It’s been a long time since he was on the run from the long arm of the law. Now, Kevin Mitnick has found his way back into the media. This time it was because AT&T couldn’t secure there own systems. It turns out that Kevin’s cell phone information was breached and published to the web by parties unknown.
Rather than fix the problem, AT&T opted (potentially) to kick him off the service.
From Kevin’s Twitter feed:
That’s the message from executive management not a customer service representative. And after almost 10 years of customer loyalty.
Ridiculous move on the part of AT&T.
From CNET:
“AT&T wants me off their network because they can’t secure my account, and after being a loyal customer for almost a decade I find that reprehensible,” he told CNET News on Thursday. “It apparently is more cost effective to drop me than to secure their customer’s information.”
“My attorney is going to review my contract to see what, if any, restrictions are in my service agreement,” he said. “I may file a lawsuit for invasion of privacy for the failure to adequately protect my information.”
The irony is that he speculates that whoever is responsible for getting into his account used social engineering to do so.
Hmm, so what did ATT Wireless have to say to that?
ATT Wireless can’t seem to secure my account. My account information was obtained and posted online; ATT tells me their systems are secure
So, I guess someone read his book.