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  1. Oct 17, 2012 · After ten years and seven months Gary McKinnon finally smiled. The former computer hacker sensationally won his fight to stay in Britain after the Home Secretary today confirmed that the he will ...

  2. Mar 23, 2011 · Ms Sharp also made the decision to go public with a painful history of mental health problems in her family, hoping to rebut claims Mr McKinnon's mental health problems are recent and a convenient excuse for his actions. The House of Lords has scheduled a debate on Mr McKinnon's future for today, in response to Ms Sharp's letter and appeal for ...

  3. Mr McKinnon's mother says she is 'overwhelmed' and the decision is a victory 'for the little person' To get live updates & watch our video coverage you must enable Javascript. UK blocks McKinnon ...

  4. 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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  5. Jul 31, 2009 · By. Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly. Published: 31 Jul 2009 11:10. Hacker Gary McKinnon has failed in his last attempt to avoid extradition to the United States where he could face 60 years in ...

  6. Jun 16, 2008 · Self confessed British hacker Gary McKinnon, who is fighting extradition to the US, broke into more than 73,000 US government computers, including those of the US Army, Navy and Nasa, and deleted ...

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  8. Apr 3, 2007 · Written by Richard Koman, Contributor April 3, 2007, 5:20 a.m. PT. The British High Court rejected hacker Gary McKinnon's bid to fight extradition for pulling off the "biggest military computer ...

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