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Ghost in the wires : my adventures as the world's most wanted hacker / Kevin Mitnick with William L. Simon.

Title
Ghost in the wires : my adventures as the world's most wanted hacker / Kevin Mitnick with William L. Simon.
Author
Mitnick, Kevin, 1963-2023
Publication
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2011.

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Additional Authors
Simon, William L., 1930-
Description
xiv, 413 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
The world's most famous former computer hacker, now a security consultant, describes his life on the run from the FBI creating fake identities, finding jobs at a law firm and a hospital, and keeping tabs on his pursuers.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Autobiography
  • Autobiographies
  • Biographies
  • Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)
  • Autobiographies.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The making of a hacker. Rough start ; Just visiting ; Original sin ; Escape artist ; All your phone lines belong to me ; Will hack for love ; Hitched in haste ; Lex Luthor ; The Kevin Mitnick discount plan ; Mystery hacker -- Eric. Foul play ; You can never hide ; The wiretapper ; You tap me, I tap you ; "How the fuck did you get that?" ; Crashing Eric's private party ; Pulling back the curtain ; Traffic analysis ; Revelations ; Reverse sting ; Cat and mouse ; Detective work ; Raided ; Vanishing act -- On the run. Harry Houdini ; Private investigator ; Here comes the sun ; Trophy hunter ; Departure ; Blindsided ; Eyes in the sky ; Sleepless in Seattle -- An end and a beginning. Hacking the samurai ; Hiding in the Bible Belt ; Game over ; An FBI valentine ; Winning the scapegoat sweepstakes ; Aftermath : a reversal of fortune.
ISBN
  • 9780316037709
  • 0316037702
LCCN
^^2010043461
OCLC
  • 668192474
  • SCSB-12383631
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library