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

I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now do it with authorization.

A hacker doesnt deliberately destroy data or profit from his activities.

I got so passionate about technology. Hacking to me was like a video game. It was about getting trophies. I just kept going on and on, despite all the trouble I was getting into, because I was hooked.

So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock.

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

I saw myself as an electronic joy rider.