Ex-hackers sometimes find work as security consultants, but few find it as easily as Kevin Mitnick.

WSJ: From Time Behind Bars, Business Plans Grow

Then Markoffs July 4, 1994, front- page story taunted the feds: Kevin Mitnick is a computer programmer run amok.

FORBES: The demonizing of a hacker

Markoff, he said, single-handedly created the myth of Kevin Mitnick, which everyone is using to advance their own agendas.

FORBES: The demonizing of a hacker

The most famous hacker is still Kevin Mitnick.

CNN: The digital century: Software and the Internet

" Christopher Painter, the deputy chief for cybercrime at the U.S. Department of Justice who once prosecuted Kevin Mitnick, one of the first notorious hackers, adds:"Indications are that this is becoming a more financially motivated thing.

FORBES: Criminal Outbreak

Kevin Mitnick pioneered social engineering years ago.

FORBES: Be Careful Who You Know

Silent treatment A year ago we argued that the U.S. federal government had overreacted when it sentenced the computer hacker Kevin Mitnick, 36, to five years in jail--more time than most plea-bargaining killers serve (" Kevin Mitnick, the hackers' first martyr").

FORBES: Another Look

Kevin David Mitnick, 35, is arguably the worlds most famous computer hacker.

FORBES: The demonizing of a hacker