Government Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

The human. Now you know all about your target

— Kevin Mitnick

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

Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders.

— Kevin Mitnick

Back up everything! You are not invulnerable. Catastrophic data loss can happen to you - one worm or Trojan is all it takes.

— Kevin Mitnick

It's true, I had hacked into a lot of companies, and took copies of the source code to analyze it for security bugs. If…

— Kevin Mitnick

When an attacker fails with one person, they often go to another person. The key is to report the attack to other departments. Workers…

— Kevin Mitnick

I think malware is a significant threat because the mitigation, like antivirus software, hasn't evolved to a point to really mitigate the risk to…

— Kevin Mitnick

Usually companies hire me, and they know full well who I am, and that's one of the reasons they want to hire me.

— Kevin Mitnick

A lot of companies are clueless, because they spend most or all of their security budget on high-tech security like fire walls and biometric…

— Kevin Mitnick

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

— Kevin Mitnick

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…

— Kevin Mitnick

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

The explosion of companies deploying wireless networks insecurely is creating vulnerabilities, as they think it's limited to the office - then they have Johnny…

— Kevin Mitnick

The government does things like insisting that all encryption programs should have a back door. But surely no one is stupid enough to think…

— Kevin Mitnick

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

— Kevin Mitnick