE BROWN
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REVIEWS
A contemporary Über-geek thriller...
NEW YORK TIMES
A rollicking memoir of high-tech skullduggery. It would be difficult to find an author with more credibility than Mitnick on the art of hacking.
PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
More gripping than many cinematic thrillers... an unprecedented look into the mind of a high-tech renegade.
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(Publication Date : August 15, 2011)
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