měi guó xiàn dài měi guó  (1963niánbāyuè6rì)

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　　kǎi wén · mǐ tè ní kè（ KevinDavidMitnick）， 1964 nián shēng yú měi guó jiā zhōu de luò shān jī， mǐ tè ní kè zhǐ yòu 3 suì de shí hòu， tā de fù mǔ jiù lí yì liǎo。 tā gēn zhe mǔ qīn shēng huó， hěn kuài jiù xué huì liǎo zì lì， dàn fù mǔ de lí yì zài mǐ tè ní kè yòu xiǎo de xīn líng shēn chù zào chéng liǎo hěn dà de chuāngshāng， shǐ tā xìng gé nèi xiàng、 chén mò guǎ yán。 tā bèi chēng wéi shì shì jiè shàng “ tóu hào diàn nǎo hēi kè ”。 yòu píng lùn chēng tā wéi“ shì jiè tóu hào hēi kè”。 zhè wèi“ zhù míng rén wù” de jì shù yě xǔ bìng bù shì hēi kè zhōng zuì hǎo de， shèn zhì xiāng dāng duō de hēi kè mendōu fǎn gǎn tā， rèn wéi tā shì zhǐ huì yòng gōng jī、 bù dǒng jì shù de gōng jī kuáng， dàn shì qí hēi kè jīng lì shì de chuán qí xìng zú yǐ zhàn quán shì jiè wéi zhī zhèn jīng， yě shǐ dé suǒ yòu wǎng luò 'ān quán rén yuán diū jìn miàn zǐ。
　　 dì yī cì jiē chù jì suàn jī： zài tā shí jǐ suì de shí hòu， mǐ tè ní kè hái mǎi bù qǐ zì jǐ de jì suàn jī， tā zhǐ néng lài zài yī jiā mài wú xiàn diàn de xiǎo shāng diàn lǐ， yòng nà lǐ de yàng pǐn jí tiáozhì jiě diào qì lái bō hào dào qí tā jì suàn jī。
　　 zì jǐ dú tè de gōng jù： zài qián táo de sān nián lǐ miàn， mǐ tè ní kè zhù yào kào huó lián wǎng zhōng jì liáo tiān gōng jù（ IRC） lái fā bù xiāo xī yǐ jí tóng péng yǒu lián xì。
　　 xiǎnwéirénzhī de shì shí： mǐ tè ní kè céng bèi pàn dào shè qū zhì liáo zhōng xīn zhì liáo yī nián， zài zhè duàn shí jiān wèile jiè diào zì jǐ de jì suàn jī yǐn， tā céng jīng dēng jì cān jiā liǎo yī xiàng zhuān wéi gè zhǒng yǐn jūn zǐ zhǔn bèi de 12 bù jìhuà。
　　 kǎi wén · mǐ tè ní kè - jīng lì
　　 tiān fù yīng cái
　　 mǐ tè ní kè 3 suì shí， qí fù mǔ lí yì， zhè duàn jīng lì， lìng xiǎo mǐ tè ní kè de xìng gé biàn dé gū pì。 70 nián dài mò， 13 suì de mǐ tè ní kè ( dāng shí tā hái zài shàng xiǎo xué ) xǐ huān shàng liǎo yè yú wú xiàn diàn huó dòng， zài yǔ shì jiè gè dì wú xiàn diàn 'àihào zhě lián luò shí， tā lǐng lüè dào liǎo kuà yuè kōng jiān de lè qù。 tā hěn kuài duì shè qū” xiǎo xué shēng jù lè bù“ lǐ wéi yī de yī tái diàn nǎo zhe liǎo mí， bìng yīn cǐ zhǎng wò liǎo fēng fù de jì suàn jī zhī shí hé gāo chāo de cāo zuò jì néng。 zhè gè bèi lǎo shī men yī zhì rèn wéi cōng míng， yòu péi yǎng qián tú de hái zǐ， què gān liǎo yī jiàn lìng dà rén men zhèn jīng de shì： tā yòng xué xiào de jì suàn jī chuǎng rù liǎo qí tā xué xiào de wǎng luò。 cóng cǐ， xiǎo mǐ tè ní kè lí kāi liǎo xué xiào。
　　 rù qīn de chéng gōng， lìng mǐ tè ní kè xīng fèn bù yǐ。 tā yòng dǎ gōng zuàn de qián gòu mǎi liǎo yī tái dāng shí xìng néng bù cuò de jì suàn jī， bìng yǐ yuǎn yuǎn chāo chū qí nián líng de nài xīn hé yì lì， chuǎng rù liǎo shén mì de hēi kè shì jiè。 15 suì shí， mǐ tè ní kè chéng gōng rù qīn liǎo“ běi měi kōng zhōng fáng wù zhǐ huī xì tǒng” de zhù jī。 zhè cì rù qīn， chéng wéi hēi kè lì shǐ shàng de yī cì jīng diǎn zhī zuò。
