Kevin Mitnick American Quotations

I'm an expert witness in a case that's in appeal about a guy who allegedly misappropriated source code from a major, major company - he actually worked there and then apparently they found it on his laptop later.

Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms.

I can't really stereotype the whole industry, but they'll be proactive about anti-virus software because they've already seen the effects.

My message today is primary the same... I usually go around speaking on the threat of the human element, particularly on social engineering.

So what you have to do is think about authenticating credit card transactions more than thinking about obfuscating the credit card number.

I basically look at it as... if the guy hacked into Citibank and stole millions of dollars, would I hire him to secure my bank? Maybe not!