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Mitnick: On trust, via telephone

In his first public lecture since his release from prison, Kevin Mitnick told hackers that "social engineering" was the key to his success. Getting insiders to trust him -- including security personnel and network administrators -- gave him the freedom to roam in unauthorized territory, including the phone company.
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In his first public lecture since his release from prison, Kevin Mitnick told hackers that "social engineering" was the key to his success. Getting insiders to trust him -- including security personnel and network administrators -- gave him the freedom to roam in unauthorized territory, including the phone company. Mitnick spoke, via a telephone connection from Los Angeles, to a packed audience at Hacking on Planet Earth 2000 in New York. Full story to follow. -- Robert Lemos, ZDNet News

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