Head of Mitnick Security Consulting, an Internet security business; former computer hacker, who served five years in prison for computer and wire fraud; co-author of The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security and Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
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