The Fugitive Game: Online With Kevin Mitnick (1997) - Plot & Excerpts
Yet another book about computer hacker / phone phreaker Kevin Mitnick. For a while, he was the #1 most wanted "cybercriminal", accused of costing companies millions and millions of dollars -- although he never stole money or items for resale.One of the best things about his story is that it's been told from so many different angles. Shimomura, a security expert and adversary of Mitnick's, wrote a book about how he helped track down Kevin. Mitnick has had his story told by a New York Times reporter. From a different, less negative perspective, there is Mitnick's own autobiography -- and this book.This book describes many of Mitnick's activities in an almost positive light. Not that he pretends that Mitnick was out to help people, but that the "hacking" was mostly done out of curiosity, or just for the challenge, or excitement of learning something new and being somewhere that you're not supposed to be. And there is a point: some other criminals used a much smaller amount of information to extort big dollars from companies, and Mitnick was never accused of doing anything like that. In the main part of the story, where Littman talks about Mitnick's final capture, the author begins to sound more impartial. He tells of questionable activities on the part of Shimomura and author Markoff, who were given special access by government agents, in what almost seems like the pursuit of a private grudge. But, instead of just telling the facts from a disinterested perspective, Littman uses a tone to make inject his personal opinion.It's sort of interesting to get this book, but a similar perspective is given -- with much more detail -- in Mitnick's own autobiography.
What do You think about The Fugitive Game: Online With Kevin Mitnick (1997)?
