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.

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

No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government systems.

Of course I'm sure half the people there hate me and half the people like me

Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you.

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

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.