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Clearwater tech executive and once-famed hacker dies at 59


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Kevin Mitnick, white-hat hacker and 'chief hacking officer' at Clearwater-based KnowBe4, died on Sunday after a battle with cancer.
Kevin Mitnick, white-hat hacker and 'chief hacking officer' at Clearwater-based KnowBe4, died on Sunday after a battle with cancer.
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Kevin Mitnick, a former hacker who became a top executive at Clearwater-based anti-phishing and cybersecurity firm KnowBe4, has died.

Mitnick died peacefully July 16 after battling pancreatic cancer for more than a year, his family says in a statement. He was 59. 

After getting into trouble with the FBI for computer hacking and serving five years in federal prison, Mitnick was hired by KnowBe4 in late 2011.

 


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