Editing Kevin Mitnick (section)

==Early life and education==
Mitnick was born on August 6, 1963,<ref name="WaPoObit" /> in [[Van Nuys]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Hackers League |title=Kevin Mitnick |url=https://medium.com/@hackersleague/kevin-mitnick-7704a3e869fa |website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] |access-date=July 20, 2023 |language=en |date=May 31, 2019 |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720184819/https://medium.com/@hackersleague/kevin-mitnick-7704a3e869fa |url-status=live}}</ref> His father was Alan Mitnick, his mother was Shelly Jaffe, and his maternal grandmother was Reba Vartanian.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last1=Albeck-Ripka |first1=Livia |last2=Mayorquin |first2=Orlando |date=July 20, 2023 |title=Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Once Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/technology/kevin-mitnick-dead-hacker.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721083417/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/technology/kevin-mitnick-dead-hacker.html |archive-date=July 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cosmolearning.org/documentaries/freedom-downtime-the-story-of-kevin-mitnick-2001/ |title=Freedom Downtime - The Story of Kevin Mitnick (2001) |website=CosmoLearning |date=August 20, 2009 |access-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906142646/https://cosmolearning.org/documentaries/freedom-downtime-the-story-of-kevin-mitnick-2001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mitnick was Jewish,<ref>{{cite news |last=Percival |first=Richard |date=2023-07-21 |title=Famed US hacker Kevin Mitnick, once dubbed 'America's most wanted', dies aged 59 |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/famed-us-hacker-kevin-mitnick-once-dubbed-americas-most-wanted-dies-aged-59-q9twbwke |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |quote=The Jewish cybercriminal... |access-date=2024-07-14}}</ref><ref>    {{cite web |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/158220 |title="Hacker" Kevin Mitnick's Dramatic Turnaround |last=Bresky |first=Ben |date=2012-07-24 |website=[[Arutz Sheva]] |access-date=2024-07-14 |quote=In the book, released in 2011, Mitnick briefly describes his bar mitzvah and secular Jewish upbringing in California.}}</ref> and grew up in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="WaPoObit" /> At age 12, Mitnick convinced a bus driver to tell him where he could buy his own [[ticket punch]] for "a school project", and was then able to ride any bus in the greater Los Angeles area using unused transfer slips he found in a dumpster next to the bus company garage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/01/13/chapter_one_kevin_mitnicks_story |title=Chapter One: Kevin Mitnick's story |website=[[The Register]] |date=January 13, 2003 |first=Thomas C. |last=Greene |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912150528/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/01/13/chapter_one_kevin_mitnicks_story/ |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Mitnick attended [[James Monroe High School (California)|James Monroe High School]] in [[North Hills, Los Angeles|North Hills]],<ref name="ghostinwiresmya00mitn_0" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Hacker Arraigned in Computer Fraud Case |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-01-me-49310-story.html |access-date=July 20, 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 1, 1996 |quote=... as a student at James Monroe High School in North Hills, he broke into the Los Angeles Unified School District’s computers. |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720184808/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-01-me-49310-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> during which time he became a licensed [[amateur radio]] operator with callsign WA6VPS<ref>{{cite web |last=Mills |first=Elinor |title=Q&A: Kevin Mitnick, from ham operator to fugitive to consultant |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/q-a-kevin-mitnick-from-ham-operator-to-fugitive-to-consultant/ |website=cnet.com |publisher=[[CNET]] |access-date=December 18, 2017 |date=June 22, 2009 |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228123941/https://www.cnet.com/news/q-a-kevin-mitnick-from-ham-operator-to-fugitive-to-consultant/ |url-status=live}}</ref> (his license was restored after imprisonment with callsign N6NHG<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitnick Granted Ham License |url=https://www.wired.com/2002/12/mitnick-granted-ham-license/ |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=August 3, 2023 |date=December 27, 2002 |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720153206/https://www.wired.com/2002/12/mitnick-granted-ham-license/ |url-status=live }}</ref>). He chose the nickname "Condor" after watching the movie ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62211803 |title=The Internet : a historical encyclopedia |date=2005 |first1=Hilary W.|last1=Poole | first2=Laura |last2=Lambert |first3=Chris |last3=Woodford |first4=Christos J. P. |last4=Moschovitis |author-link3=Chris Woodford (author) |isbn=1-85109-664-7 |publisher=[[ABC-Clio]] |location=Santa Barbara, California |oclc=62211803 |access-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720041358/https://www.worldcat.org/title/62211803 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was later enrolled at [[Los Angeles Pierce College]] and [[University of Southern California|USC]].<ref name="ghostinwiresmya00mitn_0" />