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I keep saying it to everybody.

If you don't have hackers on your team, then you're lost.

If I'm designing a bank vault, wouldn't I want to hire the greatest safe cracker in the world,

someone who can break into bank faults?

I want to hire that, man, because if I don't, then he's going to break into my safe.

That's cybersecurity mogul John McAfee.

But first, let me ask you a question.

What's the most vulnerable security risk you own?

What is it?

It used to be your social security number, but it's not anymore.

Actually, it's your phone.

It's the key to your kingdom.

Hackers are able to access nearly all your accounts with just your phone number. They hijack your number, convince all your contacts that they are actually you, and proceed to destroy your

life. I'm not just talking about professional cyber criminals here. I'm talking about kids who hobby hack just for kicks.

In today's culture, hacking is the new rebellion.

If you can't hack into something, well, you're just not cool.

It's hard to believe that your little child sitting quietly at his desk could actually be a covert master hacker in his second life.

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