A decade ago Kevin Mitnick tricked a Novell Inc. employee into giving him access to sensitive corporate data. This week the legendary hacker and his unsuspecting target met for the first time. "This is ironic," Mitnick said as he and . . .
A decade ago Kevin Mitnick tricked a Novell Inc. employee into giving him access to sensitive corporate data. This week the legendary hacker and his unsuspecting target met for the first time. "This is ironic," Mitnick said as he and Shawn Nunley shook hands and greeted each other like old pals at the RSA Conference on computer security. The two laughed and swapped stories about the days when they were antagonists.

Labeled a "computer terrorist" by the FBI, Mitnick kept frustrated authorities on the hunt for three years as he hacked into the networks of Novell, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Motorola Inc. among others in the early 1990s.

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