IMDb production still captioned “Alex Kasper (left, cameo) with Donal Logue (as Alex Lowe) during the FBI meeting scene involving Tsutomu Shimomura in Takedown (2000).” Read more →

IMDb’s full cast and crew listing for Takedown, crediting Alex Kasper (as Alexis Kasperavicius) as technical advisor and, separately, as an uncredited cast member playing “Hacker.” Read more →

Wired report examining claims that imprisoned hacker Kevin Mitnick was denied kosher food, including comments from his prison rabbi that vegetarian meals were available but not certified kosher. Read more →

U.S. Department of Justice press release announcing Kevin Mitnick’s sentencing to nearly four years in federal prison and restitution orders to the corporate victims of his hacking, following his 1999 guilty plea. Read more →

Defense motion filed on Kevin Mitnick’s behalf seeking sanctions against prosecutors and renewed access to discovery materials and expert-witness funding, part of the pretrial disputes over his defense team’s access to evidence. Read more →

Los Angeles Times report on Judge Mariana Pfaelzer’s acceptance of Kevin Mitnick’s guilty plea to seven federal counts, clearing the way for his sentencing. Read more →

CNN retrospective by John Christensen tracing the full arc of Kevin Mitnick’s hacking career, arrests, and prosecution up to his 1999 guilty plea. Read more →

Computer Fraud & Security trade journal report on Kevin Mitnick’s 1999 guilty plea to seven federal charges, ending nearly five years of pretrial detention. Read more →

Wired report by Arik Hesseldahl on Kevin Mitnick’s pretrial fight for access to a computer to review the government’s discovery evidence against him, part of the broader controversy over his conditions of confinement. Read more →

Case background page from the Free Kevin Mitnick support site, written by defense attorney Donald C. Randolph, arguing that the charges and media coverage against Mitnick were excessive. Read more →

U.S. Attorney’s press release announcing Kevin Mitnick’s sentencing to 22 months in federal prison for possessing cloned cellular phone codes and for violating the supervised-release conditions of his 1989 computer fraud conviction. Read more →

Los Angeles Times report on Kevin Mitnick’s arraignment on the federal computer and wire fraud charges brought in the 1996 Los Angeles indictment. Read more →

Los Angeles Times report on Lewis De Payne’s surrender and release on bond after his federal indictment. Read more →

Full text of the federal indictment filed against Kevin Mitnick, detailing the computer fraud, wire fraud, and related charges brought against him. Read more →

Los Angeles Times report on the 25-count federal grand jury indictment of Kevin Mitnick on charges including computer fraud, wire fraud, and illegal interception of communications. Read more →