Confirming? They're reiterating from the same source as everyone else (dignitymemorial.com) hardly confirmed and can't even call that journalism.

Here's another source that independently confirmed Mitnick died:

https://www.securityweek.com/famed-hacker-kevin-mitnick-dead...

You're right, though, about my original post -- that was my bad! I read their blurb but didn't click through the link... thank you for the callout.