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It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.

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Kevin Mitnick
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 6
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Computer Security Consultant
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Van Nuys
California
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Kevin David Mitnick
The Condor
The Darkside Hacker
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Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984.
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For the average home-user, anti-virus software is a must.
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The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.
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But a lot of businesses out there don't see the return on investment, they look at it as a liability, and until they can understand that proactive security actually returns, gives them a return on investment, it's still a hard sell for people.
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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.
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The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests.
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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.
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I believe in having each device secured and monitoring each device, rather than just monitoring holistically on the network, and then responding in short enough time for damage control.
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When I was in prison, a Colombian drug lord, offered me $5 million in cash to manipulate a computer system so that he would be released. I turned him down.
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Social engineering is using deception, manipulation and influence to convince a human who has access to a computer system to do something, like click on an attachment in an e-mail.
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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.
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My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.
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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.
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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.
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The hacker mindset doesn't actually see what happens on the other side, to the victim.
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So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.
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A hacker doesnt deliberately destroy data or profit from his activities.
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My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure.
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I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.
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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.
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