　　 rù qīn“ běi měi kōng zhōng fáng wù zhǐ huī xì tǒng” bù jiǔ， mǐ tè ní kè yòu chéng gōng pò yì měi guó“ tài píng yáng diàn huà gōng sī“ zài nán jiā lì fú ní yà zhōu tōng xùn wǎng luò de“ gǎi hù mì mǎ”。 shàonián wán pí de tiān xìng， lìng tā suí yì gēnggǎi zhè jiā gōng sī de diàn nǎo yòng hù， tè bié shì zhī míng rén shì de diàn huà hào mǎ hé tōng xùn dì zhǐ。 yī shí jiān， yòng hù men bèi zhēténg dé kū xiào bù dé， tài píng yáng gōng sī yě bù dé bù lián lián dào qiàn。 gōng sī zhōng yú fā xiàn zhè bù shì diàn nǎo chū liǎo gù zhàng， ér shì yòu rén pò yì liǎo mì mǎ， dàn tā men xiū gǎi mì mǎ de bǔ jiù cuò shī zài mǐ tè ní kè miàn qián yǐ shì diāo chóng xiǎo jì liǎo。
　　 shǒu cì bèi bǔ
　　 lián xù de chéng gōng 'àn lì， lìng mǐ tè ní kè xìn xīn dà zēng。 tā jiāng mù biāo suǒ dìng dào liǎo měi guó lián bāng diào chá jú (FBI) de diàn nǎo wǎng luò shàng。 yī tiān， mǐ tè ní kè fā xiàn FBI de tè gōng men zhèng diào chá yī míng diàn nǎo hēi kè， biàn ráo yòu xīng qù dì tōu yuè tè gōng men de diào chá zī liào， kàn zhe kàn zhe tū rán dà chī yī jīng： bèi diào chá zhě jìng rán shì tā zì jǐ ! mǐ tè ní kè lì jí shī zhǎn hún shēn xièshù， pò yì liǎo lián bāng diào chá jú de“ zhōng yāng diàn nǎo xì tǒng” mì mǎ， měi tiān rèn zhēn chá yuè“ àn qíng jìn zhǎn qíng kuàng de bào gào”。 bù jiǔ， mǐ tè ní kè jiù duì tè gōng men bù xiè yī gù liǎo， tā kāi shǐ cháo xiào zhè xiē tè gōng rén yuán， duì jǐ gè fù zé diào chá de tè gōng bù xiè yī gù， bìng 'è zuò jù dì jiāng tā men de zī liào gǎi chéng shí zú de zuì fàn。 bù guò， píng jiè xiān jìn de“ diàn nǎo wǎng luò xìn xī gēn zōng jī”， tè gōng rén yuán hái shì jiāng mǐ tè ní kè bǔ huò liǎo。 dāng tè gōng men fā xiàn zhè míng nòng dé tā men láng bèi bù kān de hēi kè jìng shì yī míng bù mǎn 16 suì de hái zǐ shí， wú bù jīng 'ě wàn fēn。 yóu yú dāng shí wǎng luò fàn zuì hái shì hěn xīn xiān de shì， fǎ lǜ shàng xiǎnyòu xiān lì， fǎ yuàn zhǐ jiāng mǐ tè ní kè sòng jìn liǎo shàonián fàn guǎn jiào suǒ。 tā chéng liǎo shì jiè shàng dì yī gè“ diàn nǎo wǎng luò shàonián fàn”。
　　 bèi FBI tōng jī
　　 hěn kuài， mǐ tè ní kè jiù bèi jiǎ shì liǎo。 bù guò， tā bìng wèi shōu shǒu， 1983 nián， yīn fēi fǎ tōng guò ARPA wǎng jìn rù wǔ jiǎo dà lóu de diàn nǎo wǎng luò 'ér bèi pàn zài qīng nián guǎn jiào suǒ 6 gè yuè。 1988 nián yīn wéi rù qīn shù zì shè bèi gōng sī DEC zài dù bèi bǔ。 1990 nián， tā bǎ mù guāng tóu xiàng liǎo yī xiē xìn yù bù cuò de dà gōng sī。 zài hěn duǎn de shí jiān lǐ， tā lián xù jìn rù liǎo měi guó 5 jiā dà gōng sī (Sun、 Novell、 NEC、 Nokia hé Motorola) de wǎng luò， xiū gǎi jì suàn jī zhōng de yòng hù zī liào。 zhèng dāng jǐng fāng zhǔn bèi zài dù jiāng qí dài bǔ shí， mǐ tè ní kè què hū rán xiāo shī， guò qǐ liǎo liú wáng de dì xià shēng huó。
