Kevin Mitnick Has the Best Stuff in His Luggage!
Kevin Mitnick, the hacker that was famously jailed for 5 years after getting arrested on multiple cracking charges, was detained as he came into the country through the Atlanta airport from Columbia recently. In the article detailing his “adventure” was this descirption of what they found in his bags:
In his luggage, they found a MacBook Pro, a Dell XPS M1210 laptop, an Asus 900 mini-laptop, three or four hard drives, numerous USB storage devices, some Bluetooth dongles, three iPhones, and four Nokia cell phones (with different SIM cards for different countries).
They also found a lock-picking kit and an HID proximity card spoofer that can be used to snag data stored on physical access cards by swiping it in front of them. The data can then be used to enter locked doors without having to make a forged access card. Mitnick says he used the device in a demonstration about security in his speech in Bogota, but that the customs agents’ eyes lit up when they saw it, thinking it was a credit card reader.
I’ve had several people I take way too much tech gear with me when I travel, but apparently I’m put to shame by Mitnick…I’m especially jealous of his Asus 900 that he takes along with his Mac Book Pro. I wants me a “netbook” bad!