I tried various questions to Mr. Kevin Mitnick who was once afraid as a "legendary hacker"

It was investigated with a blank search warrant on suspicion of communication fraud, computer fraud, interception of communication, etc. Only one person bailed out in the history of the United States spent four and a half years in the federal detention center until detention and punishment were decided without opening a hearing, At the end ofThere is a possibility of hacking a nuclear war from a phone in a prisonThat's why the former big hacker of the legend that had been spending eight months in solitary confinementKevin MitnikHe is.

Currently we give advice on security to each direction, and we will encrypt e-mail on May 15ZenlokHe came to Japan as an adviser to the company and stayed in Japan until last weekend. At GIGAZINE this time, I succeeded in getting the opportunity to interview Kevin, I tried several questions.

The contents of the question and Kevin's response to it are from the following.
Q1:
If there is a criminal record entry permission should not fall normally, but this time due to Zenlok and JITA (Japan IT Innovation Association)I came to Japan for the first time with direct permission from the Minister of JusticeI have heard. What is the reason why I decided to go there so far?

Mr. Kevin:

It's to alert you to security issues, especially about e-mail and social engineering. The most important thing about e-mail security is that billions of e-mails are being exchanged every day, but they are not in a safe state. People are not encrypting e-mail, because encrypting work is complicated and costly. But a company in Japan developed a way to solve this problem and I found it. I thought that I would like to tell everyone about it and I was very excited. I want to help Japanese people notice and understand security threats and rising risks.

Q2:
I followed up with Mr. Shimomura, a Japanese computer security expert who worked hard to catch up with you who tried to attack the Super Computer Center in San Diego at the University of California, San Diego and ultimately FBI to arrest you Is it?

Mr. Kevin:
I have never seen him, never heard something from him. All I know is that he wrote a book about me and made a movie. But there are plenty of things wrong with them.

Q3:
After releasing, I heard that I cooperated with FBI as a security expert on the contrary, but what kind of cooperation did you do as far as you can talk specifically?

Mr. Kevin:
As far as I can talk, FBI is sponsoring recentlyInfragardI did keynote speech with my part, but most of my work is under a confidentiality agreement.

Q4:
Australian-born Amir · Ayalon president started venture company of encryption service of e-mail "ZenlokCurrently I am appointed as an advisor to "Zenlok" who was a venture company originating from Japan in what circumstances?

Mr. Kevin:

Mr. Amir, CEO of Zenlok, told me that I could change the world and explained the solution to make products that I do not need anything other than emailing technology. I was very excited after he talked about me about it. Because it was a very clever way to solve complex problems. And I became an advisor to this company to help alert attention to e-mail security.

Q6:
Currently in Japan, various regulations such as forbidding the use of minors with regard to the Internet and mobile phones, filtering sites considered to be harmful to prevent underage from submitting to the Diet one after another It is being done. In addition, your hobby is to study computer security management avoidance methods, strategies, tactics, and based on it, to acquire knowledge on computer systems and information and communication systems technologies mainly by self-study I heard that it became. Based on these questions, the current net regulations like Japan are like intellectual curiosity like in your childhood
What kind of impact do you think will influence the aged minor?

Mr. Kevin:
I do not know what kind of regulation will be done here. I started hacking when I was young, but there was no such law at that time, and the computer was very expensive. If I tried to learn about computers, I had to go to college and hack into those very expensive systems and get inside. But now we have very strict laws, computers have become very common. That's why Japanese children can arrange their own machines to learn about computers and technology, and can also make mini networks with friends, without this method breaking any law, You can learn on their own machine alone without affecting someone.

Q7:
What kind of education do you think is necessary for security in the future?

Mr. Kevin:
A new threat of vulnerability that greatly affects the majority of people is occurring at any time, for example "Oreole fraudIt affected a lot of people. Once it is recognized that it is important, various media such as television, news, radio, newspaper and the like can alert people about their attacks, help people understand the threat, and how I will tell you if I should protect you.

Q8:
Finally, something.

Mr. Kevin:

When sending mail, people have to know that there are so many vulnerable points. Because the technology to encrypt e-mails is so complicated, I truly believe that people should look to Zenlok's products. It helps protect recipient's privacy as well as yourself. The most interesting thing about Zenlok is that it costs 100% free, it costs 100% free to use, and you do not have to lose anything. So, I recommend that people try Zenlok.