　　 wéi jìn kuài jiāng qǐ zhuō ná guī 'àn， 1993 nián， lián bāng diào chá jú shè xià juàn tào， lì yòng yī míng bèi shōu mǎi de hēi kè， yòu shǐ mǐ tè ní kè fàn 'àn， yǐ tú zài cì bǎ tā bǔ huò。 mǐ tè ní kè zài bù zhī nèi mù de qíng kuàng xià yòu yī cì rù qīn yī jiā diàn huà wǎng， FBI zài qìng xìng tā men shè jú chéng gōng shí， mǐ tè ní kè què zài cì qīng sōng jìn rù FBI de nèi bù wǎng bìng hěn kuài kuài shí pò tā men de juàn tào 'ér táo zhī yāo yāo。 wèicǐ， měi guó lián bāng diào chá jú lì jí zài quán guó fàn wéi fā chū liǎo duì tā de tōng jī lìng。 mǐ tè ní kè yīn cǐ chéng wéi dì yī gè bèi měi guó FBI tōng jī de jì suàn jī hēi kè 'ér yǐn qǐ shì rén guān zhù。 1994 nián 7 yuè， mǐ tè ní kè bèi《 shí dài》 zá zhì xuǎn wéi fēng miàn rén wù。 méi tǐ chēng qí wéi wú suǒ bù néng， kě yǐ suí shí fā dòng diàn nǎo zhàn zhēng de chāo rén。 cǐ shí tā yǐ bèi liè rù FBI shí dà tōng jī fàn de hángliè。
　　 huá tiě lú
　　1994 nián 12 yuè 25 rì， xiāo shī de mǐ tè ní kè zài cì chū shǒu， zhè cì tā de mù biāo shì shèng dié gē chāo jí jì suàn jī zhōng xīn。 yīn wéi zhè cì gōng jī， mǐ tè ní kè huò dé liǎo“ dì yù hēi kè” de chēng hào。 yě yīn wéi zhè cì gōng jī， mǐ tè ní kè jī nù liǎo yī wèi zhù míng de jì suàn jī 'ān quán zhuān jiā ---- xià cūn miǎn， cóng 'ér dǎo zhì liǎo tā yī shēng zhōng zuì dà de huá tiě lú。 xià cūn miǎn shì yī wèi rì jí jì suàn jī zhuān jiā， dāng shí tā fù zé shèng dié gē chāo jí jì suàn jī zhōng xīn jì suàn jī shù jù de 'ān quán。 mǐ tè ní kè de rù qīn xíng wéi shǐ tā fēi cháng zhèn nù， wéi wǎn huí zì jǐ de sǔn shī hé jiào xùn mǐ tè ní kè， xià cūn miǎn zhè wèi jì suàn jī gāo shǒu jué dìng lì yòng zì jǐ jīng zhàn de 'ān quán jì shù bāng FBI jiāng mǐ tè ní kè shéng zhī yǐ fǎ。
　　 zhè shì yīcháng gāo shǒu zhī jiān de jiào liàng， yīcháng méi yòu dāo guāng jiàn yǐng de chāo zhì shāng de jiào liàng。 xià cūn miǎn jīng guò qián xīn zhuī zōng zhōng yú zài 1995 nián 2 yuè 14 rì fā xiàn liǎo mǐ tè ní kè de zōng jì， bìng lì yòng jī jiāng fǎ yǐn mǐ tè ní kè shàngdàng 'ér jiāng qí jī huò。 zài fǎ tíng shàng， mǐ tè ní kè duì zhè wèi zūn jìng de kē xué jiā biǎo xiàn chū liǎo yóu zhōng de qīn pèi。 yīn zhè cì xíng dòng， xià cūn miǎn bèi měi guó méi tǐ chēng wéi měi guó zuì chū sè de diàn nǎo 'ān quán zhuān jiā。
　　 lián bāng fǎ yuàn yǐ 25 zōng fēi fǎ qiè qǔ diàn huà mì mǎ、 dào yòng tā rén xìn yòng zhèng hào mǎ hé chuǎng rù tā rén wǎng luò de zuì míng qǐ sù mǐ tè ní kè， ér qiě wèi jīng shěn pàn jiù jiāng mǐ tè ní kè guān yā liǎo 4 nián bàn。 zhè duàn shí jiān， mǐ tè ní kè yī zhí bèi guān yā zài jiān yù lǐ 'ér bù dé bǎo shì， zhè shì měi guó sī fǎ shǐ shàng duì yī míng gāo zhì shāng zuì fàn suǒ cǎi qǔ de zuì yán lì de cuò shī。
　　 bù guò jiān yù suǒ dé zhù rén， què suǒ bù zhù jì shù。 mǐ tè ní kè bù zhī cóng nǎ 'ér nòng lái liǎo yī tái AM/FM shōu yīn jī， jiāng qí gǎi zào hòu jū rán néng qiè tīng jiān yù guǎn lǐ rén yuán de tán huà ...... jiān yù bù dé bù zài 1997 nián jiāng tā dān dú guān yā zài yī jiān láo fáng nèi。
　　 bǎo shì
