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

My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.

You can't go to Windows Update and get a patch for stupidity.

It doesn't work the same way everywhere. The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests. People in the former Soviet bloc countries are less trusting, perhaps because of their previous experiences with their countries' secret services.

I was addicted to hacking, more for the intellectual challenge, the curiosity, the seduction of adventure; not for stealing, or causing damage or writing computer viruses.

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

Social engineering bypasses all technologies, including firewalls.