Mitnick was a skilled hacker, having broken into telcos, the Department of Defense, and more. One time he even emailed the president all of the nuclear missile activation codes.
One day he ran across a totally dark system with unbelievable security. Over the course of several months of trying to break in, he fried three laptops. It was a Nosferatu database. He dug around for awhile, got freaked out, and unplugged.
Two hours later, Gary Golden appeared at his door, and brought Mitnick into the fold. Mitnick delighted in his new condition: "Now I get all the cool new toys, plus I just happen to get to live forever. Not a bad deal if you ask me." He moved in with the rest of Gary's brood in the warrens under the streets of Hollywood.
In late 2004 he sought the assistance of the prince's agent to help set up new SchreckNet nodes.
In 2005 he provided some valuable information to Beckett regarding the Drowned Legacies[1].
He was still living with Gary's brood in Hollywood in 2019.
Quests[]
- A Tangled Web
Background Information[]
- Mitnick is named after famed hacker Kevin Mitnick, who was born in the LA area. Mitnick was famously arrested in 1995 and spent five years in prison for various computer- and communication-related crimes, and has since made a living as a security consultant.
- According to the PC's haven computer, Mitnick uses a number of burner email addresses: m1tn1ck@yo-mama.vtm, m1tn1ck@big-tool.vtm, m1tn1ck@dod.vtm, m1tn1ck@arcanum1.vtm, m1tn1ck@junktown.vtm, m1tn1ck@3-eyed-snake.vtm, m1tn1ck@impeachbush.vtm, and m1tn1ck@theflow.vtm.
- Mitnick references a "Trash-80," a common epithet used to refer to Radio Shack's TRS-80, a hobbyist computer and one of the first home computers available to the public.
- Mitnick references the Tzimisce creatures infesting the sewers as "a bad sequel to C.H.U.D." (although Jay Gordon pronounces it as "CHAD"). C.H.U.D. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers) was a 1984 horror film about small flesh-eating creatures that live in the sewers.
- The NSA managed to crack SchreckNet in late 2004, leading to the collapse of the network and the creation of the Second Inquisition. It's not known if that occurred due to Mitnick's Tangled Web quest, or if the events were unrelated.[2]
- Mitnick is another one of the NPCs who calls the fledgling by the name Kid.
- Mitnick likes to call the fledgling Newbie as well.
- If the fledgling is a Nosferatu, and they choose their words wisely, Mitnick can give the fledgling tips on how to 'get in good with Gary'.
References[]
- VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade: L.A. By Night
- 2x07: Red Flags
- 2x09: Embrace the Dark
- 2xE1: The Devil's Garden
- ↑ VTM: Beckett's Jyhad Diary, p. 502
- ↑ VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Corebook, p. 360