Kevin Mitnick was an American computer hacker.
On November 9, 2020, Mitnick published a message on Twitter that read:[1]
Such great news from Pfizer about a 90%+ effective Covid vaccine. So happy that lives will be saved and hopefully the world can go back to normal.
Thank you Pfizer and BioNTech!
Mitnick died on July 16, 2023 from pancreatic cancer,[2] which he had reportedly been battling for "more than a year."[3]
Kevin Mitnick [@kevinmitnick]. (2020, November 9). “Such great news from Pfizer about a 90%+ effective Covid vaccine. So happy that lives will be saved and hopefully the world can go back to normal. Thank you Pfizer and BioNTech!” [Tweet]. Twitter. http://archive.today/2023.07.27-044100/https://twitter.com/kevinmitnick/status/1325863771298910208 ↩︎
Traub, A. (2023, July 20). Kevin Mitnick, Once the “Most Wanted Computer Outlaw,” Dies at 59. The New York Times. http://archive.today/2023.07.21-003955/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/technology/kevin-mitnick-dead-hacker.html ↩︎
Kevin Mitnick Obituary - Las Vegas, NV. Dignity Memorial. Retrieved July 20, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230720015722/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668 ↩︎