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Mitnick faces 25 counts
By Jeff Pelline
September 26, 1996, 6 p.m. PT
Notorious hacker Kevin Mitnick was indicted
today on 25 counts for an alleged hacking spree
between June 1992 and February 1995.
Mitnick is accused of attacking computer systems
belonging to software makers, ISPs, and
educational institutions, including Netcom,
Colorado Supernet, Motorola, Nokia, Fujitsu,
Novell, NEC, Sun Microsystems, and the
University of Southern California, according to the
complaint.
Under the statute, Mitnick theoretically would face
more than 100 years in prison if convicted. But
calculating the jail term with any certainty is
difficult, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Schindler
said. "It's many, many years" was all he would say.
The indictment alleges that the 33-year-old
Mitnick, who was known online as "Condor," and
Lewis Depayne, 36, formerly of Los Angeles,
carried out the scheme by impersonating company
employees and using so-called hacking techniques
to obtain access to company computers. Once
inside the computers, the indictment charges,
Mitnick copied and "stole millions of dollars worth
of proprietary software."
Mitnick has become a legend in the computer
world and beyond, having been the subject of
many books and news reports. His escapades
began as a teenager, when he allegedly tapped into
a computer system in his high school, and grew
into an obsession that dominated his life, according
to biographical accounts.