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My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

by Kevin Mitnick (Author), William L. Simon (Author) (edit contributors)

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Kevin Mitnick, the world's most wanted computer hacker, managed to hack into some of the country's most powerful - and seemingly impenetrable - agencies and companies. By conning employees into giving him private information and maneuvering through layers of security, he gained access to data... read more

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My instinct for finding a way around barriers and safeguards began very early.

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Foreward
Prologue

PART ONE: The Making of a Hacker
1. Rough Start
2. Just Visiting
3. Original Sin
4. Escape Arist
5. All Your Phone Lines Belong to Me
6. Will Hack for Love
7. Hitched in Haste
8. Lex Luther
9. The Kevin Mitnick Discount Plan
10. Mystery Hacker

PART TWO: Eric
11. Foul Play
12. You Can Never Hide
13. The Wiretapper
14. You Tap Me, I Tap You
15. "How the Fuck Did You Get That?"
16. Crashing Eric's Private Party
17. Pulling BAck the Curtain
18. Traffic Analysis
19. Revelations
20. Reverse Sting
21. Cat and Mouse
22. Detective Work
23. Raided
24. Vanishing Act

PART THREE: On the Run
25. Harry Houdini
26. Private Investigator
27. Here Comes the Sun
28. Trophy Hunter
29. Departure
30. Blindsided
31. Eyes in the Sky
32. Sleepless in Seattle

PART FOUR: An End and a Beginning
33. Hacking the Samurai
34. Hiding in the Bible Belt
35. Game Over
36. An FBI Valentine
37. Winning the Scapegoat Sweepstakes
38. Aftermath: A Reversal of Fortune

Acknowledgments
Index

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This book is in NPR Summer Books 2011. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Kevin Mitnick (Author)
  2. William L. Simon (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Steve Wozniak (Foreword)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0316037709
Page Count: 432

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: HV6772.M58A3 2011
  • Dewey: 364.168092

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

  • Reuters: Interview with Mitnick about book and his life

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Books Cited by This Book edit see section history

   
  • The Paper Trip I
  • The Big Brother Game
  • The Art of Intrusion
  • The Art of Deception
  • The Fugitive Game

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