Great story! I listened to his audiobook 'Ghost in the Wires' a few years back. It's a fantastic read (listen)!

https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Wires-Adventures-Worlds-Wanted/...

I hope HN will forgive the slight title modification. The original title is “How a Hacker Convinced Motorola to Send Him Source Code”, but I think HN folks will know who Mitnick is :)

Social engineering for the win! Such a great story. I'm always amazed by really good social engineering, people are generally the weakest link in any security system!