In Pictures: The most mortifying moments in IT security history

From Lockheed Martin and HBGary Federal to the US government and Cornell University, no one is immune to humiliating security glitches

Kevin Mitnick, who began in the late 1970’s breaking into phone networks and made social engineering ploys his calling card as a long-time hacker, ended up spending five years in prison. Now a consultant, with a new book “Ghost in the Wires,” he explains, “My passion for technology and fascination with it have taken me down a bumpy road.”

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