Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59

Mr. Mitnick, best known for a crime spree during the 1990s that involved the theft of thousands of data files and credit card numbers from computers across the U.S., died from pancreatic cancer. He later became a security consultant, writer and public speaker.

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