Famous hacker Kevin Mitnick has passed away at the age of 59.

According to The New York Times , Kevin Mitnick has been receiving treatment after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer more than a year ago.

After serving a prison sentence for hacking and interfering with company computer networks, he was released in 2000 and began a new career as a security consultant, writer, and speaker. Mitnick gained notoriety for crimes committed in the 1990s involving the theft of thousands of data files and credit card numbers from computers across the country.

He infiltrated the US telephone and mobile networks, disrupting the computer systems of the government, companies, and universities. Investigators at the time called Mitnick the world's most wanted hacker.

Mitnick was arrested by the FBI in 1995 and charged with unauthorized use of telephone access and computer fraud. Kent Walker, a former assistant attorney, said he was accused of accessing millions of dollars worth of trade secrets.

Kevin Mitnick passed away at the age of 59.

In 1998, while awaiting sentencing, a group of Mitnick supporters took control of The New York Times website for several hours. A year later, Mitnick pleaded guilty to computer fraud as part of a settlement with prosecutors and was sentenced to 46 months in prison. He was also banned from using computers or cell phones without the permission of his probation officer for three years after his release.

Growing up in Los Angeles, Kevin Mitnick was a loner who enjoyed studying magic tricks. By age 12, he figured out how to ride the bus using a $15 punched card and a blank ticket salvaged from a trash can. At 17, he delved into corporate computer systems and got his first run-in with authorities for these activities. This marked the beginning of a decades-long cat-and-mouse game with law enforcement.

In his memoir, Mitnick denied many of the accusations against him, including that he had hacked into government computer systems. Before his death, he had been treated at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center after being diagnosed with an illness more than a year earlier.

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