Instead of the usual description of Kevin Mitnick, his consulting services and books, the famed hacker's Web site on Sunday displayed a vulgar message.
Friends of the convicted cybercriminal have arranged two online auctions of the notebook computers the hacker used to break into several large companies.
Christmas came early for notorious computer hacker Kevin Mitnick.
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