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World's Biggest Hacker Held

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-that-girth-mass-or-height dept.

Hieronymus Howard writes "The London Evening Standard is reporting that the "worlds biggest computer hacker" has been arrested in London. Gary McKinnon, 39, was seized by the Met's extradition unit at his Wood Green home. The unemployed former computer engineer is accused of causing the U.S. government $1 billion of damage by breaking into its most secure computers at the Pentagon and NASA. He is likely to be extradited to America to face eight counts of computer crime in 14 states and could be jailed for 70 years. Apparently he broke into U.S. military computers to hunt for evidence of a UFO cover-up."

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  1. World's Biggest Hacker Arrested... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...800 pounds!!

  2. Biggest Hacker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He's 7'2" @ 450 lbs

  3. did you know? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. Big? How big? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did he overeat his meal portions Big?

  5. Re:And remember: by koreaman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    sorry I don't have mod points, or you'd get one.

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  6. Re:And remember: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry, I don't have any mod points or I'd mod you down for that pointless post. And then I'd mod myself down too.