The timing could not be more perfect...
Here is some "paranoia" for you. Yes he maybe one of the most talented hackers in the world, but if you view the actual demonstration, it was not to show how easy it was for Kevin Mitnick to do, but how easy it is for anyone to do.
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2015/5/7/technology/kevin-mitnick-shows-hacking-childs-play-cebit-keynote
The people you need to be afraid of are not the ones who have a back door to core network infrastructure as they are government and we really cannot do anything about it anyway so what is the point. What you need to be afraid of is the 16 year old next door, who has too much free time, knows how to google and has not fully developed a sense of right vs wrong yet.
