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BBC Profiles Extradited Cracker Gary McKinnon

Posted by timothy on from the well-he-is-pale dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has published a very good profile of Gary McKinnon. It discusses his motives and methods as well as raising the question as to whether he is a malicious 'hacker' or whether he was simply obsessed with finding info about UFOs and should be praised for finding security faults in what should be extremely secure systems. This should provided stimulus for some interesting discussion on Slashdot especially between us Brits and our American friends following the confirmation of his extradition to the USA."

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  1. Re:A disgrace by VocationalZero · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's funny, and I always thought the International Court of Justice was a part of the UN, and based in the Netherlands! Also, didn't the United States withdraw from compulsory jurisdiction in 1986, meaning they can't even use it except on a case-to-case basis?

  2. Naggers by muftak · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's a bit racist calling him a cracker. ITYM Hacker.

  3. Most importantly by jez9999 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I think we're all missing the most important point of this whole case here, which is that he only managed to hack in because the US military used Windows"

    "I found out that the US military use Windows," said Mr McKinnon in that BBC interview. "And having realised this, I assumed it would probably be an easy hack if they hadn't secured it properly."

    So basically, Microsoft are aiding people hacking US military computers. Discuss. :-D

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