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Looks like he in fact succeeded in avoiding the payments? Like the meme, the task failed successfully. Not sure what happens when he gets out of prison.
I wonder how much he banked from the sold access in the middle.
I remember a presentation at DEFCON some years ago on this topic. Most of the state death registration systems had virtually no security or verification at the time. It's probably a stretch to describe this as "hacking" when it was probably more akin to fraudulently filling out a couple of forms.
The term hacker continues to evolve and spread beyond sql overflow exploits into more mundane social api exploits.
His hacks were largely social engineering and manipulation of phone systems to enable more social engineering
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The term hacker continues to evolve and spread beyond sql overflow exploits into more mundane social api exploits.
Mitnick was the most notorious “hacker” for decades and I don’t believe he was ever known for touching code. His hacks were largely social engineering and manipulation of phone systems to enable more social engineering https://ju.acm.org/magazine/articles/kevin-mitnick.html