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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• Kevin Mitnick:

  I'm an expert witness in a case that's in appeal about a guy who allegedly misappropriated source c

• Kevin Mitnick:

  We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management.

• Kevin Mitnick:

  Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become th

• Kevin Mitnick:

  Any type of operating system that I wanted to be able to hack, I basically compromised the source c

• Kevin Mitnick:

  So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary softwar

• Kevin Mitnick:

  I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take

• Kevin Mitnick:

  Of course I'm sure half the people there hate me and half the people like me.

• Kevin Mitnick:

  I was pretty much the government's poster boy for what I had done.

• Kevin Mitnick:

  The hacker mindset doesn't actually see what happens on the other side, to the victim.

• Kevin Mitnick:

  As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.