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" What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology. "
Kevin Mitnick
Be True
True
Technology
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" My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure. "
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Adventure
Curiosity
Goal
" Hacking is exploiting security controls either in a technical, physical or a human-based element. "
Kevin Mitnick
Physical
Technical
Hacking
" Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders. "
Kevin Mitnick
Been
Out
Corporations
" One of my all-time favorite pranks was gaining unauthorized access to the telephone switch and changing the class of service of a fellow phone phreak. When he'd attempt to make a call from home, he'd get a message telling him to deposit a dime, because the telephone company switch received input that indicated he was calling from a pay phone. "
Kevin Mitnick
Class
Company
Home
" It's true, I had hacked into a lot of companies, and took copies of the source code to analyze it for security bugs. If I could locate security bugs, I could become better at hacking into their systems. It was all towards becoming a better hacker. "
Kevin Mitnick
Security
True
Better
" Computer hacking really results in financial losses and hassles. The objectives of terrorist groups are more serious. That is not to say that cyber groups can't access a telephone switch in Manhattan on a day like 9/11, shut it down, and therefore cause more casualties. "
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Say
Results
Serious
" I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now do it with authorization. "
Kevin Mitnick
Hacking
Hacker
Never
" I could have evaded the FBI a lot longer if I had been able to control my passion for hacking. "
Kevin Mitnick
Passion
Hacking
FBI
" If hackers, if anyone committing a criminal act, wants to reduce their risk, they obviously don't involve anybody else. The greater the circle of people that know what you're doing, the higher the risk. "
Kevin Mitnick
People
Risk
Circle
" I was hooked in before hacking was even illegal. "
Kevin Mitnick
Hooked
Even
Hacking
" A hacker doesn't deliberately destroy data or profit from his activities. "
Kevin Mitnick
His
Data
Hacker
" I keep my stuff updated all the time. Being in the security industry, I keep up to date with securities. "
Kevin Mitnick
Up
Time
Security
" Businesses should absolutely set aside funding in their budgets for security consultants. Unless there is an expert on staff, and there usually is not, it needs to be outsourced. "
Kevin Mitnick
Expert
Needs
Funding
" Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you. "
Kevin Mitnick
Now
Job
Back
" As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool. "
Kevin Mitnick
Boy
Young
School
" Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984. "
Kevin Mitnick
Ear
Computers
Set
" I love solving puzzles, I love finding my way around obstacles, and I love learning new things about technology. "
Kevin Mitnick
Learning
Technology
Obstacles
" I have done a lot to rehabilitate my reputation. "
Kevin Mitnick
Lot
Reputation
Done
" What happens with smaller businesses is that they give in to the misconception that their site is secure because the system administrator deployed standard security products - firewalls, intrusion detection systems, or stronger authentication devices such as time-based tokens or biometric smart cards. But those things can be exploited. "
Kevin Mitnick
Cards
Stronger
Smart
" I characterize myself as a retired hacker. I'm applying what I know to improve security at companies. "
Kevin Mitnick
Security
Know
Improve
" It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills. "
Kevin Mitnick
Skill
Computers
People
" Security is always going to be a cat and mouse game because there'll be people out there that are hunting for the zero day award, you have people that don't have configuration management, don't have vulnerability management, don't have patch management. "
Kevin Mitnick
Day
People
Management
" I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade. "
Kevin Mitnick
Young
Now
Stupid
" A log-in simulator is a program to trick some unknowing user into providing their user name and password. "
Kevin Mitnick
Some
Program
Trick
" Our Constitution requires that the accused be presumed innocent before trial, thus granting all citizens the right to a bail hearing, where the accused has the opportunity to be represented by counsel, present evidence, and cross-examine witnesses. "
Kevin Mitnick
Opportunity
Innocent
Constitution
" I went from being a kid who loved to perform magic tricks to becoming the world's most notorious hacker, feared by corporations and the government. "
Kevin Mitnick
Magic
Hacker
Government
" Oracle, for example, has even hired people to dumpster dive for information about its competitor, Microsoft. It's not even illegal, because trash isn't covered by data secrecy laws. "
Kevin Mitnick
Dive
People
Data
" So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock. "
Kevin Mitnick
Through
Lock
Software
" The Patriot Act is ludicrous. Terrorists have proved that they are interested in total genocide, not subtle little hacks of the U.S. infrastructure, yet the government wants a blank search warrant to spy and snoop on everyone's communications. "
Kevin Mitnick
Government
Everyone
Patriot
" I think a cyber-terrorism attack is overblown, though the threat exists. I think al Qaeda and other groups are more interested in symbolic terrorism, like what they did to the World Trade Center - suicide bombers or something that really has an effect and is meaningful to people. "
Kevin Mitnick
Suicide
World
Think