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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 get hired by companies to hack into their systems and break into their physical facilities to find security holes. Our success rate is 100%; we've always found a hole. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#break #companies #facilities #find #found

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

I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#computer #consider #i #myself #thief

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

#better #company #control #fascinated #get

I'm an expert witness in a case that's in appeal about a guy who allegedly misappropriated source code from a major, major company - he actually worked there and then apparently they found it on his laptop later. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#actually #allegedly #apparently #appeal #case

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

#authorization #before #compared #did #difference

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

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

#become #becoming #better #bugs #code