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

I don't condone anyone causing damage in my name, or doing anything malicious in support of my plight. There are more productive ways to help me. As a hacker myself, I never intentionally damaged anything.

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.

At the end of the day, my goal was to be the best hacker.

I characterize myself as a retired hacker. I'm applying what I know to improve security at companies.