Alexandra Elbakyan Quotes

Unauthorized access to computer systems is already a serious crime in a few states and is currently being addressed in many more state legislatures as well as Congress.

To be clear, any attempt to hack or to do anything nefarious is wrong and illegal.

I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief.

The very promise of safety [digital security] is iresistable temptation to hackers, the invading hordes of the 21st century.

If hackers, if anyone committing a criminal act, wants to reduce their risk, they obviously don't involve anybody else. The greater the circle of people that know what you're doing, the higher the risk.

Computer hackers do not need to know each other's real names, or even live on the same continent, to steal millions in mere hours.

Unfortunately cybercrime is the crime of our generation.

The Spy Act prohibits keystroke logging, hijacking, and phishing.

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.

Technology breeds crime and we are constantly trying to develop technology to stay one step ahead of the person trying to use it negatively.

I don't know of any case that involves computer hacking where there were multiple defendants charged where there wasn't an informant on the case.

For about half an hour in mid-1992, I knew as much as any layperson about the pleasures of remote access of other people's computers.

Your fragile mind can't have forgotten the terrifying technothriller series known 'Scorpion'. Because it features the worst hacking scenes ever broadcast in any medium.

The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber.

Every ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want to invade people's privacy. But more importantly they want to take control of computers, they want to hack them, they want to steal information.

Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause.

Every portal coming into this country is being attacked by those who would harvest information, both national security secrets and just the common information of private individuals and private individuals. That crime is going on, every day, on a single entity known as the Internet.

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

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.

I think hacking's important. Most Americans should worry about it no matter what side of the aisle you're on.

There was a time not long ago when stories about Internet crimes were a tough sell for TV newsmagazines. Executive producers were wary because images of people typing on keyboards and video of computer monitors did not make especially compelling TV, even when combined with emotional interviews with victims.

Identity theft, financial laundering, as well as ransom and ransomware - I mean, think of it - all involving extortion of a hacked institution are becoming increasingly common.

I think some of the most interesting stuff was seeing how the Dark Web works and seeing how easy it is for hackers to break into your computer or your bank account or your private information.

'Social engineering,' the fancy term for tricking you into giving away your digital secrets, is at least as great a threat as spooky technology.

Further, the next generation of terrorists will grow up in a digital world, with ever more powerful and easy-to-use hacking tools at their disposal.