Testimony of Kevin Mitnick before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs

This is the transcript of Kevin Mitnick’s March 2000 testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, delivered not long after his release from prison.

In it, Mitnick described the social-engineering techniques he used to manipulate employees into revealing passwords and other sensitive information, offering lawmakers an insider’s account of how such attacks succeed against government and corporate systems alike.