16 Jul The Best Of Kevin Mitnick On The Cybercrime Magazine YouTube Channel
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This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine
Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 16, 2026
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Kevin Mitnick, the world’s most famous hacker, passed away three years ago on Jul. 16, 2023.
Mitnick visited the Cybersecurity Ventures HQ and Cybercrime Magazine studios in Northport, N.Y. on Sat. Oct. 19, 2019, and we recorded five original videos with him:
1. His favorite hack ever, age 16, at a McDonald’s drive-thru;
2. His first social engineering hack, age 12, riding on a bus;
3. Shopping cart competition, age 10, parking lot of Hughes Market;
4. The FBI donuts story, a must-watch classic;
5. Hacking from Solitary Confinement. A true phreaking story!
Mitnick was 59 when he died peacefully after valiantly battling pancreatic cancer for more than a year. Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, came on the Cybercrime Magazine Podcast not long after that to reminisce about his friend. Woz tells a hilarious story at the end.
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