Brit Hacker Fights Extradition To America

Gemeos · 06-09-2009, 10:07 AM

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...ion_To_America

10:04am UK, Tuesday June 09, 2009
Mark White, Home Affairs correspondent

A British computer hacker at the centre of the biggest data breach in US government history will take his fight against extradition to the High Court in London.

Gary McKinnon illegally hacked into almost a hundred secure Pentagon and Nasa databases in the same year that terrorists carried out the 9/11 attacks.

The US authorities claim he is a cyber-terrorist and, if convicted, faces a possible 70-year prison sentence.
(to read the full article, go to the link)

06-09-2009, 10:07 AM	#1
Gemeos Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 303	Brit Hacker Fights Extradition To America http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...ion_To_America 10:04am UK, Tuesday June 09, 2009 Mark White, Home Affairs correspondent A British computer hacker at the centre of the biggest data breach in US government history will take his fight against extradition to the High Court in London. Gary McKinnon illegally hacked into almost a hundred secure Pentagon and Nasa databases in the same year that terrorists carried out the 9/11 attacks. The US authorities claim he is a cyber-terrorist and, if convicted, faces a possible 70-year prison sentence. (to read the full article, go to the link)