https://alexkasper.com/news/The latest news, press coverage, and project updates from Alex Kasper.Hugoen-us© 1968–2026 Rosewood Key LLC. All rights reserved.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000276/tap-archive-launched/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000276/tap-archive-launched/The TAP Archive is now live: the original phone-phreaking and hacking newsletter, from its 1971 start as the Youth International Party Line through issue 91 in 1984.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000279/return-fire-archive-launched/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000279/return-fire-archive-launched/A new archive for Return Fire, the 1995 3DO vehicular combat game produced by Alex Kasper, is now online.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000277/kevin-mitnick-news-archive-launched/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000277/kevin-mitnick-news-archive-launched/A new archive collecting published material about Kevin Mitnick, Alex's longtime friend and Defensive Thinking co-founder, is now online.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000275/hope-26/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000275/hope-26/Alex Kasper will be attending HOPE 26 in New York City and around for the con.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000278/eyeball-eddie-added/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000278/eyeball-eddie-added/A new project page for Eyeball Eddie, the 2001 USC short co-produced by Alex Kasper and starring Martin Starr and M. Emmet Walsh, is now online.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000280/alex-kasper-launches-official-website/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000280/alex-kasper-launches-official-website/Deception researcher and former hacker Alex Kasper has launched AlexKasper.com, his official website, timed to coincide with DEF CON 34. The site introduces his forthcoming book, Manufactured Urgency, alongside his archival projects and background.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000214/man-charged-for-using-phone-s-duress-password-to-wipe-data/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000214/man-charged-for-using-phone-s-duress-password-to-wipe-data/The Guardian reports that Sam Tunick was detained for questioning at Atlanta's airport after being placed on a terrorism watchlist over his alleged ties to the movement against Cop City.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000104/def-con-34/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000104/def-con-34/Alex Kasper will be attending DEF CON 34 in Las Vegas and around for the con.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000255/alex-kasper-hotel-device-scam-freedom-downtime/Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000255/alex-kasper-hotel-device-scam-freedom-downtime/A clip from the Freedom Downtime (2001) DVD extras, in which he explains to Emmanuel Goldstein a social-engineering technique for having a 'replacement' package shipped to a hotel under a false pretext and picked up without a trace.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000113/kimberley-mitnick-one-year-death-anniversary-post/Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000113/kimberley-mitnick-one-year-death-anniversary-post/Post by Kevin Mitnick's widow, Kimberley Mitnick, marking the one-year anniversary of his death.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000108/fbi-investigative-files-concerning-kevin-mitnick-19811990s/Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000108/fbi-investigative-files-concerning-kevin-mitnick-19811990s/FBI Records: The Vault release of investigative files on Kevin Mitnick covering his early hacking activity and prosecutions from 1981 through the 1990s.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000102/legendary-computer-hacker-kevin-mitnick-dies-at-59/Fri, 21 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000102/legendary-computer-hacker-kevin-mitnick-dies-at-59/CNN obituary marking the death of Kevin Mitnick, once the FBI's most wanted computer criminal turned celebrated cybersecurity consultant, at age 59.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000101/famed-us-hacker-kevin-mitnick-once-dubbed-america-s-most-wanted-dies-aged-59/Fri, 21 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000101/famed-us-hacker-kevin-mitnick-once-dubbed-america-s-most-wanted-dies-aged-59/The Jewish Chronicle's obituary of Kevin Mitnick, once dubbed “America's most wanted” hacker, following his death at age 59.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000114/post-kimberley-mitnick/Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000114/post-kimberley-mitnick/A post by Kevin Mitnick's widow, Kimberley Mitnick, on X (formerly Twitter), part of her public reflections on him following his death.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000100/kevin-mitnick-hacker-who-once-eluded-authorities-is-dead-at-59/Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000100/kevin-mitnick-hacker-who-once-eluded-authorities-is-dead-at-59/New York Times obituary of Kevin Mitnick recounting his rise as the era's most notorious computer fugitive and his later career as a security consultant and author, following his death at 59.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000099/kevin-mitnick-hacker-and-fugitive-turned-security-consultant-dies-at-59/Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000099/kevin-mitnick-hacker-and-fugitive-turned-security-consultant-dies-at-59/Washington Post obituary of Kevin Mitnick, tracing his path from fugitive hacker to celebrated security consultant, following his death from pancreatic cancer at 59.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000098/famed-hacker-kevin-mitnick-dead-at-59/Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000098/famed-hacker-kevin-mitnick-dead-at-59/SecurityWeek's report confirming Kevin Mitnick's July 2023 death from pancreatic cancer at 59, noting he was serving as Chief Hacking Officer at KnowBe4 and was survived by his pregnant wife, Kimberley.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000111/kevin-david-mitnick/Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000111/kevin-david-mitnick/Official obituary of Kevin David Mitnick published by Dignity Memorial, noting he is survived by his wife Kimberley Mitnick, who was pregnant with their first child at the time of his death.