How the Legendary Hacker Kevin Mitnick Stole the Motorola Source Code

In this episode of Greatest Moments in Hacking History, Kevin Mitnick is a fugitive hiding out in Colorado. In an attempt to avoid detection from the authorities, Mitnick decides he wants to hack a cellphone so he can hide his location while using the device. To do this, the hacker sets up a social engineering attack against Motorola to fool them into giving him the source code to the MicroTAC Ultra Lite cell phone so he can break into it.
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[@inscythe]

Social engineering genius!

[@Shackleford_Rusty]

Rest in Piece, Legend

[@lizsportster1570]

That's some WILD Social Engineering!!

[@blvckjvck_xxi]

social engineering at its finest

[@n9go]

Rest in peace 🙏

[@jenkinsljenkinssquire9137]

Social engineering at its finest

[@ninjapirate123]

Well he's gone now, is anyone sad

[@ticoskate]

Wow this is great

[@youruncle2]

RIP

[@ryanadiaksa1105]

Thought it was nicholas cage's voice

[@isaacbenjamin5713]

Holy shit big brain

[@chadgomez8508]

Bro didnt want money he was just a menace

[@roorbless1920]

Who can do this to apple 🥴

[@roorbless1920]

I was hoping this was a how to

[@yt_zzbig77-_-38]

How to ppppooooopppp

[@thastayapongsak4422]

REUPLOAD!!! MOTHERBOARD ALREADY POSTED THIS EXACT VIDEO

[@rltw659]

Motherboard is a VICE subsidiary, stupid.

[@abbudi222]

stupid dummy dumdum

[@dominusloreto]

"Stupid" decision.

[@nzuriparker9038]

My jaw has dropped

[@ilsunnylo3562]

Worth it?

[@mheiseus]

More like expert con man

[@googlegoogle9712]

Nah he’s a hacker first. Dude knew about FTP and zip in the 90’s. Most people didn’t know what Linux was.

[@mheiseus]

@@googlegoogle9712 like you know 🤣

[@googlegoogle9712]

@@mheiseus You’re on my platform disrespecting me. Wow just wow. Woooooooowww.
Just wowwwwww.

[@joinz8544]

@@googlegoogle9712, what platform would that be?

[@ronin0x_]

Lol dumbass relax. There are people out there who are smarter than your stupid ass. He's one of the worlds best hacker. Dude can obliterate your life lmao.

[@MrXxUNDECIDEDxx]

You stole this content form motherboard, I thought vice was a good company but I guess not

[@droid9069]

MrXxUNDECIDEDxx motherboard is also vice...

[@theyreheretokillus]

this is asian yt? u guys are… haha

[@dp9373]

... I don’t think this is called hacking...

[@Nizam47]

Exactly. it's called fooling people or scamming or froud am I, right?

[@sagawa1179]

its called asking

[@lizsportster1570]

Social Engineering

[@1Maestr00o3]

social engineering is part of hacking, you idiot

[@oscarvitlue2922]

it is

[@zuiokopl2256]

dont be afraid i met him he is noob guy know nothing now

[@phreak761]

🤪

[@ronin0x_]

Noob? Definitely you're one of those idiots who doesn't know how computers work lol

[@darnfish]

RIP