I'm very much surprised to see this. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-113716...
Wow, yeah, fairly young :/ Hard to be involved with computers and not know *that* name. Thanks, Jonathan ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 at 20:47, Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I'm very much surprised to see this.
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-113716...
On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 8:48 PM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I'm very much surprised to see this.
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-113716...
Thanks for sharing!
On 7/19/2023 7:47 PM, Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'm very much surprised to see this.
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-113716...
Given how much things have been virtual the last few years, I am not absolutely sure I was physically there, but I seem to remember an event I attended that he keynoted and during the presentation, he showed off phone spoofing in real time, disguising his actual phone and routing through intermediaries to make it appear he was legitimate (some well known company he spoofed, but don't remember the name). The talk was enjoyable, the demo was impressive (probably not any more, with PBXs and VoIP options at every hacker's disposal, but was unique at the time), and the energy was palpable. I can absolutely see how the charisma. But yes, I can't imagine anyone doubting his criminal record. Not condoning it, but some people are wired differently. He seemed to get on track later in life. I can also recommend KnowBe4, personal experience. On a similar note, has VCF ever gotten Morris to speak at an event? Jim -- RETRO Innovations, Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems www.go4retro.com store.go4retro.com
Given how much things have been virtual the last few years, I am not absolutely sure I was physically there, but I seem to remember an event I attended that he keynoted and during the presentation, he showed off phone spoofing in real time, disguising his actual phone and routing through intermediaries to make it appear he was legitimate (some well known company he spoofed, but don't remember the name).
I think he did this at the HOPE conference in NYC? I used to help them with A/V and staffed/volunteered for many years. But I don't think I saw the talk I just heard about it. - Ethan
I'm very much surprised to see this. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-113716...
Crazy. I remember reading that John Markoff book, with Katie Hafner I think? I forget the naem. This is before he got busted. If I remember history right, there was that Shimimura guy that hutned Mitnick down and worked with the feds to bust him. Then he teamed up with John Markoff to write a book about it and I think they sold the screenplay. BUT... this wasn't their first work together. In the first issue of Wired there is an article called Good Timing! About the Oki 900 cell phone. Markoff is talking to some anonymous guy about modified firmware that would allow the keypad reprogramming of the cellular ESN and phone number (MIN) on the Oki 900 cell phone, something that wasn't supposed to be possible (It enabled fraud.) The story goes, it was Shimimura that had this firmware (not sure if he developed it?) and Mitnick was trying to get a copy. Shimumura was rumored to be the guy in the Good Timing! article that Markoff was interviewing, so they already had a relationship. The hunt for Mitnick made the next good story to write. They never mention the cellular fraud tools what were being sought after. I do know in the book about the bust that I think he had an Oki-900 with the special cable called a C-Tek that let him monitor the control data from the cell site where he lived, and it triggered alerts when the FBI would come onto his cell tower. So he probably already had that firmware was my guess, and was after the source or other interesting things? Never asked him and never researched it. I never had any of this stuff, I just remember reading about it. This was old Analog AMPS cellular system stuff. The C-TEK stuff sounded really cool. - Ethan
I once sold him some uncommon, 80's-vintage military (ham) equipment. He was a very nice fellow. I asked him if he was the same Kevin Mitnick of song and story and he said "yup." We (my company) also uses knowbe4 and we're quite happy with it. 73 Eugene W2HX Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> On Behalf Of Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2023 2:23 AM To: Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Ethan O'Toole <telmnstr@757.org> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Kevin Mitnick Obituary
I'm very much surprised to see this. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick- 11371668
Crazy. I remember reading that John Markoff book, with Katie Hafner I think? I forget the naem. This is before he got busted. If I remember history right, there was that Shimimura guy that hutned Mitnick down and worked with the feds to bust him. Then he teamed up with John Markoff to write a book about it and I think they sold the screenplay. BUT... this wasn't their first work together. In the first issue of Wired there is an article called Good Timing! About the Oki 900 cell phone. Markoff is talking to some anonymous guy about modified firmware that would allow the keypad reprogramming of the cellular ESN and phone number (MIN) on the Oki 900 cell phone, something that wasn't supposed to be possible (It enabled fraud.) The story goes, it was Shimimura that had this firmware (not sure if he developed it?) and Mitnick was trying to get a copy. Shimumura was rumored to be the guy in the Good Timing! article that Markoff was interviewing, so they already had a relationship. The hunt for Mitnick made the next good story to write. They never mention the cellular fraud tools what were being sought after. I do know in the book about the bust that I think he had an Oki-900 with the special cable called a C-Tek that let him monitor the control data from the cell site where he lived, and it triggered alerts when the FBI would come onto his cell tower. So he probably already had that firmware was my guess, and was after the source or other interesting things? Never asked him and never researched it. I never had any of this stuff, I just remember reading about it. This was old Analog AMPS cellular system stuff. The C-TEK stuff sounded really cool. - Ethan
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