For those of you who are old enough to remember the "Free Kevin" stickers and shirts from the 90's ... Kevin Mitnick has passed away at the age of 59, from pancreatic cancer.

I guess this was the first big name hacker that I heard of growing up. For a time, it seemed that every website that was defaced had a manifesto, and ended with "FREE KEVIN." It was more than 20 years since he was released from prison until he passed away, but fundamentally this is a guy who went to prison for stealing software.

RIP Kevin.