LONDON: Some call it the biggest hack of military computers; perhaps it was just a big embarrassment. Gary McKinnon -- accused of breaking into military and NASA computers in what he claims was a search for UFOs, allegedly causing nearly $1 million in damage -- has lost his appeal for extradition to the United States. McKinnon, 42, an unemployed computer administrator, allegedly broke into 97 computers belonging to the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Department of Defense from a bedroom in a north London home. His attacks between 2001 and 2002 allegedly shut down the Army district responsible for protecting Washington, and cleared logs from computers at the Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey that tracks the location and battle-readiness of Navy ships.
LONDON: Some call it the biggest hack of military computers; perhaps it was just a big embarrassment.
Gary McKinnon -- accused of breaking into military and NASA computers in what he claims was a search for UFOs, allegedly causing nearly $1 million in damage -- has lost his appeal for extradition to the United States.
McKinnon, 42, an unemployed computer administrator, allegedly broke into 97 computers belonging to the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Department of Defense from a bedroom in a north London home.
His attacks between 2001 and 2002 allegedly shut down the Army district responsible for protecting Washington, and cleared logs from computers at the Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey that tracks the location and battle-readiness of Navy ships.
the lapses his hax revealed are worth millions to the pentagon.
ergo, they'll be paying him some of them, once he's had his knuckles rapped for being a naughty teen.
you could almost see his 'ufo research' as a job application! ~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.
He will go to jail and will be denied all access to computers until such time as his expertise is historical.
After all, he's not an expert. He knows enough to be dangerous and is dogged in his determination. But by the knowledge standards of expertise, he's just a rat who gnawed through a cable. keep to the Fen Causeway
you don't think he'd come in handy for counter-espionage, there are a lot of cables to chew into... ~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.
