[TheRegister] RIP Kevin Mitnick: Former most-wanted hacker dies at 59
Kevin Mitnick, probably the world's most-famous computer hacker – and subsequently writer, public speaker, and security consultant – has succumbed to pancreatic cancer. He was 59.
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Famed social engineer and hacker Kevin Mitnick dies at 59
Tributes paid to husband, father, son and rogue-turned-consultant
