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I was addicted to hacking, more for the intellectual challenge, the curiosity, the seduction of adventure not for stealing, or causing damage or writing computer viruses.

Kevin Mitnick

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Kevin Mitnick
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 6
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Kevin David Mitnick
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