When I was hacking, it was more pushing the status quo and seeing how far you can go.

Humans make mistakes. Programmers are bound to make mistakes. Hackers, you can bet your life, are going to be there to exploit those mistakes.

A lot of hackers set up scam sites. They can impersonate a site like PayPal, for instance.

The security world needs to take a more proactive approach. A lot of companies will know an exploit exists and they'll release the software anyways, and the patch later on. Stuff like this needs to stop. There needs to be some kind of agency that verifies code before it's released, maybe a grading system for code.

There are more hackers breeding every day, and more brilliant minds are turning into hackers. Security has advanced, but so have hackers.

Back in my era, hacking was all about messing with other hackers. It was a hacker war.

Almost all exploits are simple mistakes.