Ex-Hacker Warns Of Corporate Flaws
May 1, 2003 12:00 PM
A convicted computer hacker told lawmakers that many attacks on companies holding consumer financial information go undetected because of poor security. Kevin Mitnick, whose federal probation on hacking charges ended in January, says that businesses need to better protect their computers from newly discovered security flaws and to train employees to spot the tricks of identity thieves.
“The bad guys are going to look for the weakest link,” said Mitnick, who served five years in federal prison for stealing software and altering data at Motorola, Novell, Nokia, Sun Microsystems and the University of Southern California. He now runs a business to help companies guard against computer attacks.
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