#ch

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

— Kevin Mitnick

#important

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. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#casualties #cause #computer #cyber #day

I believe in having each device secured and monitoring each device, rather than just monitoring holistically on the network, and then responding in short enough time for damage control. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#control #damage #device #each #enough

I can go into LinkedIn and search for network engineers and come up with a list of great spear-phishing targets because they usually have administrator rights over the network. Then I go onto Twitter or Facebook and trick them into doing something, and I have privileged access. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#administrator #because #come #doing #engineers

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

— Kevin Mitnick

#characterize #companies #hacker #i #improve

I think it goes back to my high school days. In computer class, the first assignment was to write a program to print the first 100 Fibonacci numbers. Instead, I wrote a program that would steal passwords of students. My teacher gave me an A. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#back #class #computer #days #first

I was addicted to hacking, more for the intellectual challenge, the curiosity, the seduction of adventure; not for stealing, or causing damage or writing computer viruses. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#adventure #causing #challenge #computer #curiosity

It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If you get caught you're going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it's much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#bank #because #caught #commit #crime

Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand. ↗

— Issey Miyake

#always #even #hand #high #i

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#given #god #perceiving #reveal #secretly