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Kevin Mitnick Gets Hacked By Secuirty Job Seekers 2600 News --On January 21st, convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick accessed the Internet for the first time since 1995. The press was watching eagerly, wondering what this notorious hacker would do first. But in a twist that's hardly surprising, a true mark of the occasion has been what other hackers have done with Mitnick's new electronic presence.
Mitnick's new company in Los Angeles, Defensive Thinking, hosts its web site using Microsoft IIS on Windows 2000. It was only a matter of time before the hacker "Bugbear" exploited an IIS vulnerability, using it to add a new page to the web site. "Welcome back to freedom, Mr. Kevin," it read. "[I]t was fun and easy to break into your box."
Next, another hacker exploiting another IIS bug from somewhere in Texas got into Mitnick's site on February 9th. He asked Mitnick to make him the company's Chief Security Officer.
Mitnick called the incidents "amusing." more...
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