Īccording to the United States Department of Justice, Mitnick gained unauthorized access to dozens of computer networks while he was a fugitive. After a warrant was issued for his arrest, Mitnick fled, becoming a fugitive for two-and-a-half years. Near the end of his supervised release, Mitnick hacked into Pacific Bell voicemail computers. He was sentenced to 12 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He broke into DEC's computer network and copied the company's software, a crime for which he was charged and convicted in 1988. Mitnick gained unauthorized access to a computer network in 1979, at 16, when a friend gave him the telephone number for the Ark, the computer system that Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) used for developing its RSTS/E operating system software.
Career įor a time, Mitnick worked as a receptionist for Stephen S. He was later enrolled at Los Angeles Pierce College and USC. He chose the nickname "Condor" after watching the movie Three Days of the Condor. Mitnick attended James Monroe High School in North Hills, during which time he became a licensed amateur radio operator with callsign WA6VPS (his license was restored after imprisonment with callsign N6NHG ). At age 12, Mitnick convinced a bus driver to tell him where he could buy his own ticket punch for "a school project", and was then able to ride any bus in the greater Los Angeles area using unused transfer slips he found in a dumpster next to the bus company garage. His father was Alan Mitnick, his mother was Shelly Jaffe, and his maternal grandmother was Reba Vartanian. Mitnick was born on August 6, 1963, in Van Nuys, California. After his release from prison, he ran his own security firm, Mitnick Security Consulting, LLC, and was also involved with other computer security businesses. Mitnick's pursuit, arrest, trial, and sentence along with the associated journalism, books, and films were all controversial. He is best known for his high-profile 1995 arrest and five years in prison for various computer and communications-related crimes. Kevin David Mitnick (Aug– July 16, 2023) was an American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker.
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