UK hacker loses extradition fight
<img src='http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42570000/jpg/_42570671_garymckinnoncredit203.jpg' style='margin:5px;' align='left' width='120'> A British man has lost his High Court fight against extradition to the US for allegedly carrying out the "biggest military computer hack of all time".
Glasgow-born Gary McKinnon, of north London, is accused of gaining access to 97 US military and Nasa computers.
Home Secretary John Reid granted the US request to extradite him for trial.
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ghost 17 years ago
the point is he's looking at a 70 year jail sentence on a country than is known for brutalising inmates, and not to mention that his own country wouldn't sentence him for that even if he was charged of murder.
also he's being described as a terrorist that hacked the systems to get sensitive information for others. but there isn't an investigation on way to find any others.. this is just like mitnick sent a kid to jail and throw away the key, because some dumb admin didn't do his work and patched the system..
ghost 17 years ago
wtf in the picture they made him look all bad and shit, most people will probably see that and the tittle and assume hacker = evil bad malicious criminal terrorist. i hate the f*ck**g media.:@
ghost 17 years ago
media is a tool some might say they hate internet because of our misuse of that tool too.. =):xx:
Earl_Cash 17 years ago
he probably find something what cant be seen (secret government projects etc.)…:D truly horror…i think he wont be arrested anyway…its same episode like Kevin Poulsen…