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Gary McKinnon (born 10 February 1966) is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time", although McKinnon himself states that he was merely looking for evidence of free energy suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other technologies potentially ...
Jun 21, 2006 · The search for proof of the existence of UFOs landed Gary McKinnon in a world of trouble. After allegedly hacking into NASA websites — where he says he found images of what looked like ...
Jun 9, 2022 · After gaining access to NASA information, the US attempted to extradite Gary McKinnon and threatened the 56-year-old hacker with 60 years in prison. McKinnon’s extradition was rejected by then-home secretary Theresa May after protracted appeals, and he just revealed what he discovered on NASA systems.
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 ...
Dec 14, 2012 · Profile of Gary McKinnon, a British hacker who successfully fought extradition to the US and prosecution in the UK for breaking into military computers.
Jun 27, 2011 · 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 ...
Dec 14, 2012 · A timeline of events following the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service not to file charges against computer hacker Gary McKinnon, who successfully fought an attempt to extradite him to...
Dec 14, 2012 · Computer hacker Gary McKinnon, whose extradition to the US was blocked, will not face charges in the UK, bringing to an end a 10-year legal battle.
Oct 16, 2012 · The director of public prosecutions will now consider the charges brought in the US against Gary McKinnon and assess whether he should be prosecuted in this country – perhaps under the Computer...
Oct 16, 2012 · The U.S. government says Gary McKinnon perpetrated the biggest military computer hack of all time. The British home secretary, however, said an American trial could put his life at risk.
