Before you'd even heard of Kevin Mitnick, or even knew what a hacker was,   
   there were faceless individuals scouring the world's early computer and   
   telephone systems - searching for knowledge and enlightenment. PMF was one of   
   the best.   
      
   In 1995, the U.S. Secret Service ran the first online internet sting in New   
   Jersey. It was in place to catch hackers who were breaking into large   
   communication carriers, and the people who were exploiting the systems to   
   their advantage. It all started    
   when a British hacker was caught breaking into company phone switches in New   
   Jersey.   
      
   Our story starts in 1981 on the Isle of Wight, England. PMF was one of the   
   first to pick up and use computers to his advantage – knowing more than the   
   teachers, he promptly took over the computers - breaking into systems at his   
   school to move cute girls    
   into classes near to his. Systems were never damaged, just carefully put back   
   as they were so his tracks were not found.   
      
   Later in our story, as so-called “phone phreaks” were learning how to make   
   free phone calls to the USA from the UK, PMF got to meet and exchange ideas   
   with some of the coolest of the bunch.   
      
   Once in the US, he took the group under his wing - only to be double crossed   
   by a close friend when federal agents later arrested them.   
      
   A deal was struck between the agency and PMF. He would help them catch people   
   who were making a financial gain from exploiting the cellular phone companies,   
   and teach the corporations the many tricks he had learned over the years which   
   allowed him to    
   penetrate their systems.   
      
   The story concludes with the raiding of 12 locations throughout the USA, along   
   with the arrest of at least 6 major hackers.   
      
   "He was a real hacker," a master at penetrating computer networks to gather   
   information   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                                                                    
   Bergen County, New Jersey Record   
      
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