Malicious Life Podcast: Kevin Mitnick, Part 2

A historical account of Kevin Mitnick’s early- to mid-1990s hacking, detailing his use of social engineering and telephony tricks (e.g., pretexting, scanner/DDI, network switch manipulation), discovery and pursuit by the FBI, his high-profile conflict with security researcher Tsutomu Shimomura leading to Mitnick’s identification in Raleigh and arrest, and an epilogue covering his later career as an ethical hacker and his death in 2023.