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

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 I could locate security bugs, I could become better at hacking into their systems. It was all towards becoming a better hacker.

I believe in having each device secured and monitoring each device, rather than just monitoring holistically on the network, and then responding in short enough time for damage control.

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

It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.

My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure.

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