　　 mǐ tè ní kè de rù yù， bù jǐn méi yòu ràng zhè gè bù 'ān quán de wǎng luò biàn dé 'ān quán， fǎn 'ér ràng yī qún jì shù gāo chāo de jì suàn jī hēi kè jié chéng liǎo yī gè lián méng。 1997 nián 12 yuè 8 rì， shì jiè gè dì zhī chí mǐ tè ní kè de hēi kè men yào qiú měi guó zhèng fǔ shì fàng mǐ tè ní kè。 tā men xuān chēng， rú guǒ yào qiú dé bù dào mǎn zú， tā men jiāng qǐ dòng yǐ jīng tōng guò wǎng luò zhì rù shì jiè xǔ duō diàn nǎo zhōng de bìng dú。 lìng wǎng luò shùn jiān tān huàn。 rú guǒ mǐ tè ní kè huò shì， tā men jiāng tí gōng bìng dú de pò jiě fǎ。 hēi kè men shèn zhì zhuān mén jiàn lì liǎo yī gè jiào“ shì fàng mǐ tè ní kè” de wǎng zhàn (www.kevinmitnick.com)， wèitā de chū yù zuò dǎo jì shí。
　　2001 nián 1 yuè， mǐ tè ní kè zài chéng rèn zì jǐ céng fàn yòu diàn huà qiè tīng hé lì yòng jì suàn jī qī zhà、 fēi fǎ qiè qǔ jì suàn jī wǎng luò zī liào de zuì xíng hòu， huò dé liǎo jiān shì xìng de shì fàng。 qǐ huò shì fàng hòu bì xū zūn shǒu： bù zhǔn chù mō jì suàn jī、 shǒu jī yǐ jí qí tā rèn hé kě yǐ shàng wǎng de zhuāng zhì ; bì xū dāi zài jiā zhōu zhōng bù， bù zhǔn dào qí tā dì fāng lǚ xíng ; zhì shǎo zài 7 nián shí jiān lǐ bù zhǔn tán lùn hēi kè jì shù， bù néng jiǎng shù cóng hēi kè jīng lì zhōng huò dé de rèn hé hǎo chù。
　　 mǐ tè ní kè chū yù hòu， zhèng féng 2000 nián dì qiú hēi kè ( jiǎn chēng H2K) dà huì zhào kāi， jìn guǎn tā běn rén bìng méi néng qīn lín dà huì xiàn chǎng， dàn tā réng rán zài luò shān jī fā biǎo liǎo diàn huà jiǎng huà， wú shù de hēi kè hé jī jìn fènzǐ jiāng liǎng jiān huì yì tīng jǐ dé shuǐ xiè bù tōng。
　　 zhèng fǔ guān yuán zài yuè lái yuè yán zhòng de wǎng luò 'ān quán miàn qián， bù dé bù qǐng chū mǐ tè ní kè， xī wàng tā tí gōng hēi kè gōng jī diàn nǎo wǎng luò de nèi mù xìn xī， yǐ tí gāo zhèng fǔ diàn nǎo wǎng luò de kàng hēi kè gōng jī néng lì。 xiàn zài mǐ tè ní kè yǐ jīng xiàng zhèng fǔ bǎo zhèng gǎi xié guī zhèng， bù guò tā de chuán qí jīng lì， yǐ lìng tā chéng wéi qì jīn wéi zhǐ hēi kè shǐ shàng zuì chū sè de jì suàn jī gāo shǒu。 zhèng rú yī wèi bàn 'àn rén yuán zài píng jià mǐ tè ní kè shí suǒ shuō de： diàn nǎo yǔ tā de líng hún zhī jiān sì hū yòu yī tiáo qí dài xiāng lián。 zhè jiù shì wèishénme zhǐ yào tā zài jì suàn jī miàn qián， tā jiù huì chéng wéi jù rén de yuán yīn。
　　 kǎi wén · mǐ tè ní kè - zhù yào chéng jiù
　　 tā shì dì yī gè zài měi guó lián bāng diào chá jú“ xuán shǎng zhuō ná” hǎi bào shàng lòumiàn de hēi kè。 tā yóu yú zhǐ yòu shí jǐ suì， dàn què wǎng luò fàn zuì xíng wéi bù duàn， suǒ yǐ tā bèi rén chēng wèishì“ mí shī zài wǎng luò shì jiè de xiǎo nán hái”。
　　2002 nián， duì yú céng jīng chòu míng zhāo zhù de jì suàn jī hēi kè kǎi wén · mǐ tè ní kè lái shuō， shèng dàn jié tí qián lái dào liǎo。 zhè yī nián， díquè shì KevinMitnick kuài lè de yī nián。 bù dàn shì huò dé liǎo chè dǐ de zì yóu（ cóng cǐ kě yǐ zì yóu shàng wǎng， bù néng shàng wǎng duì yú hēi kè lái shuō， jiù shì lìng yī zhǒng jiān yù shēng huó）。 ér qiě， tā hái tuī chū liǎo yī běn gāng gāng wán chéng de chàng xiāo shū《 qī piàn de yì shù》 (TheArtofDeception:ControllingtheHumanElementofSecurity)。 cǐ shū dà huò chéng gōng， chéng wéi KevinMitnick chóngxīn yǐn qǐ rén men guān zhù de dì yī pào。
