I went from being a kid who loved to perform magic tricks to becoming the world's most notorious hacker, feared by corporations and the government.

I wasn't a hacker for the money, and it wasn't to cause damage.

Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders.

A hacker doesn't deliberately destroy data or profit from his activities.

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

Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms.