Kevin Mitnick

Kevin Mitnick was an American computer hacker.

History

On November 9, 2020, Mitnick published a message on Twitter that read:[1]

Such great news from Pfizer about a 90%+ effective Covid vaccine. So happy that lives will be saved and hopefully the world can go back to normal.
Thank you Pfizer and BioNTech!

Mitnick died on July 16, 2023 from pancreatic cancer,[2] which he had reportedly been battling for "more than a year."[3]


  1. Kevin Mitnick [@kevinmitnick]. (2020, November 9). “Such great news from Pfizer about a 90%+ effective Covid vaccine. So happy that lives will be saved and hopefully the world can go back to normal. Thank you Pfizer and BioNTech!” [Tweet]. Twitter. http://archive.today/2023.07.27-044100/https://twitter.com/kevinmitnick/status/1325863771298910208 ↩︎

  2. Traub, A. (2023, July 20). Kevin Mitnick, Once the “Most Wanted Computer Outlaw,” Dies at 59. The New York Times. http://archive.today/2023.07.21-003955/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/technology/kevin-mitnick-dead-hacker.html ↩︎

  3. Kevin Mitnick Obituary - Las Vegas, NV. Dignity Memorial. Retrieved July 20, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230720015722/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668 ↩︎

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Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess is a Canadian writer, researcher and investigative reporter focused on issues of human rights and civil liberties, with a particular interest in the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the founder of White Rose Intelligence.

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