“THE MOST THRILLING FIGHT BETWEEN 2 HACKERS IN THE HISTORY OF U.S. EVER !!!”

Kevin Mitnick

Tsutomu Shimomura

             The story that I gonna tell you now is not new…its too old story but I’ll assure you that you guys gonna like it , because this is the most thrilling true story about the biggest war between a BLACK HAT CRACKER v/s WHITE HAT HACKER.                                  The black hat hacker was  Kevin Mitnick and white one was Tsutomu Shimomura . Although  Kevin Mitnick was not the first hacker but I am personally impacted by the art of performing hacking by this guy.

                Kevin Mitnick, "America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw," eluded the police, US Marshalls, and FBI for over two years after vanishing while on probation for his 1989 conviction for computer and access device fraud. His downfall was his Christmas 1994 break-in to Tsutomu Shimomura's computers in San Diego, California. Less than two months later, Tsutomu had tracked him down after a cross-country electronic pursuit. Mitnick was arrested by the FBI in Raleigh, North Carolina, on February 15th, 1995 charged with stealing 20,000 credit card numbers.

After pleading guilty to 7 charges at his trial in March 1999, he’s eventually sentenced to

little more than the time he had already served while he awaited a trial.

            Russian crackers siphon $10 million from Citibank and transfer the money to bank accounts around the world .Vladimir Levin, the 30 year old ringleader, uses his work laptop. Levin stands trial in the US and is sentenced to 3 years in prison. Authorities recover not all but $400 K of the stolen money.

                       

                        You can watch these guys in action in the movie TAKEDOWN you can get this movie here..