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At the end of the day, my goal was to be the best hacker.

Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders.

The Internet is like the phone. To be without it is ridiculous.

Choosing a hard-to-guess, but easy-to-remember password is important!

No company that I ever hacked into reported any damages, which they were required to do for significant losses.

I don't know of any case that involves computer hacking where there were multiple defendants charged where there wasn't an informant on the case.

A log-in simulator is a program to trick some unknowing user into providing their user name and password.

Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon.

My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.

My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure.

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.

Phone phreaking is a type of hacking that allows you to explore the telephone network by exploiting the phone systems and phone company employees.

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.

I did get a huge endorphin rush when I was able to crack a system because it was like a video game.

I happen to be notorious. That, I have no control over.

I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief. I copied without permission.

Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.

I'm not a fugitive anymore. Never will be in the future. After spending five years in jail, you learn your lesson. I never want to return there.

Some people think technology has the answers.

You can't go to Windows Update and get a patch for stupidity.

What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology.

I was fascinated with the phone system and how it worked; I became a hacker to get better control over the phone company.

The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.

A hacker doesn't deliberately destroy data or profit from his activities.

To some people I'll always be the bad guy.

Usually companies hire me, and they know full well who I am, and that's one of the reasons they want to hire me.

There is no patch for stupidity.

I characterize myself as a retired hacker. I'm applying what I know to improve security at companies.

For the average home-user, anti-virus software is a must.

I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.

Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you.

Social engineering bypasses all technologies, including firewalls.

The human. Now you know all about your target

Of course I'm sure half the people there hate me and half the people like me.

The hacker mindset doesn't actually see what happens on the other side, to the victim.

Anything out there is vulnerable to attack given enough time and resources.

The hacking trend has definitely turned criminal because of e-commerce.

So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.

I was hooked in before hacking was even illegal.

The intent of the individuals who created the DDoS attacks has nothing to do with hacking, and they are vandals, not hackers.

Hacking is exploiting security controls either in a technical, physical or a human-based element.

We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management.

I was pretty much the government's poster boy for what I had done.

I love solving puzzles, I love finding my way around obstacles, and I love learning new things about technology.

Back up everything! You are not invulnerable. Catastrophic data loss can happen to you - one worm or Trojan is all it takes.

Social engineers veil themselves in a cloak of believability.

Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984.

Once when I was a fugitive, I was working for a law firm in Denver.

I wasn't a hacker for the money, and it wasn't to cause damage.

As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.

My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims.

The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting than the reality of Kevin Mitnick. If they told the reality, no one would care.

When somebody asks for a favor involving information, if you don't know him or can't verify his identity, just say no.

The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests.

I have done a lot to rehabilitate my reputation.

I keep my stuff updated all the time. Being in the security industry, I keep up to date with securities.

I saw myself as an electronic joy rider.

Not being allowed to use the Internet is kind of like not being allowed to use a telephone.