https://zonklife.com/tags/hacker/ Recent content in Hacker on Zonk Media Hugo en-us Zonk Media Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://zonklife.com/posts/2026-04-24-kevin-mitnick-s-password-was-embarrassingly-bad-i-never-said/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://zonklife.com/posts/2026-04-24-kevin-mitnick-s-password-was-embarrassingly-bad-i-never-said/ <figure class="video"> <div class="video-frame"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/7-my4PF4EVY?rel=0" title="Kevin Mitnick&#39;s Password Was Embarrassingly Bad. I Never Said a Word." loading="lazy" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </figure> <h2 id="summary">Summary</h2> <p>Back in the early 2000s, I got invited to the TechTV set for what turned out to be Kevin Mitnick&rsquo;s first television interview after his release from prison. Meeting him in person was surreal—this was the legendary hacker everyone had been talking about for years. What started as that chance meeting eventually led to me working with him to design his website, which meant he trusted me with access to things most people would never see. And that&rsquo;s when something happened that I&rsquo;ve kept to myself for the better part of two decades.</p>