Hacker Arraigned in Computer Fraud Case
Convicted computer hacker Kevin Mitnick and a man investigators say was his accomplice in a computer crime scheme were arraigned Monday on 25 counts of computer fraud and other charges stemming from a two-year “hacking spree.”
Mitnick and Lewis DePayne pleaded not guilty in federal court in Los Angeles to charges in a hacking scheme that allegedly stole millions of dollars in software from computer firms.
Mitnick’s legend started when, as a student at James Monroe High School in North Hills, he broke into the Los Angeles Unified School District’s computers.
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