Mitnick: Leaving the Dark Side

After serving 60 months in federal prison and an additional three years on probation following his conviction on wire fraud and other charges, notorious hacker Kevin Mitnick is now back online and back in business. Only this time Mitnick says he's trying to stop hackers. He's founded a security consulting company, Defensive Thinking Inc., in Los Angeles, that he says is focused on providing security awareness training and vulnerability assessments to enterprises and government agencies. Recently, eWEEK Executive Managing Editor Jeff Moad spoke with Mitnick about where he's been and where he's going.

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