Kevin Mitnick

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

#adventure #causing #challenge #computer #curiosity

I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#computer #consider #i #myself #thief

I was fascinated with the phone system and how it worked; I became a hacker to get better control over the phone company. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#better #company #control #fascinated #get

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

— Kevin Mitnick

#done #government #had #i #much

I wasn't a hacker for the money, and it wasn't to cause damage. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#damage #hacker #i #money

My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#been #crime #fit #i #punished

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. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#because #between #constantly #full #game

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. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#company #damages #dec #ever #hacked

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. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#anything #attempted #break #classified #complete

Of course I'm sure half the people there hate me and half the people like me. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#half #hate #i #like #me