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000249/barkley-magna-legal-services/Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000249/barkley-magna-legal-services/Magna Legal Services' page for the former Barkley Court Reporters, noting that Barkley 'joined forces with Magna Legal Services in October of 2022' and consolidating client services onto Magna's platform.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000097/searching-for-susy-thunder/Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000097/searching-for-susy-thunder/In the 1980s, Susan Headley (aka Susy Thunder) was a pioneering female hacker and phone phreaker known for her mastery of social engineering, running with figures like Kevin Mitnick before disappearing from the scene. The article by Claire L. Evans recounts her turbulent life—from childhood trauma and Hollywood groupie days to her cyber exploits—and the author's year-long effort to track her down.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000096/i-hired-an-infamous-hackerand-it-was-the-best-decision-i-ever-made/Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000096/i-hired-an-infamous-hackerand-it-was-the-best-decision-i-ever-made/Fast Company first-person account by a business owner describing why hiring Kevin Mitnick to test their company's security was worthwhile.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000248/barkley-court-reporters-homepage-2019/Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000248/barkley-court-reporters-homepage-2019/Archived snapshot of the Barkley Court Reporters company homepage, describing its services, national and international office locations, and its self-description as one of the largest privately held court reporting companies and the first government-certified green court reporting service in the U.S.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000281/industrious-acquires-techspace/Thu, 02 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000281/industrious-acquires-techspace/The Real Deal reports that New York-based flexible office firm Industrious acquired California-based co-working company TechSpace, its second acquisition, as competition in the co-working industry accelerated.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000095/the-art-of-invisibility/Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000095/the-art-of-invisibility/Kevin Mitnick's third book, a practical privacy guide teaching readers how to protect themselves from surveillance and data collection in an always-connected world.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000094/freedom-downtime-the-story-of-kevin-mitnick/Sun, 23 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000094/freedom-downtime-the-story-of-kevin-mitnick/Page for Freedom Downtime, the 2001 documentary by 2600's Emmanuel Goldstein arguing that Kevin Mitnick was unfairly demonized by the press and prosecutors, made partly in response to the Takedown film.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000093/lo-and-behold/Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000093/lo-and-behold/Mitnick Security post previewing Werner Herzog's documentary Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, which features Kevin Mitnick alongside Elon Musk and other tech figures discussing the human element as the internet's weakest link.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000119/world-s-most-famous-hacker-kevin-mitnick-to-speak-at-ulm-business-symposium/Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000119/world-s-most-famous-hacker-kevin-mitnick-to-speak-at-ulm-business-symposium/University of Louisiana Monroe news release announcing Kevin Mitnick as a featured speaker at the university's Business Symposium.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000092/greed-report-these-white-collar-manhunts-will-make-your-head-spin/Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000092/greed-report-these-white-collar-manhunts-will-make-your-head-spin/CNBC “Greed Report” profiling history's most notorious white-collar fugitives, including a recap of Kevin Mitnick's two-year run from the FBI and his eventual 1995 capture in Raleigh, North Carolina.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000091/millionaire-within-untold-stories-from-the-internet-underworld/Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000091/millionaire-within-untold-stories-from-the-internet-underworld/Chapter from Millionaire Within: Untold Stories from the Internet Underworld referencing Kevin Mitnick's hacking exploits, including allegations that he altered computer networks.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000106/ex-hacker-reveals-tricks-of-the-trade/Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000106/ex-hacker-reveals-tricks-of-the-trade/AsiaOne interview in which Kevin Mitnick explains the social-engineering tricks he used as a hacker and how organizations can guard against them.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000090/why-kevin-mitnick-the-world-s-most-notorious-hacker-is-still-breaking-into-computers/Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000090/why-kevin-mitnick-the-world-s-most-notorious-hacker-is-still-breaking-into-computers/Vox profile explaining how Kevin Mitnick now uses his hacking skills legally as a paid penetration tester, breaking into client systems to expose security flaws.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000089/kevin-mitnick-offers-a-peek-inside-the-cryptic-zero-day-marketplace/Sat, 27 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000089/kevin-mitnick-offers-a-peek-inside-the-cryptic-zero-day-marketplace/Vice/Motherboard report on Kevin Mitnick's zero-day exploit brokerage, recapping his hacking history and quoting his own account of the Pacific Bell voicemail hack that made him a fugitive.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000088/kevin-mitnick-once-the-world-s-most-wanted-hacker-is-now-selling-zero-day-exploits/Wed, 24 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000088/kevin-mitnick-once-the-world-s-most-wanted-hacker-is-now-selling-zero-day-exploits/Wired report on Kevin Mitnick's Absolute Zero-Day Exploit Exchange, a brokerage selling undisclosed software vulnerabilities to vetted clients for $100,000 apiece.