Are hackers a threat? The degree of thre... by Kevin Mitnick

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Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause.

- Kevin Mitnick

Other quotes by Kevin Mitnick

Heart

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

- Kevin Mitnick

School Life

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

- Kevin Mitnick

School

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

- Kevin Mitnick

Day Job Now

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

- Kevin Mitnick

People

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

- Kevin Mitnick

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

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