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Kevin Mitnick left the man who helped jail him enough for a Porsche 911

Ellsworth Toohey
Jun 24, 2026
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Kevin Mitnick, the legendary hacker, once tried to social-engineer his way into Novell’s network by phoning a network admin named Shawn Nunley late at night, posing as an employee who needed “direct inbound modem access” for a top-secret project.

Nunley smelled a rat, played along, and asked the caller to leave a voicemail — which he recorded onto a cass…

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