A lot of people would enter restricted sites just to say they can, and then log out. Today, everything related to hacking seems to be for monetary gain.

A lot of hackers set up scam sites. They can impersonate a site like PayPal, for instance.

When I was hacking, it was more pushing the status quo and seeing how far you can go.

Where there's a will, there's a way. Hackers tend to find a way. Code is also expanding. More lines of code means more probability that there is an exploit that can be [used].

Back in my era, hacking was all about messing with other hackers. It was a hacker war.

There are more hackers breeding every day, and more brilliant minds are turning into hackers. Security has advanced, but so have hackers.

Humans make mistakes. Programmers are bound to make mistakes. Hackers, you can bet your life, are going to be there to exploit those mistakes.

Almost all exploits are simple mistakes.

It's much easier to become a hacker now. It was a private community before and you had to find your way in, like tumbling down a rabbit hole. Today, there are all-in-one desktops fully equipped with tools pre-built into the operating system, all related to hacking. They are all very powerful tools and free to download.

As the world becomes more digitalized, there are more entry points for hackers.

In the hacking world, security is more of a response than a proactive measure. They wait for hackers to attack and then they patch, based on the attacks.

I have done conferences explaining that cloud is a bad idea. It's putting all your eggs in one basket.