THE VULTURE HACKER WHO TERRIFIED AMERICA/KEVIN MITNICK /CENTURY SESSION/AK BLOGGER

IF WE ASK ANYONE ABOUT WHOSE THE WORLD'S BEST HACKER,WE WILL GET MULTIPLE REPLY'S.BUT IF WE LOOK TO THE MOST WANTED CRIMINALS LIST OF F.B.I,WE CAN SEE ONE MAN-THE MAN WHO STARTS HACKING IN HIS AGE OF 12,THEN HACKED THE DATA AND WEBSITES OF N.S.A AND CREATED A HUGE AND SEVERE HEAD ACHE TO THEM -KEVIN MITNICK,THE VULTURE OF HACKING WORLD.HOW DID A 12 YEAR BOY BECOME THE BIGGEST HACKER IN THE WORLD?WELCOME BACK GUYS,TIME TO TERRIFY.

                                                    

KEVIN DAVID MITNICK WAS BORN ON 1963 AUG.6 IN CALIFORNIA.FROM HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD,HE WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES.IT WAS ON THAT TIME HE GOT A PART TIME JOB IN A DISTANT RADIO STATION,NEAR HIS HOME.IT WAS THAT TIME WHICH CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER.HE WORKED AS A RADIO OPERATOR.HE WAS ABLE TO STUDY ABOUT MODERN TECHNOLOGIES AND GADGETS FROM HERE.HE GOT MANY INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES,WHICH NO ONE HAD GOT.

YEARS LATER,IN 1975,IN HIS AGE OF 12,WHEN HE WAS TRAVELING IN A BUS,HE SERIOUSLY LOOK DOWN TO THE BUS TICKET.IT WAS ON THAT TIME HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE TICKETS WERE PUNCHED IN PUNCHING MACHINE IN A SPECIFIC DESIGN.LATER,WHEN HE TOOK A TRAVEL THROUGH ANOTHER BUS,HE SAW THE SAME TECHNIQUE.HE HAS SEEN IT ALL TIME WHENEVER HE GO FOR A BUS TRAVEL.HE WAS THINKING ABOUT ANOTHER MATTER-IF HE HAS A PUNCHING MACHINE,JUST LIKE IN THE BUSES,HE CAN TRAVEL THE WHOLE AMERICA.IT WAS THE FIRST MOMENT HIS HACKER HAD WAKE UP.AT THAT TIME,THESE PUNCHING MACHINE WERE USED IN THE ENTIRE BUSES.SO HAVE A PUNCHING MACHINE BECOME KEVIN'S BIGGEST AIM.BUT HE REALIZED THAT IF HE ASK THE CONDUCTORS FOR A PUNCHING MACHINE,HE WILL NEVER GET SUCH ONE MACHINE.SO HE MET THE CONDUCTORS TO ASK PUNCHING MACHINE AS PART OF A SCHOOL PROJECT.FINALLY,HE GOT AN OLD PUNCHING MACHINE.

THE NEXT OBJECT HE WANTED WAS TICKETS.FOR THAT,HE WENT TO BUS STATIONS.HE HAD ALREADY NOTICED THAT THERE ARE MANY TICKETS WHICH HAD LEFT PUNCHED.THE TICKETS GOT ONLY VALUE IF THERE ARE PUNCHED.PEOPLE DOESN'T GIVE VALUE TO THE TICKETS IN THE TIME EXCEPT THE BUS TRAVELLING.SO IT WAS EASY TO KEVIN TO COLLECT TICKETS.LATER,HE HAD TRAVELLED AMERICA WITH THESE TICKETS,PUNCHED FROM HIS PUNCHING MACHINE.ALONG WITH THAT,HE HAD GIVEN PUNCHED TICKETS TO THOSE WHO DOESN'T HAVE MONEY.

TIME HAS GONE.KEVIN WAS TURNING FROM A CHILD TO ELDER.THE PERIOD 1970-1980 WAS THE PERIOD WHEN TELEPHONE STARTED TO SPREAD IN U.S.A.SO ALONG WITH FREE TICKETS,HE STARTED TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO HAVE CALLS WITH OTHERS IN FREE OF COST.FINALLY,AN IDEA LIGHTENED HIS BRAIN-TO MASK THE NO.'S OF PEOPLE WITH HIS OWN NO,IN SHORT-TELEPHONE HACKING.IN THE LATER YEARS,HE HAD USED THE NO.'S OF THE PEOPLE WHO HE HAD MASKED.BECAUSE OF THAT,HE WAS BEEN ABLE TO HAVE EVEN AN INTERNATIONAL CALL.

IN THAT TIME,HACKERS HAD ENTER THE TELEPHONE NETWORK AND STEAL MANY CONFIDENTIAL DATA AND INFORMATION'S AND BLACKMAIL THE PERSON AND EARN MONEY.BUT IF WE LOOK INTO THE MATTER OF KEVIN,HE HAD DONE IT TO HAVE FREE CALLS AND MAKE FUN,AT THAT TIME.WITH THE CHANGING OF TIME,HE HAD IMPROVED HIS SKILLS. 

FINALLY IN 1979,HE HAD HACKED THE ENTIRE DATA OF A PRIVATE FIRM KNOWN AS DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION.BUT HE HAD DONE IT AS A CHALLENGE RATHER THAN THE REAL MOTIVES OF WHY A HACKER PERFORMS HACKING.HE HAD DONE THE ACTIVITIES WHICH THE PEOPLE TOLD THAT HE CANNOT DO.

