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At the end of the day, my goal was to be the best hacker.
— Kevin Mitnick
Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders.
— Kevin Mitnick
One noted software libertarian, Richard Stallman, even refused to protect his account with a password.
— Kevin D. Mitnick
The Internet is like the phone. To be without it is ridiculous.
— Kevin Mitnick
No company that I ever hacked into reported any damages, which they were required to do for significant losses.
— Kevin Mitnick
A log-in simulator is a program to trick some unknowing user into providing their user name and password.
— Kevin Mitnick
Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon.
— Kevin Mitnick
My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.
— Kevin Mitnick
My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure.
— Kevin Mitnick
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
I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief. I copied without permission.
— Kevin Mitnick
Every hacker is to some extent a rebel who lives by different standards and enjoys beating the system.
— Kevin D. Mitnick
I went to prison for my hacking. Now people hire me to do the same things I went to prison for, but in a legal and beneficial way.
— Kevin D. Mitnick
I did get a huge endorphin rush when I was able to crack a system because it was like a video game.
— Kevin Mitnick
knowing you're smarter than somebody and you can beat them. And that, in our case, it was gonna make us some money.
— Kevin D. Mitnick
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Every time some [developer] says, 'Nobody will go to the trouble of doing that,' there's some kid in Finland who will go to the trouble.
— Kevin D. Mitnick
I happen to be notorious. That, I have no control over.
— Kevin Mitnick
The human. Now you know all about your target
— Kevin Mitnick
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.
— Kevin Mitnick
You can't go to Windows Update and get a patch for stupidity.
— Kevin Mitnick
What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology.
— Kevin Mitnick
Some people think technology has the answers.
— Kevin Mitnick
The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.
— Kevin Mitnick
To some people I'll always be the bad guy.
— Kevin Mitnick
Usually companies hire me, and they know full well who I am, and that's one of the reasons they want to hire me.
— Kevin Mitnick
There is no patch for stupidity.
— Kevin Mitnick
I characterize myself as a retired hacker. I'm applying what I know to improve security at companies.
— Kevin Mitnick
For the average home-user, anti-virus software is a must.
— Kevin Mitnick
I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.
— Kevin Mitnick
Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you.
— Kevin Mitnick
I keep my stuff updated all the time. Being in the security industry, I keep up to date with securities.
— Kevin Mitnick
The hacker mindset doesn't actually see what happens on the other side, to the victim.
— Kevin Mitnick
So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.
— Kevin Mitnick
But have you ever felt that something was so good it couldn't possibly last?
— Kevin D. Mitnick
I was hooked in before hacking was even illegal.
— Kevin Mitnick
The intent of the individuals who created the DDoS attacks has nothing to do with hacking, and they are vandals, not hackers.
— Kevin Mitnick
Hacking is exploiting security controls either in a technical, physical or a human-based element.
— Kevin Mitnick
We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management.
— Kevin Mitnick
I love solving puzzles, I love finding my way around obstacles, and I love learning new things about technology.
— Kevin Mitnick
Back up everything! You are not invulnerable. Catastrophic data loss can happen to you - one worm or Trojan is all it takes.
— Kevin Mitnick
Social engineers veil themselves in a cloak of believability.
— Kevin Mitnick
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984.
— Kevin Mitnick
I wasn't a hacker for the money, and it wasn't to cause damage.
— Kevin Mitnick
The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting than the reality of Kevin Mitnick. If they told the reality, no one would care.
— Kevin Mitnick
When somebody asks for a favor involving information, if you don't know him or can't verify his identity, just say no.
— Kevin Mitnick
The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests.
— Kevin Mitnick
I have done a lot to rehabilitate my reputation.
— Kevin Mitnick
Anyone who thinks that security products alone offer true security is settling for the illusion of security.
— Kevin D. Mitnick
I was fascinated with the phone system and how it worked; I became a hacker to get better control over the phone company.
— Kevin Mitnick
I saw myself as an electronic joy rider.
— Kevin Mitnick
F_k being a script kiddie if you can avoid it - be a hacker.
— Kevin D. Mitnick
