Was "War Games" based on real-life?

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Sep 25 08:47:00 2002

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Cini, Richard wrote:

> While flipping through PC Magazine this morning, I noticed the
> following quote on page 26 of the 10/15/02 issue:
>
> "You might expect highly technical security advice from Kevin
> Mitnick, whose alleged 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the movie War Games."
>
> This is the first time I've seen this reference. Is this true?

Kevin did a lot of stuff people don't know about.

But I don't know if this is true or not. Sounds plausible.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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