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Kevin Mitnick dead at 592023 Jul 21
I supposed that every profession has its celebrities. The thing with my profession of IT, though, is that our celebrities tend to often be as infamous as famous. Kevin Mitnick is a prime example – hacking his way into telecom systems and then subsequently pinned by government prosecutors as a scapegoat for society's growing fear of life dominated by poorly-secured corporate and government systems. Fortunately, his reputation remained intact and his life recovered. Unfortunately, he just died of Pancreatic cancer at the far-too-young age of 59. This piece in Time offers a very fair depiction of his life.
I supposed that every profession has its celebrities. The thing with my profession of IT, though, is that our celebrities tend to often be as infamous as famous. Kevin Mitnick is a prime example – hacking his way into telecom systems and then subsequently pinned by government prosecutors as a scapegoat for society's growing fear of life dominated by poorly-secured corporate and government systems. Fortunately, his reputation remained intact and his life recovered. Unfortunately, he just died of Pancreatic cancer at the far-too-young age of 59. This piece in Time offers a very fair depiction of his life.