You would think an office which is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the electronic communications for the largest city on the western coast of the United States would be a pretty secure location. Below is Kevin Mitnick discussing how he and a friend (a guy who subsequently became a government witness against him) gained access to a Los Angeles telecommunications company's central hub. He also covers this in detail in his biography, Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker.
Check out our book review at http://blog.thesecuritydialogue.org/2011/09/100th-blog-post-and-book-review-ghost.html.
Check out our book review at http://blog.thesecuritydialogue.org/2011/09/100th-blog-post-and-book-review-ghost.html.
After watching this video, you'll realize why Mitnick's greatest talent wasn't in phone hacking (phreaking) but in social engineering.
