Then again, my case was all about the mi... by Kevin Mitnick

World Security hacking hacker computer security

Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms.

- Kevin Mitnick

Other quotes by Kevin Mitnick

Legal

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

Government

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

- Kevin Mitnick

People

All they need to do is to set up some website somewhere selling some bogus product at twenty percent of the normal market prices and people are going to be tricked into providing their credit card numbers.

- Kevin Mitnick

Software

So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock.

- Kevin Mitnick

School

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

- Kevin Mitnick

Pretty Government

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

- Kevin Mitnick

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