Author ,Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon

Published by Back Bay Books (2012)

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker

Presented by,Zach Smargon

General summary of the book

• Memoir of Kevin Mitnick and his life story

• Goes through his progression of hacks

• Gives the reader a good view of Mitnick uncensored opinion

Background info on Kevin Mitnick

• Born August 6, 1963

• Born and raised in Los Angeles California

• Raised by a single mother

• Stared showing signs of hacker mentality at an early age

Mitnick’s hacks

• Punching his own transfer card for the bus

• Social Engineering

• Grey hat Hacker

• Phone Phreaking

• Computer Hacking

False Accusations

• Running away to Israel to avoid a juvenile warrant

• Being able to whistle into a pay phone and cause world war three

• Hacked into Police Department computers and erased my prior arrest records

• Repeatedly harassed and turned off the phone service of actress Kristy McNichol

• Planted a false news story about Security Pacific National Bank’s having lost millions of dollars, after he had an employment offer withdrawn.

Relation to class

• Shows the bad part of technology

• Social Engineering and its connection to phishing

• As technology advanced so did Mitnick’s hacking

• Was involved in my different types of hacking

Mitnick Today

• Mitnick is currently staying out of trouble and is using his talents as a computer hacking consultant

Recommendation

• I would definitely recommend Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker