Kevin Mitnick has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Kevin Mitnick has died

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Post by gruturo » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 12:10 AM UTC

obiefernandez wrote: post #9

Can we get a black bar?

Indeed. Given the site's name is Hacker News, it would be so fitting.

Re: Kevin Mitnick has died

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Post by SV_BubbleTime » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 12:10 AM UTC

I'll go in tomorrow and update our August KnowBe4 training deployment for August to be a couple of his modules. Our users won't know, and I guess he won't either, but cancer sucks and it'll make me happy to do it.

Re: Kevin Mitnick has died

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Post by phone8675309 » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 12:10 AM UTC

Rest in peace, Kevin. I am so glad that a much younger me got to meet you one day at a conference. Best to your family.

Re: Kevin Mitnick has died

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Post by zuuuuuh » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 12:11 AM UTC

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Re: Kevin Mitnick has died

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Post by rafale » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 12:11 AM UTC

A brillant man who, as a kid, inspired and motivate me by his cool exploits (even though I didn't end up pursuing cybersecurity).

Re: Kevin Mitnick has died

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Post by bshipp » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 12:11 AM UTC

h2odragon wrote: post #2

Like the Gerber baby, the symbol people recognized didn't necessarily have that much to do with the actual person. RIP dude.

The....Gerber Baby? Is there a story there? She seems pretty normal and pleasant from her Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Turner_Cook

Re: Kevin Mitnick has died

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Post by helf » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 12:11 AM UTC

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Re: Kevin Mitnick has died

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Post by Spliterator » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 12:12 AM UTC

m4jor wrote: post #5

Is this real?

I'm wondering the same thing. Wikipedia page isn't updated, I don't see any updates on https://www.mitnicksecurity.com/ or https://www.knowbe4.com/, and I can't find any other news mentions about this.

I also can't find mention of him having pancreatic cancer, but that's not necessarily a confirmation of anything. He certainly could have kept it private.

Re: Kevin Mitnick has died

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Post by dredmorbius » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 12:13 AM UTC

JuanTono wrote: post #13

m4jor wrote: post #5

Is this real?

I'm asking the same, Wikipedia page is not updated and based on the note he died on Sunday...

As I write this, there's a pending edit, accepted for review, of Mitnick's death.

That seems to have been reverted pending a reliable source:

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Mitnick&old...>

Revert: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Mitnick&old...>

Wikipedians typically resolve such issues pretty quickly.

Re: Kevin Mitnick has died

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Post by hoistbypetard » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 12:13 AM UTC

RIP. I can't appropriately explain to anyone who wasn't around for it just how much he influenced my thinking from the late 80s to late 90s.