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Hacking Quotes

From cyber threats to playful web tinkering.

These hacking quotes span serious ground, warning about bolder nation-state cyberattacks with few real consequences, and lighter territory, like a novelist's punny book title. Related reading in Risk quotes.

We need to do whatever we can to defend ourselves against hacking.

Quotes by Soren Skou

Growth hacking is the future of marketing. It has to be.

Quotes by Ryan Holiday

Russian hacking of the DNC is a problem, not a scandal.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

Because there are little to no consequences for conducting cyberattacks, criminals and nation-states are becoming bolder in their threats and behavior. Russia, China, North Korea and Iran are increasingly hacking into U.S. companies and government networks for espionage purposes or...

Quotes by Michael McCaul

Emotion Quotes

The idea of having no responsibilities except general edification seems like such a luxury now. When I had it, all I wanted to do was hack around on the Web. Now the vast majority of my hours are hacking around...

Quotes by Matt Mullenweg

China not only does not support hacking but also opposes it.

Quotes by Li Keqiang

My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims.

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now...

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

I could have evaded the FBI a lot longer if I had been able to control my passion for hacking.

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

Risk Quotes

Robin Wasserman is the author of several books, including 'Hacking Harvard,' 'Chasing Yesterday,' 'Seven Deadly Sins,' and her latest, 'Skinned.'

Quotes by John Joseph Adams

I started by hacking around the back yard in Richmond.

Quotes by Jennifer Wyatt

We live in a world where all wars will begin as cyber wars... It's the combination of hacking and massive, well-coordinated disinformation campaigns.

Quotes by Jared Cohen

Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.

Quotes by J. F. C. Fuller

For years, China expected foreign companies not to publicly voice their complaints about hacking or intellectual-property violations in order to protect their broader interests in the country.

Quotes by Evan Osnos

Strategy Quotes

The United States Cyber Command was created partly in response to a Russian hacking attack that long predated the 2016 election.

Quotes by David E. Sanger

It is a fairly open secret that almost all systems can be hacked, somehow. It is a less spoken of secret that such hacking has actually gone quite mainstream.

Quotes by Dan Kaminsky

Is hacking ever acceptable? It depends on the motive.

Quotes by Charlie Brooker

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the focus of these hacking quotes?
Cybersecurity threats and lighter web culture - warnings about bolder nation-state cyberattacks, a novelist's playful book title, and nostalgia for simply tinkering online without responsibility.
Why do people search for quotes about cyberattacks?
With rising concern over nation-state hacking, readers look for concise statements explaining why the threat keeps growing and why real defense matters, which these quotes address directly.
Is there a quote naming specific countries linked to hacking?
Yes, one entry names Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran as nation-states becoming bolder in cyberattacks due to limited real consequences.
Does this page include anything lighter or nostalgic about hacking?
One quote does, recalling the freedom of hacking around on the web for fun before responsibilities took over most available hours.
Anywhere else worth clicking next?
See Technology quotes for a broader look at tech and its impact.

There's also a wistful note about the freedom to just hack around on the web before responsibilities piled up, a reminder that the word once meant simple curiosity too. Continue with Technology quotes.