Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker

A
LSO BY
 K
EVIN
 M
ITNICK
The Art of Deception
(with William L. Simon)
The Art of Intrusion
(with William L. Simon)

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Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by Kevin Mitnick
Foreword copyright © 2011 by Steve Wozniak
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ISBN: 978-0-316-13447-7

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Document Outline

• Front Cover Image
• Welcome
• Dedication
• Foreword by Steve Wozniak
• Prologue
• PART ONE: The Making of a Hacker
  • 1 Rough Start
  • 2 Just Visiting
  • 3 Original Sin
  • 4 Escape Artist
  • 5 All Your Phone Lines Belong to Me
  • 6 Will Hack for Love
  • 7 Hitched in Haste
  • 8 Lex Luthor
  • 9 The Kevin Mitnick Discount Plan
• 10 Mystery Hacker
• PART TWO: Eric
• 11 Foul Play
• 12 You Can Never Hide
• 13 The Wiretapper
• 14 You Tap Me, I Tap You
• 15 “How the Fuck Did You Get That?”
• 16 Crashing Eric’s Private Party
• 17 Pulling Back the Curtain
• 18 Traffic Analysis
• 19 Revelations
• 20 Reverse Sting
• 21 Cat and Mouse
• 22 Detective Work
• 23 Raided
• 24 Vanishing Act
• PART THREE: On the Run
• 25 Harry Houdini
• 26 Private Investigator
• 27 Here Comes the Sun
• 28 Trophy Hunter
• 29 Departure
• 30 Blindsided
• 31 Eyes in the Sky
• 32 Sleepless in Seattle
• PART FOUR: An End and a Beginning
• 33 Hacking the Samurai
• 34 Hiding in the Bible Belt
• 35 Game Over
• 36 An FBI Valentine
• 37 Winning the Scapegoat Sweepstakes
• 38 Aftermath: A Reversal of Fortune
  • Acknowledgments
  • Photo Inserts
  • Author Bio
  • Also by Kevin Mitnick
  • Copyright