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Hacker turned security expert Kevin Mitnick has been denied service by both his web host and his cell phone provider. HostedHere.net and AT&T argue that the barrage of hacker attacks on Mitnick's accounts make them too difficult to defend. Said The Register's Dan Goodin, "In asking Mitnick to take his business elsewhere, [the companies] seem to be making the tacit admission that they are unable to secure the accounts of users whose only fault is being a high-profile target." Really? Is the public surprised that hackers can penetrate these systems?