Subject : Mitnick's Escape. Posted: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 03:18:15 GMT From: Lewis De Payne Newsgroups: alt.2600 Msg-ID: : The Raliegh Tribunal, late edition, reports: : : Recently captured computer hacker Kevin Mitnick escaped : from the Wade County Detention Facility after a two and a : half year manhunt which lead FBI and US Marshals to his : capture Wednesday. : : Apparently, Mr. Mitnick phoned a clerk for the Admissions : Office and, posing as a booking clerk, instructed her to : mark him as released. The error was not discovered until : after FBI agents arrived to question Mr. Mitnick. : : "This has never happened to us before, and I just can't : understand how it could possibly have happened" said : Marshall Brunner, in charge of Admissions and Operations. : "We would never have thought that someone could just call : us, give us the right name and I.D. number of another : clerk authorized to do releases, and get away with it. : Obviously, some changes are needed". : : Known for his skill in manipulating both people and : computers, Mitnick now faces new charges of illegal : computer access and escape from Federal encarceration when : he is caught. I heard a short blurb about it on KFWB newsradio... amazing.