Pour a Jolt Out for a Hacker Legend

A name of inspiration, igniting curiosity across ages. And of course, curiosity was the only crime.

RIP Kevin Mitnick.

Kevin Mitnick – August 6, 1963 - July 16, 2023

Kevin David Mitnick, 59, died peacefully on Sunday, July 16, 2023, after valiantly battling pancreatic cancer for more than a year.

Some more reads:

• Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Once Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59, New York Times Obits Front Page, July 20, 2023.
• Catching Kevin, WIRED Magazine 4.02, Feburary 1996.

Pick a better movie plot to inspire your heinous money siphoning scheme

‘Office Space’ Inspired Engineer’s Theft Scheme, Police Say

A software engineer siphoned more than $300,000 from his employer by introducing what prosecutors called a “series of malicious software edits” that wired money into his personal account. If the scheme sounds like the plot of “Office Space,” that’s because the authorities said it was partly inspired by the movie.