[HN Gopher] Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
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       Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
        
       Author : barathr
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2023-01-27 20:41 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.schneier.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.schneier.com)
        
       | barathr wrote:
       | It's been fascinating to see the collision of security and smart
       | contracts. Smart contracts in some ways represent an idealized
       | view of the law, of law as code divorced from the messiness of
       | reality, and security and hacking has a way of circumventing
       | and/or dismantling such constructs via unknown unknowns. This
       | post is a reminder that legal hacking has probably always been a
       | thing even if it wasn't called that.
        
         | ozim wrote:
         | Well mobs had always their lawyers. Which were not like your
         | regular lawyer "off the street" these were always "hackers"
         | that would count minutes or specific holes to get their clients
         | off the hook. I don't think Mitnick was ever able to get such a
         | lawyer because if he did, he would not be a hacker he would be
         | just another gangster.
        
       | anonymousiam wrote:
       | Ghost in the Wires is a great book. It's full of fabulous stories
       | like this, all true.
       | 
       | Upon reading it years ago, I finally learned the explanation for
       | why Netcom never billed me for years of continuous dial-up CSLIP
       | service. Kevin had hacked Netcom and deleted their accounting
       | records.
        
         | captainkrtek wrote:
         | +1, a very fun read!
        
       | Overtonwindow wrote:
       | If you send him $10 cash in the mail with a self-addressed
       | stamped envelope, he will send you back one of his business
       | cards, which is a lock pick set. One of my most prized
       | possessions.
        
         | baremetal wrote:
         | what is his address
        
         | pfarrell wrote:
         | One of my former co-workers had one of those business cards as
         | our company had used Mitnick Security to evaluate our
         | processes. I can confirm it's a really cool business card.
        
         | cryptoz wrote:
         | I also have that business card and also it is a prized
         | possession haha. I met him at The Last HOPE in nyc about 10
         | years ago ( it wasn't the last hope in the end) and got one
         | there.
         | 
         | Almost lost it at airport security once so I keep it at home
         | now.
        
       | tiffanyh wrote:
       | He was an idol within the 2600 community, for those who remind
       | that.
       | 
       | 2600 was the original "hacker news".
        
         | thelittleone wrote:
         | 2600 was amazing along with early phrack. @Efnet around that
         | time was a lot of fun and learning.
        
         | notadev wrote:
         | FREE KEVIN
        
           | mindcrime wrote:
           | Funny you would mention that. To this very day I'm rocking
           | one of those stickers on my laptop. It's an interesting
           | conversation starters at times...
           | 
           | https://fogbeam.com/phil_laptop.jpg
        
           | stavros wrote:
           | I'll have two!
        
           | RF_Savage wrote:
           | PUT KEVIN BACK
        
             | fallowkevin wrote:
             | [dead]
        
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