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Legendary Hacker Kevin Mitnick Dead at 59

R.I.P.

“Kevin was an original; much of his life reads like a fiction story. The word that most of us who knew him would use–magnificent.”

Allison Quinn
Allison Quinn 

News Editor

Kevin Mitnick, a noted hacker who was once on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, on Oct. 3, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty
Allison Quinn

Allison Quinn

News Editor

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