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000087/renowned-security-expert-kevin-mitnick-can-steal-your-identity-in-3-minutes/Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000087/renowned-security-expert-kevin-mitnick-can-steal-your-identity-in-3-minutes/Forbes profile demonstrating Kevin Mitnick's identity-theft and social-engineering techniques as a security consultant.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000086/zimperium-raises-8m-for-mobile-security-that-turns-the-tables-on-attackers/Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000086/zimperium-raises-8m-for-mobile-security-that-turns-the-tables-on-attackers/TechCrunch report on Zimperium's $8 million funding round for its mobile security tools, noting Kevin Mitnick's role on the company's board of advisors.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000107/famed-hacker-to-snowden-watch-out/Mon, 05 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000107/famed-hacker-to-snowden-watch-out/CNN video interview in which Kevin Mitnick warns NSA leaker Edward Snowden about the risks facing a high-profile fugitive, drawing on his own experience evading the FBI.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000085/hacker-kevin-mitnick-s-dramatic-turnaround/Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000085/hacker-kevin-mitnick-s-dramatic-turnaround/Israel National News radio interview with Kevin Mitnick discussing his Jewish upbringing, his most memorable teenage prank hacks, and his advice on personal cybersecurity.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000084/interview-world-s-most-famous-hacker-kevin-mitnick-on-mobile-security-zimperium/Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000084/interview-world-s-most-famous-hacker-kevin-mitnick-on-mobile-security-zimperium/Computerworld interview with Kevin Mitnick on mobile security threats and his advisory role at Zimperium, the mobile security startup whose board he sat on.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000083/kevin-mitnick-partners-with-knowbe4/Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000083/kevin-mitnick-partners-with-knowbe4/Press release announcing Kevin Mitnick's partnership with security awareness training company KnowBe4, where he later served as Chief Hacking Officer.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000110/hackers-sex-offenders-and-all-the-rest/Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000110/hackers-sex-offenders-and-all-the-rest/Corrections.com commentary discussing supervision and monitoring conditions imposed on hackers like Kevin Mitnick after release, comparing them to restrictions used for other offender categories.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000082/ghost-in-the-wires-the-kevin-mitnick-interview/Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000082/ghost-in-the-wires-the-kevin-mitnick-interview/ZDNet interview with Kevin Mitnick timed to the release of his memoir Ghost in the Wires, discussing his hacking career and life since prison.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000081/kevin-mitnick-comedy-central/Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000081/kevin-mitnick-comedy-central/Video of Kevin Mitnick's appearance on The Colbert Report discussing his memoir Ghost in the Wires and his hacking past.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000080/ghost-in-the-wires/Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000080/ghost-in-the-wires/Kevin Mitnick's bestselling memoir, co-written with William L. Simon, recounting his hacking career, years as a fugitive, arrest, and imprisonment, including passages on his friendship and later business partnership with Alex Kasper.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000077/q-a-kevin-mitnick-from-ham-operator-to-fugitive-to-consultant/Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000077/q-a-kevin-mitnick-from-ham-operator-to-fugitive-to-consultant/CNET Q&A with Kevin Mitnick tracing his path from teenage ham radio operator and phone phreaker to FBI fugitive to security consultant.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000235/the-ithaca-journal-eyeball-eddie/Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000235/the-ithaca-journal-eyeball-eddie/An Ithaca Journal item connecting Eyeball Eddie to director Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum's Cornell background, published years after the film's festival run.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000247/what-is-a-digital-signature-and-how-can-it-protect-my-transcript/Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000247/what-is-a-digital-signature-and-how-can-it-protect-my-transcript/Alex Kasperavicius, then vice president of technology for Barkley Court Reporters, explains what a digital signature is and how it authenticates and protects a court reporter's transcript, drawing on a presentation he gave at the 2008 NCRA convention.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000076/social-engineering-101-mitnick-and-other-hackers-show-how-it-s-done/Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000076/social-engineering-101-mitnick-and-other-hackers-show-how-it-s-done/CNET report by Elinor Mills on live social-engineering demonstrations by Kevin Mitnick and other hackers, illustrating how attackers manipulate people rather than just computers to breach security.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000075/the-invisible-digital-man/Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000075/the-invisible-digital-man/Playboy profile of Kevin Mitnick's life after prison, examining his transformation into a security consultant and public speaker.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000074/kevin-mitnick-s-security-advice/Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000074/kevin-mitnick-s-security-advice/Wired feature collecting Kevin Mitnick's practical security advice for consumers and businesses, drawing on his own hacking and social-engineering experience.https://alexkasper.com/news/n000073/the-art-of-intrusion-the-real-stories-behind-the-exploits-of-hackers-intruders-deceivers/Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000https://alexkasper.com/news/n000073/the-art-of-intrusion-the-real-stories-behind-the-exploits-of-hackers-intruders-deceivers/Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon's follow-up to The Art of Deception, recounting real-world hacking incidents told from the perspective of the intruders themselves.