Ghost In The Wires - Kevin Mitnick (2011)

The dial-up, social engineering antics of the "World's Most Wanted Hacker" seem to come from another time; this couldn't happen today, or could it?

Sep 15, 2023

Let’s begin at the end. Here is how the world learned of Mitnick’s passing earlier this year…
…and here is Mitnick, very much alive and in the middle of one of our beloved Youtube ‘Splainers!
In his book, Mitnick references the famous Chaos Computer Club from Germany. They have been a presence in the world of the internet since before the internet and are still an important presence in the digital world. HERE is a link to their website.
Mitnick took his Hacker name, “Condor”, from the 1975 movie “Three Days of the Condor”, a film that sartorially influenced the teenaged Gav heavily. You need to stop what you’re doing now and watch this movie, but here’s the trailer…

…and speaking of movies, Gav has been following the story of Kim Dotcom for a few years now. Here’s a youtube rip of the documentary film

Finally, something for our German-speaking listeners. HERE is an ARD podcast series about how some very bad hackers indeed caused Germany’s first “Cyber- Catastrophe”