Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick
Kevin David Mitnickis an American computer security consultant, author and hacker, best known for his high-profile 1995 arrest and later five years in prison for various computer and communications-related crimes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 August 1963
CountryUnited States of America
Kevin Mitnick quotes about
cat swings games
New security loopholes are constantly popping up because of wireless networking. The cat-and-mouse game between hackers and system administrators is still in full swing.
government hacking action
My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims.
numbers people needs
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.
garbage-cans names numbers
Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon.
technology thinking people
Some people think technology has the answers.
break found holes
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.
important remember easy
Choosing a hard-to-guess, but easy-to-remember password is important!
passion able hacking
I could have evaded the FBI a lot longer if I had been able to control my passion for hacking.
punishment argument fit
My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.
causes degrees action
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.
country people secret
It doesn't work the same way everywhere. The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests. People in the former Soviet bloc countries are less trusting, perhaps because of their previous experiences with their countries' secret services.
jobs hands doe
Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you.
management problem physical-attraction
We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management.
school path taught
So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.