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

No company that I ever hacked into reported any damages, which they were required to do for significant losses. Sun didn't stop using Solaris and DEC didn't stop using VMS.

Social engineers veil themselves in a cloak of believability.

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.

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

I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade.

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