Kevin Mitnick News Archive
A new archive collecting published material about Kevin Mitnick, Alex’s longtime friend and Defensive Thinking co-founder, is now online. Read more →
A new archive collecting published material about Kevin Mitnick, Alex’s longtime friend and Defensive Thinking co-founder, is now online. Read more →
Post by Kevin Mitnick’s widow, Kimberley Mitnick, marking the one-year anniversary of his death. Read more →
FBI Records: The Vault release of investigative files on Kevin Mitnick covering his early hacking activity and prosecutions from 1981 through the 1990s. Read more →
CNN obituary marking the death of Kevin Mitnick, once the FBI’s most wanted computer criminal turned celebrated cybersecurity consultant, at age 59. Read more →
The Jewish Chronicle’s obituary of Kevin Mitnick, once dubbed “America’s most wanted” hacker, following his death at age 59. Read more →
A post by Kevin Mitnick’s widow, Kimberley Mitnick, on X (formerly Twitter), part of her public reflections on him following his death. Read more →
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. Read more →
Washington Post obituary of Kevin Mitnick, tracing his path from fugitive hacker to celebrated security consultant, following his death from pancreatic cancer at 59. Read more →
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. Read more →
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. Read more →
Fast Company first-person account by a business owner describing why hiring Kevin Mitnick to test their company’s security was worthwhile. Read more →
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. Read more →

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. Read more →
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. Read more →
University of Louisiana Monroe news release announcing Kevin Mitnick as a featured speaker at the university’s Business Symposium. Read more →
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