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Kevin Mitnick, a Rare card
Kevin David Mitnick was an American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Kevin Mitnick quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kevin Mitnick card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
In ____, he was arrested for various computer and communications-related crimes, and spent five years in prison after being convicted of fraud and illegally intercepting communications.
Answer
1990s. In 1995, he was arrested for various computer and communications-related crimes, and spent five years in prison after being convicted of fraud and illegally intercepting communications. From the Kevin Mitnick article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ben Askren. Ben Askren 84 · Kevin Mitnick 76 · Lady with an Ermine 71 · Harlequin 68 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In 1995, he was arrested for various computer and communications-related crimes, and spent five years in prison after being convicted of fraud and illegally intercepting communications.
- Mitnick's pursuit, arrest, trial and sentence were all controversial, as were the associated media coverage, books, and films, with his supporters arguing that his punishment was excessive and that many of the charges against him were fraudulent, and not based on actual losses.
- After his release from prison, he ran his own security firm, Mitnick Security Consulting, LLC, and was also involved with other computer security businesses.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kevin Mitnick article was read about 340,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Kevin Mitnick
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kevin Mitnick (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Campus Party México, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

