UK Hacker loses Extradition Case

SnakeOil Steve writes to tell us that Gary McKinnon, the alleged hacker who broke into Army, Air Force, Navy, and NASA systems, has just lost his extradition case. From the article: "'My intention was never to disrupt security. The fact that I logged on and there were no passwords means that there was no security,' McKinnon said, outside the hearing at London's Bow Street Magistrates Court. 'I was looking for UFOs.'"

Comments

He will learn to eat his words there

[Anonymous Coward]

"My intention was never to disrupt security. The fact that I logged on and there were no passwords means that there was no security" "My intention was never to pound him in the ass. The fact that he shared my cell and he was not resisting my attacks means that he wanted to get pounded in the ass" said Gary McKinnon's cell/life mate, Tiny

Spock: Insufficient facts always invite danger

[digitaldc]

"I was looking for UFOs."

Judging by the look on his facecould he be one of them?
Of course he lost the Extradition case, we can't even transport to Mars let alone Alpha Centauri.
This whole mess could have been avoided if he had only tuned in regularly to the History Channel.

Hacker loses Extradition Case?

[fak3r]

Wow, that's gotta suck, hope he finds it soon! Anyone know what he had in that case?

He's lucky

[Anonymous Coward]

They Greys wanted to extradite him to Zeta Reticuli.

Re:Title is not quite true

[mpcooke3]

"took more than a month to repair" (quote taken from the BBC News story) has the strong smell of bullshit

They probably included the time it took to set up that security system called "passwords". so as to make sure no other leet hackers could break in.

Where is muh T-Shirt

[ezwip]

I want a free Gary McKinnon T-Shirt!