After just a week, it's evident that Mitnick's site "is getting 20 times more attack traffic every day" than others, Drake says. He adds that the simpler type of brochure-like Web site Mitnick favors is usually harder to hack than more complex sites.

Drake says FireHost's technical personnel dedicate substantial time to making sure security controls are properly set up for new customers to avoid false positives. He acknowledges, however, that FireHost is giving Mitnick even a little more attention to make sure publicity-crazy hackers don't exploit him or harm FireHost's reputation.

FireHost's Web-hosting service typically starts at $100 month with supporting security services but Mitnick, a sort of celebrity, is getting his modest Web-hosting done for free.

Mitnick says he has been inclined over the years not to keep any kind of important documents on a Web site since he has been such a target, and when it comes to e-mail, currently he's satisfied with Google gmail.