# R.I.P. Kevin Mitnick

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**Created:** [July 21, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/r-i-p-kevin-mitnick/380892 "2023-07-21T22:07:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/r-i-p-kevin-mitnick/380892/1 "2023-07-21T22:07:18Z")

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Infamous hacker set the standard for others…

A couple of links in case one doesn’t work.

[https://www.startribune.com/pioneering-hacker-kevin-mitnick-fbi-wanted-felon-turned-security-guru-dead-at-59/600291142/](https://www.startribune.com/pioneering-hacker-kevin-mitnick-fbi-wanted-felon-turned-security-guru-dead-at-59/600291142/)

> **[Legendary computer hacker Kevin Mitnick dies at 59 | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/21/us/computer-hacker-kevin-mitnick-obit/index.html)**
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> Kevin Mitnick, one of the most famous hackers in the history of cybersecurity, died over the weekend at age 59 after a more than year-long battle with pancreatic cancer, his family said in a published obituary.

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**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/r-i-p-kevin-mitnick/380892/2 "2023-07-22T00:02:51Z")

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I’m sad for his family and it’s tragic for h that he had to fight a long battle like that and lose but at the same time I don’t find the guy a hero or someone to venerate. A literal con man turned around and started selling how to stop the cons.

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/r-i-p-kevin-mitnick/380892/3 "2023-07-22T00:45:34Z")

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> [@Captrogers](#):
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> …I don’t find the guy a hero or someone to venerate. A literal con man turned around and started selling how to stop the cons.

Totally agree. I posted primarily because what he did kind of set a milestone in the whole saga of hacking. I follow hacker and spy stories like this having been in IT and security related situations.