　　 kǎi wén · mǐ tè ní kè - píng jià
　　 chēng hào：“ diàn nǎo shén tóng”“ tóu hào diàn nǎo hēi kè”
　　 céng yòu“ diàn nǎo kǒng bù fènzǐ” zhī chēng
　　 zài suǒ yòu de hēi kè zhōng， kǎi wén · mǐ tè ní kè shì zuì jù chuán qí sè cǎi de rén wù。 hǎo lāi wù shèn zhì jiāng tā bān shàng liǎo yín mù。 zài tā 15 suì de shí hòu， jǐn píng yī tái diàn nǎo hé yī bù tiáozhì jiě diào qì jiù chuǎng rù liǎo běi měi kōng zhōng fáng wù zhǐ huī bù de jì suàn jī xì tǒng zhù jī。 měi guó lián bāng diào chá jú jiāng tā liè wéi tóu hào tōng jī fàn， bìng wéi tā shāng tòu liǎo nǎo jīn。 kě yǐ shuō， mǐ tè ní kè shì zhēn zhèng de shàonián hēi kè dì yī hù。
　　 kǎi wén · mǐ tè ní kè - yǔ lù
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　　Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is a computer security consultant, author, and former computer hacker.
　　In the late 20th century, he was convicted of various computer- and communications-related crimes. At the time of his arrest, he was the most-wanted computer criminal in the United States.
　　
　　Computer hacking
　　
　　At age 12, Mitnick used social engineering to bypass the punchcard system used in the Los Angeles bus system. After a friendly bus driver told him where he could buy his own ticket punch, he could ride any bus in the greater LA area using unused transfer slips he found in the trash. Social engineering became his primary method of obtaining information, including user names and passwords and modem phone numbers.
　　Mitnick gained unauthorized access to his first computer network in 1979, at 16, when a friend gave him the phone number for the Ark, the computer system Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) used for developing their RSTS/E operating system software. He broke into DEC's computer network and copied DEC's software, a crime he was charged with and convicted of in 1988. He was sentenced to 12 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Near the end of his supervised release, Mitnick hacked into Pacific Bell voice mail computers. After a warrant was issued for his arrest, Mitnick fled, becoming a fugitive for two and a half years.
　　According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Mitnick gained unauthorized access to dozens of computer networks while he was a fugitive. He used cloned cellular phones to hide his location and, among other things, copied valuable proprietary software from some of the country's largest cellular telephone and computer companies. Mitnick also intercepted and stole computer passwords, altered computer networks, and broke into and read private e-mail. Mitnick was apprehended in February 1995 in North Carolina. He was found with cloned cellular phones, more than 100 clone cellular phone codes, and multiple pieces of false identification.
