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Ghost in the Wires
My Adventures as the Worlds Most Wanted Hacker
Author: Kevin Mitnick, with William L. Simon
Narrator: Ray Porter
Unabridged: 13 hr 59 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 08/15/2011
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, True Crime
Synopsis
Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer breakin artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the worlds biggest companiesand however fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks. He spent years skipping through cyberspace, always three steps ahead and labeled unstoppable. But for Kevin, hacking wasnt just about technological featsit was an old fashioned confidence game that required guile and deception to trick the unwitting out of valuable information.Driven by a powerful urge to accomplish the impossible, Mitnick bypassed security systems and blazed into major organizations including Motorola, Sun Microsystems, and Pacific Bell. But as the FBIs net began to tighten, Kevin went on the run, engaging in an increasingly sophisticated catandmouse game that led through false identities, a host of cities, plenty of close shaves, and to an ultimate showdown with the feds, who would stop at nothing to bring him down.
Ghost in the Wires is a thrilling true story of intrigue, suspense, and unbelievable escape and a portrait of a visionary whose creativity, skills, and persistence forced the authorities to rethink the way they pursued him, inspiring ripples that brought permanent changes in the way people and companies protect their most sensitive information.
