Comments on: Reformed “Computer Terrorist” Kevin Mitnick Reflects on his Crime and Punishment http://lawiscool.com/2009/06/22/reformed-computer-terrorist-kevin-mitnick-reflects-on-his-crime-and-punishment/?nucrss=1 The law school blog and podcast from Canada Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:40:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marnie Tunay http://lawiscool.com/2009/06/22/reformed-computer-terrorist-kevin-mitnick-reflects-on-his-crime-and-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-5728 Marnie Tunay Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:20:49 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1683#comment-5728 Re Mitnik's ". So I signed the deal and admitted causing between a $5 million and $10 million loss. I signed it not believing it. I signed it to get out. I really don’t believe to this day that my actions caused that amount of loss, because none of the victim companies lost use of their code, they never claimed any losses due to my activities. Sure there were losses, maybe in the thousands of dollars, for their time to investigate who hacked into their systems and to secure them. Those are the real losses." And we should believe him becaaause...he's a demonstrably honest person. And if his company goes to its great reward, he can always join those other, equally honest people in Her Majesty's Secret Service: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7924618 where, I have no doubt, he will never be tempted to use his knowledge to the detriment of the rest of us. Re Mitnik’s “. So I signed the deal and admitted causing between a $5 million and $10 million loss. I signed it not believing it. I signed it to get out. I really don’t believe to this day that my actions caused that amount of loss, because none of the victim companies lost use of their code, they never claimed any losses due to my activities. Sure there were losses, maybe in the thousands of dollars, for their time to investigate who hacked into their systems and to secure them. Those are the real losses.”

And we should believe him becaaause…he’s a demonstrably honest person. And if his company goes to its great reward, he can always join those other, equally honest people in Her Majesty’s Secret Service:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7924618

where, I have no doubt, he will never be tempted to use his knowledge to the detriment of the rest of us.

]]> By: Your Facebook Can Be Hacked | Social Media Mafia http://lawiscool.com/2009/06/22/reformed-computer-terrorist-kevin-mitnick-reflects-on-his-crime-and-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-5682 Your Facebook Can Be Hacked | Social Media Mafia Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:03:23 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1683#comment-5682 [...] how secure we think online data is, there are always ways to get around it.  And for some “computer terrorists,” it will be as simple as a walk in the [...] [...] how secure we think online data is, there are always ways to get around it.  And for some “computer terrorists,” it will be as simple as a walk in the [...]

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