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Kevin Mitnick, the legendary hacker who was once the FBI's most wanted computer criminal, has died at 59. He later became a celebrated cybersecurity expert and left a Porsche 911 to Shawn Nunley, the federal agent who helped capture him decades earlier.
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·Mitnick transitioned from being a fugitive to a respected cybersecurity consultant and author
·He bequeathed a Porsche 911 GTS to Shawn Nunley, the man instrumental in his arrest
·The gesture represented a remarkable reconciliation between captor and captive after decades
·Mitnick's career arc embodied the redemption narrative of turning illicit hacking skills toward legitimate security work
drawn from Boing Boing, Cybercrime Magazine, NDTV, Yahoo · updated 8d ago