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American Innovations

Wondery

Steven Johnson, History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Science

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

For two years, super-hacker Kevin Mitnick eludes the FBI by living under a series of false identities. But in a fit of hubris, he hacks Tsutomu Shimomura, one of the country’s leading computer security experts. It’s hacker vs. hacker as Shimomura sets out to do what the FBI can’t: stop Kevin Mitnick once and for all.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American innovations, add free on Amazon music, download
0:06.0	the app today.
0:16.6	It's Christmas Day, 1994.
0:19.5	Hacker Kevin Mittnik exits a movie theater in downtown Denver.
0:23.9	He pulls his coat tight and hunches his shoulders.
0:27.1	He's not used to this cold weather.
0:29.6	It's been two years since Mittnik fled Los Angeles.
0:32.9	After learning, there was a warrant out for his arrest.
0:35.4	He's been living in various parts of the country under false identities ever since.
0:40.2	As he walks back to his car, he limps on his right foot.
0:43.5	The result of the pebble, he keeps in a shoe to change his gait.
0:46.9	It's part of a host of steps he's taken to alter his appearance.
0:50.9	He's also switched from glasses to contacts, cut his hair, and lost over 100 pounds.
0:57.0	He looks far different than the photo on his FBI wanted poster.
1:01.2	The streets are deserted.
1:02.8	Most people are celebrating the holiday at home with their families.
1:06.1	A word, Mittnik pulls a clone cell phone out of his pocket and calls a hacker friend he
1:11.2	met on the internet.
1:12.2	Hey, it's Eric.
1:14.8	Mittnik has been living under the name Eric Weiss, Harry Houdini's real name.
1:19.4	I just got out of a movie, or as I like to call it, celebrating Jewish Christmas.
1:23.9	And I thought I'd give you a shout, his friend Chuckles.
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