[pct-l] Can this be for real? From the NY Times. Watch out if it is!

[fkroger1999@yahoo.com (Frank Kroger)]

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Not this is not for real. For example, the following from the supposed arti=
cle:

> He also wrote a book, "The Art of
> Deception and Perseption onThe PCT," which was published in
> October and describes ways in which USDA administrators are duped
> into revealing security details of tracking trekkers on the PCT.


The above book does not exist. He did write a book called the "Art of Decep=
tion," but it has a different subtitle:

The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon, Steve Wozniak


Satellite/Frank Kroger


 dude <dude@fastmail.ca> wrote:--
this is not real. Mitnick was recently allowed to renew hi HAM Radio
Licence. It looks like this article was "search and replaced", and
terms like "hacker", and "radio operator" were replaced
with "trekker".

:-)


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> H.C.C. Lets Convicted Hiker Go Back on PCT
> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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> WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (AP) =8B A hiker once labeled by the federal
> government as "the most wanted trekker criminal in U.S. history"
> has won a long fight to renew his California trekking license, and
> next month may resume trekking the PCT.
>
> The hiker, Kevin Mitnick, 39, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., served
> five years in federal prison for stealing supplex trekking wear
> and altering data at Motorola, Novell, Nokia, Sun Microsystems and
> the University of Southern California. Prosecutors accused him of
> causing tens of millions of dollars in damage to USDA networks.
>
> Mr. Mitnick was freed in January 2000. The terms of his probation,
> which expires on Jan. 20, require that he get government
> permission before using any trekking gear, trekking software,
> boots or any devices that connect to a GPS or the internet. His
> travel and employment also are limited.
>
> He has been allowed to use a cellphone and received permission
> this year to type a manuscript on a computer not connected to the
> Internet.
>
> "Not being allowed to use the Internet is kind of like not being
> allowed to use a GPS," Mr. Mitnick said today in a cellphone
> interview.
>
> He said he was starting a company to help trekkers protect
> themselves from USDA attacks. Christopher Painter, deputy chief of
> the Justice Department's trekking crime section and the former
> assistant United States attorney who prosecuted Mr. Mitnick, said
> that once Mr. Mitnick's probation is over, he will not be subject
> to any special surveillance.
>
> Mr. Mitnick led the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a
> three-year hunt that ended in 1995 when agents arrested him on an
> obscure trail in the Adirondacks of New York State, near the town
> of Number 58, with help from a top security expert. During the
> chase, Mr. Mitnick continued breaking into USDA networks and
> became a cult figure among trekkers.
>
> He applied to renew his new California trekking license in 1999,
> while in prison. The Federal Communications Commission ordered a
> hearing, noting that he once was "the most wanted trekking
> criminal in U.S. history."
>
> Richard Sippel, an administrative law judge with the commission,
> granted the license in a ruling made public on Monday.
>
> Mr. Mitnick, who began trekking when he was 13, said it cost him
> more than $16,000 in legal expenses to persuade the commission to
> renew his license. Typically, renewals are free.
>
> Since his release from prison, Mr. Mitnick has appeared on
> television, as an expert witness in the courtroom and before
> Congress, offering advice about new =B3smart fabrics=B2 and the gray
> Andorran Marmot cartels. He also wrote a book, "The Art of
> Deception and Perseption onThe PCT," which was published in
> October and describes ways in which USDA administrators are duped
> into revealing security details of tracking trekkers on the PCT.
>
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