Examining Cyber Threats After Kevin Mitnick's Release and Ventures

Things are looking good for Kevin Mitnick. In 2000, he completed a five-year prison term for computer crimes; this January, 39-year-old Mitnick will have his probation restrictions lifted. So Mitnick, probably the world's most notorious hacker Latest News about hacker, is on the verge of once again being free to use his computer.. . . Things are looking good for Kevin Mitnick. In 2000, he completed a five-year prison term for computer crimes; this January, 39-year-old Mitnick will have his probation restrictions lifted. So Mitnick, probably the world's most notorious hacker Latest News about hacker, is on the verge of once again being free to use his computer.

And that's just the start. He has a new book out, The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security. He has launched his own corporate security company, Defensive Thinking (he presumably knows more about this subject than most, but after so many years locked up, isn't he rusty?)

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But something worries me about Mitnick's situation if I think about it for more than a few moments. His highly publicized case makes it look like hackers are getting caught. The specter of this hacking virtuoso sent off to the big house makes it seem as if there's an effective cybercrime-fighting force in the United States.