F.C.C. Lets Convicted Hacker Go Back on Net

This New York Times report covers the FCC’s decision allowing Kevin Mitnick, still on supervised release at the time, to use the internet again — a restriction that had been among the most contested conditions of his post-prison supervision.

The ruling closed out a dispute that had made Mitnick something of a test case for how the government treats convicted hackers’ access to computers and networks after release.