Kevin Mitnick Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“At the end of the day, my goal was to be the best hacker.”

“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.”

“Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon.”

“The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.”

“I went from being a kid who loved to perform magic tricks to becoming the world's most notorious hacker, feared by corporations and the government.”

“For the average home-user, anti-virus software is a must.”

“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.”

“What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology.”

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