Ghost in the Wires My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

by Mitnick, Kevin; Simon, William L.; Wozniak, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780316037709
• ISBN10: 0316037702
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-15
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Summary

Kevin Mitnick, the world's most wanted computer hacker, managed to hack into some of the country's most powerful - and seemingly impenetrable - agencies and companies. By conning employees into giving him privateinformation and maneuvering through layers of security, he gained access to data that no one else could. The suspenseful heart of the book unfolds as Mitnick disappears on a three-year run from the FBI. He creates fake identities, finds jobs at a law firm and hospital, and keeps tabs on his myriad pursuers - all while continuing to hack into computer systems and phone company switches that were considered flawless. A modern, technology-driven adventure story, GHOST IN THE WIRES is a dramatic account of the joy of outsmarting security programs, the satisfaction of code-cracking, and the thrill of unbelievable escape.

Author Biography

Kevin Mitnick has been the subject of countless profiles published and broadcast throughout the world. Mitnick's leading penetration-testing team is highly respected and sought after for its security services by the world's top corporations and governments. The company he founded, Mitnick Security Consulting LLC, has clients that include dozens from the Fortune 500 and many nations across the globe. Mitnick is the bestselling author of The Art of Invisibility, Ghost in the Wires, The Art of Intrusion, and The Art of Deception. He lives in Las Vegas and travels the world as the top keynote speaker on cybersecurity.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Prologue	p. xi
The Making of a Hacker
Rough Start	p. 3
Just Visiting	p. 7
Original Sin	p. 20
Escape Artist	p. 34
All Your Phone Lines Belong to Me	p. 44
Will Hack for Love	p. 53
Hitched in Haste	p. 62
Lex Luthor	p. 72
The Kevin Mitnick Discount Plan	p. 94
Mystery Hacker	p. 102
Eric
Foul Play	p. 111
You Can Never Hide	p. 116
The Wiretapper	p. 126
You Tap Me, I Tap You	p. 131
ôHow the Fuck Did You Get That?ö	p. 143
Crashing Eric's Private Party	p. 149
Pulling Back the Curtain	p. 153
Traffic Analysis	p. 163
Revelations	p. 169
Reverse Sting	p. 174
Cat and Mouse	p. 179
Detective Work	p. 187
Raided	p. 198
Vanishing Act	p. 206
On the Run
Harry Houdini	p. 217
Private Investigator	p. 226
Here Comes the Sun	p. 237
Trophy Hunter	p. 249
Departure	p. 264
Blindsided	p. 280
Eyes in the Sky	p. 289
Sleepless in Seattle	p. 306
An End and a Beginning
Hacking the Samurai	p. 323
Hiding in the Bible Belt	p. 331
Game Over	p. 347
An FBI Valentine	p. 354
Winning the Scapegoat Sweepstakes	p. 362
Aftermath: A Reversal of Fortune	p. 384
Acknowledgments	p. 395
Index	p. 403
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