WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FBI agents and the Raleigh-Durham. Fugitive Task Force today arrested Kevin Mitnick, a well-known computer hacker and federal fugitive on charges he violated probation, the Department of Justice announced. The arrest occurred at 1:30 a.m. after an intensive two-week electronic manhunt, which led law enforcement agents to Mitnick's apartment in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mitnick, 31, was convicted by federal authorities in 1988 in Los Angeles for stealing computer programs and breaking into corporate networks. He received a one-year sentence in that case, and a federal warrant was later issued following Mitnick's violation of probation. In this most recent incident, Mitnick is alleged to have electronically attacked numerous corporate and communications carriers located in California, Colorado, and North Carolina where he caused damage and stole proprietary information. Mitnick's capture represents a coordinated effort by law enforcement and private industry, including system administrators and security representatives from companies allegedly attacked by Mitnick. One of these sites, the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), and Tsutomu Shimomura, a Senior Fellow at SDSC, provided significant assistance to law enforcement personnel during the investigation. Mitnick also is under investigation by state law enforcement authorities in California and Washington State for separate activities there. As is typical in such interstate computer cases, many FBI offices, U.S. Attorneys' offices, and other law enforcement agencies have coordinated their efforts. These offices include the FBI's National Computer Crime Squad at the Washington Metropolitan Field Office, as well as FBI and U.S. Attorneys' Offices in Raleigh and Greensboro, North Carolina; San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; and Denver, Colorado. Members of the Raleigh-Durham Task Force which made the arrest included the U.S. Marshals Service, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and the local sheriffs' offices. Legal and technical assistance is also being provided by the Criminal Division's Computer Crime Unit in Washington, D.C.

"Get into the mindset of a hacker."

Kevin Mitnick

Why Attend

The World's most famous Hacker, Kevin Mitnick, has agreed to attend Cyber Incursion as our guest speaker and will be delivering a keynote address in The City of London for the first time.
This affords delegates a unique opportunity to receive insight and understand the mindset of a Hacker and how organisations can improve their cyber awareness through better understanding of the risks associated with Social Engineering and Internal Risk Management.
We will also explore ways in which the UK can help fill the skills gap in the cyber-security marketplace.
Will help you improve your current strategies, regarding both cyber and physical security.
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Preceded By Reputation

Kevin Mitnick is perhaps best known as the hacker who made it onto the FBI's Most Wanted List for breaking into the computer systems of multiple government agencies and over 40 major corporations. Mitnick was a fugitive for four years, and after getting caught was put on trial and sentenced to five years in a federal prison, including a year in solitary confinement.

Since leaving prison, Mitnick has changed tack. He still hacks, but now works as a whitehat hacker whose consultancy firm helps clients find the vulnerabilities in their systems so that cyber-criminals don't find them first.

Mitnick also serves as Chief Hacking Officer for KnowBe4, a company that trains employees of organisations to spot vulnerabilities, including their own. He has authored four books: The Art of Intrusion, The Art of Deception, Ghost in the Wires, and The Art of Invisibility.

He also goes on speaking tours all over the world. His website lists 29 destinations just in the first 10 months of 2018.

During these tours, he shows people the tradecraft that's "used by the bad guys to compromise their businesses and their personal systems and what steps to take to mitigate the risk, so they do not become victims," he says.