So what I was essentially doing was, I c... by Kevin Mitnick

Software hacking hacker computer security phreaking

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

Other quotes by 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

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

Pretty Government

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

- Kevin Mitnick

People

But a lot of businesses out there don't see the return on investment, they look at it as a liability, and until they can understand that proactive security actually returns, gives them a return on investment, it's still a hard sell for people.

- Kevin Mitnick

Technology People

Some people think technology has the answers.

- Kevin Mitnick

Security World

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

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