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. Kevin Mitnick corporationfeargovernment Change image and share on social
When I read about myself in the media, even I don't recognize me. The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting than the reality of Kevin Mitnick. If they told the reality, no one would care. Kevin Mitnick careinterestkevin Change image and share on social
I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago. Kevin Mitnick agocomputereasy Change image and share on social
Our Constitution requires that the accused be presumed innocent before trial, thus granting all citizens the right to a bail hearing, where the accused has the opportunity to be represented by counsel, present evidence, and cross-examine witnesses. Kevin Mitnick accusebailcitizen share on social
Security is always going to be a cat and mouse game because there'll be people out there that are hunting for the zero day award, you have people that don't have configuration management, don't have vulnerability management, don't have patch management. Kevin Mitnick awardcatconfiguration share on social
I could pose as a Yahoo rep claiming that there's been some sort of fault, and somebody else is getting your e-mail, and we're going to have to remove your account and reinstall it. So what we'll do is reset the current password that you have - and by the way, what is it? Kevin Mitnick accountclaimcurrent share on social
I use Mac. Not because it's more secure than everything else - because it is actually less secure than Windows - but I use it because it is still under the radar. People who write malicious code want the greatest return on their investment, so they target Windows systems. I still work with Windows in virtual machines. Kevin Mitnick codegreatinvestment share on social
The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network. Kevin Mitnick accessengineergain Change image and share on social
I happen to be notorious. That, I have no control over. Kevin Mitnick controlhappennotorious Change image and share on social
Any type of operating system that I wanted to be able to hack, I basically compromised the source code, copied it over to the university because I didn't have enough space on my 200 megabyte hard drive. Kevin Mitnick basicallycodecompromise share on social