181 Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

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.

You can’t go to Windows Update and get a patch for stupidity.

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

Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls and secure access devices, and it’s money wasted because none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain: the people who use, administer and operate computer systems.

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.

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

The human. Now you know all about your target.

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

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