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Kevin Mitnick has died at age 59. (www.dignitymemorial.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 3 years ago

Well, fuck. He was really important to a young nerd in the late 90s and 2000s.

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This is a sobering moment.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    A big part of it for me is that in my head he's this 18-year-old idiot who's stolen my credit card information from me personally, even though he was 20 years older than me and that never happened. It's who he was in the hacker legendarium, you know?

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    • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This guy was an absolute legend! Sad to see him go :(

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