Frank Abagnale

I'm glad I'm a draw. People know that, not only am I the guy that did it, I spent 40 years on the other side.

I was very blessed it was Steven Spielberg who made the movie. He was very much into the redemption side of the story. They asked him in an interview why he had owned the rights to this story for 20 years before he made the movie, and he said, 'I wanted to see what the real Frank Abagnale did with his life before I immortalised him on film.'

You have to be very limited in who you give your social security number to.

I taught at the FBI for four decades - how to think outside of the box and deal with social engineering.

I'm a true believer that you have a moral obligation to keep your employees honest, and that is why you have controls, so I'm never tempted or put in a position where I could do something to defraud my employer.

We really need to get control over Social Security numbers. My children's generation, they're past it. But their children should be able to have a number that is secure.

Unlike most divorces, where the children were usually the first to know, my parents were very good about keeping that a secret.

The biggest thing that concerns me is when we start getting countries using cybercrime to shut down infrastructure, electricity, communications systems, the Internet, et cetera.

You have to be smarter and a wiser businessperson and consumer. You have to learn to protect yourself through education.

By the time I had reached the age of 16, in the 10th grade, my parents, after 22 years of marriage, one day decided to get a divorce.

Every breach you look at occurred because somebody inside did something they weren't supposed to do. Sometimes there's an accomplice, but most of the time, it's innocent.

I served my time and came out of prison when I was just 26 and have worked with the government for 37 years. But people only remember me for what I did before that.