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1. cybernews.com › tech › hacker-who-breached-nasaThe hacker who breached NASA to prove that UFOs exist

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   Dec 11, 2023 · Gary McKinnon got his first computer at age 14. It was the Atari 400, which proved to be a capable device for learning to write code in Basic. Inspired by the movie WarGames, where Matthew Broderick acted as a young hacker breaching into the Pentagon, McKinnon left school at 17, worked as a hairdresser, and later found sporadic work in tech support.

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2. spectrum.ieee.org › autistic-hacker-wont-beAutistic Hacker Won't Be Extradited to U.S. - IEEE Spectrum

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   Oct 16, 2012 · Today the UK government announced that it won't allow hacker Gary McKinnon to be extradited to the United States, where he was supposed to stand trial for invading thousands of U.S. government ...

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3. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullHackers beware: the cautionary story of Gary McKinnon

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   Mar 23, 2009 · 50. In the High Court decision (McKinnon v.Government of the USA, [2007] EWHC 762, at p. 8), Lord Justice Kay discounted an argument made on the basis of the disparity in possible sentences between the United States and United Kingdom: ‘[I]f convicted, Mr McKinnon would be facing sentence for very serious offences and the fact that any sentence would be longer than an English court might ...

   • Author: Paul Arnell, Alan Reid

   • Publish Year: 2009

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gary_McKinnonGary McKinnon - Wikipedia

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   Gary McKinnon (born February 1966) is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused by a US prosecutor in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time". [1] McKinnon said that he was looking for evidence of free energy suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other technologies potentially useful to the public.

5. archive.org › details › savinggarymckinn0000sharSaving Gary McKinnon : a mother's story : Sharp, Janis ...

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   Jul 28, 2021 · Saving Gary McKinnon : a mother's story ... It is a book about a mother who took on the world and won"--Publisher ... 2021-07-28 02:02:15 Boxid IA40194323 Camera Sony ...

6. spectrum.ieee.org › the-autistic-hackerGary McKinnon: The Autistic Hacker - IEEE Spectrum

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   Jun 27, 2011 · In March 2002, the United Kingdom’s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit arrested Gary McKinnon, a quiet 36-year-old Scot with elfin features and Spock-like upswept eyebrows. He’d been a systems ...

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   Who is Gary McKinnon?

   • In March 2002, the United Kingdom’s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit arrested Gary McKinnon, a quiet 36-year-old Scot with elfin features and Spock-like upswept eyebrows. He’d been a systems administrator, but he didn’t have a job at the time of his arrest; he spent his days indulging his obsession with UFOs.

   Gary McKinnon: The Autistic Hacker - IEEE Spectrum

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   What is the case of Gary McKinnon?

   • The case of Gary McKinnon provides one such example. This article describes and analyses the facts and law surrounding the extradition of McKinnon, and concludes that those involved in cyberspace in the United Kingdom should be very conscious of the long arm of United States criminal law. 1. See generally, Arnell, P. (2007).

   Hackers beware: the cautionary story of Gary McKinnon

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   Will Gary McKinnon find justice in the US?

   • Gutheinz, who is also an American criminal defence attorney and former Member of the Texas Criminal Justice Advisory Committee on Offenders with Medical and Mental Impairments, said that he feared Gary McKinnon would not find justice in the US, because "the American judicial system turns a blind eye towards the needs of the mentally ill".

   Gary McKinnon - Wikipedia

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   How did Gary McKinnon get his first computer?

   • He had just accessed classified military and NASA networks, where UFO Research and secret technologies were hidden. Gary McKinnon got his first computer at age 14. It was the Atari 400, which proved to be a capable device for learning to write code in Basic.

   The hacker who breached NASA to prove that UFOs exist

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   Did McKinnon have a job?

   • He’d been a systems administrator, but he didn’t have a job at the time of his arrest; he spent his days indulging his obsession with UFOs. In fact, McKinnon claimed that UFOs were the reason for his hack.

   Gary McKinnon: The Autistic Hacker - IEEE Spectrum

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   Who defended Gary McKinnon from extradition?

   • UPDATE 29 Jan. 2024: In the 13 years since Spectrum’ s feature story about Gary McKinnon originally appeared online and in print, McKinnon and his mother won their case defending the hacker from extradition.

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8. www.loc.gov › item › global-legal-monitorUnited Kingdom: Pentagon Hacker Granted Judicial Review ...

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   Jan 30, 2009 · (Jan. 30, 2009) A British computer systems administrator, Gary McKinnon, who hacked into 97 U.S. military computer systems in 2000 and 2001 has been granted judicial review of the Secretary of State's decision to extradite him to the United States. U.S. prosecutors have described McKinnon's actions as “the biggest military hack of all time.” McKinnon's […]