Famed Hacker Felled by Flu

This Andean highlands capital has twice felled famed hacker and security consultant Kevin Mitnick. "I'm looking forward to getting on the first plane to the United States," Mitnick said Wednesday from his hospital room.

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Hacker turned security expert Kevin Mitnick has been denied service by both his web host and his cell phone provider. HostedHere.net and AT&T argue that the barrage of hacker attacks on Mitnick's accounts make them too difficult to defend.

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Kevin Mitnick knows that the weakest link in any security system is the person holding the information.

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Kevin Mitnick is going to tell his side of the story. And he's going to get paid for it.

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Why are they the best? What did they menage to do? This is a story about 7 top hackers ever.

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Too funny. Think he's out of touch?

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Without the current glut of naive Web users to exploit, would-be cyberthieves and vandals had to be somewhat more creative, and one of the most creative and infamous was Kevin Mitnick.

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