19-Jun-2006

Kevin Mitnick

TrickyDicky in Zenit Translations posts an article, Interview with Kevin Mitnick, a translation of “La gente no está entrenada contra el engaño a través de la tecnología” by Mercè Molist published in El País on 15-Jun-2006. Kevin Mitnick is the most famous hacker in the world and was imprisoned in the US for his activities. He has since been released and now works advising those who once feared him. He was in Barcelona recently where this interview took place. He makes some interesting comments about the US justice system and the current state of computer security and in particular on the field of social engineering: getting information from people.