Frank Abagnale

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. ”