　　
　　Confirmed criminal act
　　Using the Los Angeles bus transfer system to get free ride
　　Evading the FBI
　　Hacking into DEC system(s) to view VMS source code (DEC reportedly spent $160,000 in cleanup costs)
　　Gaining full administrator privileges to an IBM minicomputer at the Computer Learning Center in Los Angeles in order to win a bet
　　Hacking Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu Siemens system
　　
　　Alleged criminal act
　　Stole computer manuals from a Pacific Bell telephone switching center in Los Angele
　　Read the e-mail of computer security officials at MCI Communications and Digital
　　Wiretapped the California DMV
　　Made free cell phone call
　　Hacked Santa Cruz Operation, Pacific Bell, FBI, Pentagon, Novell, California Department of Motor Vehicles, University of Southern California and Los Angeles Unified School District systems.
　　Wiretapped FBI agents, according to John Markoff; although this is denied by Kevin Mitnick.
　　
　　Arrest, conviction, and incarceration
　　
　　After a well-publicized pursuit, the FBI arrested Mitnick on February 15, 1995, at his apartment in Raleigh, North Carolina, on federal offenses related to a 2½-year period of computer hacking.
　　In 1999, Mitnick confessed to four counts of wire fraud, two counts of computer fraud and one count of illegally intercepting a wire communication, as part of a plea agreement before the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. He was sentenced to 46 months in prison plus 22 months for violating the terms of his 1989 supervised release sentence for computer fraud. He admitted to violating the terms of supervised release by hacking into PacBell voicemail and other systems and to associating with known computer hackers, in this case co-defendant Louis De Payne.
　　Mitnick served five years in prison — four and a half years pre-trial and eight months in solitary confinement — because, according to Mitnick, law enforcement officials convinced a judge that he had the ability to "start a nuclear war by whistling into a pay phone". He was released on January 21, 2000. During his supervised release, which ended on January 21, 2003, he was initially forbidden to use any communications technology other than a landline telephone. Mitnick fought this decision in court, eventually winning a ruling in his favor, allowing him to access the Internet.
　　Under the plea deal, Mitnick was also prohibited from profiting from films or books based on his criminal activity for seven years.
　　Mitnick now runs Mitnick Security Consulting LLC, a computer security consultancy.
　　
　　Controversy
　　
　　Mitnick's criminal activities, arrest, and trial, along with the associated journalism were all controversial.
　　Though Mitnick has been convicted of copying software unlawfully and possession of several forged identification documents, his supporters argue that his punishment was excessive. In his 2002 book, The Art of Deception, Mitnick states that he compromised computers solely by using passwords and codes that he gained by social engineering. He claims he did not use software programs or hacking tools for cracking passwords or otherwise exploiting computer or phone security.
　　Two books explored the allegations: John Markoff and Tsutomu Shimomura's Takedown, and Jonathan Littman's The Fugitive Game. Littman made four main allegations:
　　journalistic impropriety by Markoff, who had covered the case for the New York Times based on rumor and government claims, while never interviewing Kevin himself.
　　overzealous prosecution of Mitnick by the government
　　mainstream media over-hyping Mitnick's actual crime
　　Shimomura's involvement in the matter being unclear or of dubious legality
　　Further controversy came over the release of the movie based on the book by John Markoff and Tsutomu Shimomura, with Littman alleging that portions of the film were taken from his book without permission.
　　The case against Mitnick tested the new laws that had been enacted for dealing with computer crime, and it raised public awareness of security involving networked computers. The controversy remains, however, and Mitnick is often cited today as an example of the quintessential computer criminal.
　　Supporters of Mitnick have asserted that many of the charges against him were fraudulent and not based on actual losses.
　　
　　Media
　　
　　In 2000, Skeet Ulrich and Russell Wong portrayed Kevin Mitnick and Tsutomu Shimomura in the movie Track Down, which was based on the book Takedown by John Markoff and Tsutomu Shimomura. The DVD was released in September 2004.
　　A fan-based documentary named Freedom Downtime was created in response to the corporate-based documentary Track Down.
　　Mitnick is the co-author, with William L. Simon, of two computer security books:
　　The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders & Deceiver
　　The Art of Deception
　　He and his co-author are currently writing Kevin's autobiography, to be titled "Ghost in the Wire"