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
stupidity updates window
You can't go to Windows Update and get a patch for stupidity.
numbers perfect people
The perfect PIN is not four digits and not associated with your life, like an old telephone number. It's something easy for you to remember and hard for other people to guess.
loss cards banking
I trust online banking. You know why? Because if somebody hacks into my account and defrauds my credit card company, or my online bank account, guess who takes the loss? The bank, not me.
hacking hackers individual
The intent of the individuals who created the DDoS attacks has nothing to do with hacking, and they are vandals, not hackers.
becoming-the-best locks agendas
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.
hate people half
Of course I'm sure half the people there hate me and half the people like me
government way break
No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government systems.
loss damage sun
No company that I ever hacked into reported any damages, which they were required to do for significant losses. Sun didn't stop using Solaris and DEC didn't stop using VMS.
adventure goal curiosity
My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure.
successful government touching
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.
keys trying want
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.
sides hackers mindset
The hacker mindset doesn't actually see what happens on the other side, to the victim.
differences gains hacking
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.
funny stupid kids
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.