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• 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, Holes, Found

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• 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

  Numbers, People, Twenties

  "An Hour with Kevin Mitnick, Part 2". Interview With Vince Barnes, www.esecurityplanet.com. April 7, 2004.

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• 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

  Punishment, Drug, Risk

  "Kevin Mitnick, Former Fugitive Hacker, Laments How The Game Has Changed". Interview with Gerry Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2011.

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• 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

  Differences, Gains, Hacking

  Kevin Mitnick (2011). “Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker”, p.424, Hachette UK

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• I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Years, Computer, Sometimes

  "A convicted hacker debunks some myths". Interview with Manav Tanneeru, www.cnn.com. October 13, 2005.

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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

  Degrees, Causes, Action

  "They call me a criminal" by Kevin Mitnick, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2000.

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

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  Heart, Hackers, Intention

  "They call me a criminal" by Kevin Mitnick, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2000.

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• The hacker mindset doesn't actually see what happens on the other side, to the victim.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Sides, Mindset, Hackers

  "An Hour with Kevin Mitnick, Part 2". Interview With Vince Barnes, www.esecurityplanet.com. April 7, 2004.

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• When I was in prison, a Colombian drug lord, offered me $5 million in cash to manipulate a computer system so that he would be released. I turned him down.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Drug, Would Be, Cash

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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

  Kevin Mitnick

  Hackers, Company, Retired

  "Q & A / Kevin Mitnick / Ex-hacker shares secrets of deception / Mitnick says 'social engineers' play big role in cyber attacks". Interview with Verne Kopytoff, www.sfgate.com. October 28, 2002.

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• 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

  Writing, Adventure, Challenges

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• When an attacker fails with one person, they often go to another person. The key is to report the attack to other departments. Workers should know to act like they are going along with what the hacker wants and take copious notes so the company will know what the hacker is trying to find.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Keys, Trying, Want

  "Q & A / Kevin Mitnick / Ex-hacker shares secrets of deception / Mitnick says 'social engineers' play big role in cyber attacks". Interview With Verne Kopytoff, www.sfgate.com. October 28, 2002.

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• It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Skills, People, Computer

  "They call me a criminal" by Kevin Mitnick, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2000.

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• I obtained confidential information in the same way government employees did, and I did it all without even touching a computer. ... I was so successful with this line of attack that I rarely had to go towards a technical attack.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Successful, Government, Touching

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• Oracle, for example, has even hired people to dumpster dive for information about its competitor, Microsoft. It's not even illegal, because trash isn't covered by data secrecy laws.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Law, Data, People

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• Any type of operating system that I wanted to be able to hack, I basically compromised the source code, copied it over to the university because I didn't have enough space on my 200 megabyte hard drive.

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  Space, Able, Enough

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• I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade.

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  Funny, Stupid, Kids

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• I could have evaded the FBI a lot longer if I had been able to control my passion for hacking.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Passion, Able, Hacking

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• The intent of the individuals who created the DDoS attacks has nothing to do with hacking, and they are vandals, not hackers.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Hacking, Hackers, Individual

  "They call me a criminal", www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2000.

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• 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

  People, Giving, Looks

  "An Hour with Kevin Mitnick, Part 2". Interview with Vince Barnes, www.esecurityplanet.com. April 7, 2004.

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• 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

  Loss, Terrorist Groups, Manhattan

  "Q & A / Kevin Mitnick / Ex-hacker shares secrets of deception / Mitnick says 'social engineers' play big role in cyber attacks". Interview With Verne Kopytoff, www.sfgate.com. October 28, 2002.

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

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  Important, Remember, Easy

  "Talk time: Kevin Mitnick". Interview with Hamish Mackintosh, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2003.

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• If you go to a coffee shop or at the airport, and you're using open wireless, I would use a VPN service that you could subscribe for 10 bucks a month. Everything is encrypted in an encryption tunnel, so a hacker cannot tamper with your connection.

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  Coffee, Tunnels, Airports

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• A hacker doesnt deliberately destroy data or profit from his activities.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Data, Hackers, Profit

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• The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Gullible, Deny, Co Worker

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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