TIME WENT OUT.IN 1981,HE HACKED THE MANY DATA AND NO.'S OF A TELECOM COMPANY KNOWN AS PACIFIC BELL.THESE TIME,HIS MISCHIEF HAS GROWN A LITTLE MORE.HE HAD DONE MISCHIEF'S AND JOKES BETWEEN THE CALLS OF OTHER PEOPLE.BUT FOR THE PACIFIC BELL COMPANY,IT BECOME A GREAT HEADACHE.

THE SITUATION HAD CHANGED TO THE VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM OF INTRUSION TO THE PRIVACY OF THE USERS OF THAT COMPANY.BUT HE WAS NOT READY TO QUIT IT UP.HE DECIDED TO GET MORE DETAILS OF THESE COMPANY.FOR THAT,HE HAD TO ENTER THE COMPANY AND STEAL THE DATA.FOR THAT,HE HAD JUMPED IN A NIGHT WITH HIS FRIEND LOUIS.HE TAKE THE PHOTOSTATS OF THE REQUIRED DATA AND KEPT THE ORIGINAL ONES IN SAFE MANNER AND POSITION.BUT JUST LIKE EVERYONE,LOUIS  TOLD THE MATTER TO EVERYONE AND FINALLY IT CAME INTO THE EARS OF POLICE.THEY REGISTERED THE ARREST OF KEVIN,DUE TO THE REASON OF INTRUSION OF THE PRIVACY.HE HAD CAME OUT AFTER FEW MONTHS.EVEN AFTER THE RELEASE,HE AGAIN DONE THESE TYPE OF MISCHIEVOUS WORK.

TIME GONE VERY QUICKLY.HE DECIDED TO UPGRADE HIS HACKING SKILLS.SO IN 1983,WHEN HE WAS STUDYING IN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,HE HACKED AND STEAL MANY CONFIDENTIAL  DATA OF N.S.A USING ARPANET,INCLUDING THE DETAILS OF THE NATION'S SECURITY.FOR U.S.A,IT WAS BEEN A GREAT TECHNICAL LOSS.KEVIN HAD BECOME A GREAT HEADACHE FOR THEM.HE JUST CONTINUED HACKING AS CHALLENGE OR FUN AND HE HAS BEEN REWARDED WITH MANY ARREST.HE HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON EVEN FOR ONE YEAR AND THE GOVERNMENT HAD GIVEN COUNSELLING TO GET RID OF COMPUTER ADDICTION.BUT HE JUST CONTINUED THE HACKING,EVEN AFTER HE WAS RELEASED.IN THESE TIME,HE HAD HACKED MANY CONFIDENTIAL DATA AND WEBSITES OF TECH GIANTS LIKE I.B.M,NOKIA.KEVIN AGAIN BECOME A SERIOUS HEADACHE FOR F.B.I.BUT AS A CHANGE,WHEN THEY HAD CAME TO ARREST HIM,HE HAD DISAPPEARED.THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND HIM OUT FOR AROUND 2 AND HALF YEARS.IT WAS ON THAT TIME,KEVIN WAS LISTED IN THE GROUP OF MOST WANTED CRIMINALS BY F.B.I.

 IN THESE YEARS,HE EVEN HACKED THE TOWERS OF HIS SURROUNDINGS.AND HE EVEN COMMUNICATED WITH OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH THE MASKING OF PHONE NO.'S AND TELEPHONE NO.'S WITH HIS NO.IT WAS BECAUSE OF THAT,HE HAS NOT BEEN ARRESTED BY THE POLICE.

BUT IN 1995,WITH MUCH EFFORT,F.B.I. WAS ABLE TO ARREST KEVIN.BUT THESE TIME,HE HAS BEEN IMPRISONED FROM 1995 TO 2007.AND HE WAS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR THE LAST 8 MONTHS. BUT HE WAS BEEN ENLIGHTENED WITH A THOUGHT:HE IS ONE OF THE BEST HACKERS OF PRESENT DAY WORLD.BUT WHY HE WAS WASTING HIS LIFE IN DOING SUCH SMALL THINGS,GET CAUGHT AND IMPRISONED?THEN WHY NOT TO TRY TO LIVE IN LEGAL WAYS?HE THOUGHT ABOUT MORE DEEPLY.

AFTER HIS RELEASE,HE FIRST OF ALL TRIED TO CATCH OUT THE BELIEF OF THE PEOPLES AND COMPANY'S.AS BEEN A HACKER,HE HAS NO EACH AND EVERY LOOPHOLES OF INTERNET,PERFECTLY.FOR FIX THESE LOOPHOLES,HE STARTED TO HELP THE COMPANIES.IN SHORT TIME,HE GOT WORLDWIDE ACCLAIM AND POPULARITY AND BECOME AN INTERNET SECURITY ANALYST/WHITE HAT HACKER.

 IN THE LATER TIME,HE SERVED AS AN INTERNET SECURITY ANALYST FOR VARIOUS COMPANIES.EVEN THE GOVERNMENT TO HAD SETUP CLASSES FOR HIM TO TOOK.THE INCOME HE GOT FROM THESE JOB IS MORE THAN OUR IMAGINATION.

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