Computer hacking really results in financial losses and hassles. The objectives of terrorist groups are more serious. That is not to say that cyber groups can't access a telephone switch in Manhattan on a day like 9/11, shut it down, and therefore cause more casualties.

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

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

For the average home-user, anti-virus software is a must.

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

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

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