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March 18, 1999

The trials of Kevin Mitnick

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 →

June 27, 1997

Computer Hacker Kevin Mitnick Sentenced to Prison

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 →

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