Im sorry if I dont feel this guy is anything special. He broke the law and he paid the price. I dont think anything of value can be derived from the stuff he pulled. I can see the point about the Russian DVD crackers but definatly not Mitnick. He did some pretty nasty stuff.

I saw him in Las Vegas and he was warwalking with a iPaq. He acted extremely cocky. I dont think he is abiding by the computer ban all that much.

I dont think the hacker community needs a poster boy....if so, definatly not Mitnick.

-zenon

BTW, good post cF, i think this subject and the conversation taking place in the "KM in the news" thread is different.