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Kevin Mitnick, The Most Hunted Legendary Hacker Dies

Kevin Mitnick, The Most Hunted Legendary Hacker Dies   - Kevin Mitnick, the most wanted legendary hacker or hacker in the United States, has died at the age of 59.  The man breathed his last on July 16 after battling pancreatic cancer for 14 months. Mitnick battled the disease and underwent treatment at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).  Mitnick's name was so popular in the 1980s and 1990s, especially because of his hacking actions. He has been hacking since a young age.  In 1981, he was accused of stealing computer manuals from Pacific Bell, a company that provided telephone services in California. At the same time, this man also often steals company data to break into credit card data.  According to the records of the security company Kaspersky, Mitnick even hacked the North American Defense Command (NORAD) system in 1982. Kaspersky also ranked Kevin Mitnick as the most famous hacker of all time.  In 1989, Mitnick had hacked into the network of Digital Equipment