I saw myself as an electronic joy rider.

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

Any type of operating system that I wanted to be able to hack, I basically compromised the source code, copied it over to the university because I didn't have enough space on my 200 megabyte hard drive.

The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests.

I did get a huge endorphin rush when I was able to crack a system because it was like a video game.

It’s actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you’re dealing drugs. If you get caught you’re going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it’s much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none.

I obtained confidential information in the same way government employees did, and I did it all without even touching a computer. ... I was so successful with this line of attack that I rarely had to go towards a technical attack.