All Channels
Approvals 6/3 ▼
AgentWhite (3) - 4200d ago Cancel
SJIND (3) - 4200d ago Cancel
100°

UK Hacker Extradition to US Blocked

Gadgehit.com writes: "UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, has blocked the extradition to the US of hacker Gary McKinnon after a 10 year court battle. McKinnon, now 46, claims to have hacked NASA computers in 2002 in search of evidence on UFOs, although the US claimed that it was a calculated and intentional attack which caused around £487,000 worth of damages. They also referred to it as “the biggest military computer hack of all time”."

Read Full Story >>
gadgehit.com
Create Report !X

Add Report

Reports

+ Updates (1)- Updates (1)

Updates

Changed from Pending to Approved
Community4200d ago
gaffyh4200d ago

10 years is a long time for an extradition battle. I wonder how many millions have been spent on court fees...

techexclusive4199d ago

I think it was the right decision! He was on UK soil. 60 years is crazy for hacking.

Cueil4199d ago

should have just had him have an accident

Kurylo3d4199d ago (Edited 4199d ago )

they will. Either that or swat teams will raid his home without a warrant... and "accidentally" shoot him.

gaffyh4199d ago

I personally think that the UK law is a little stupid, because we don't have a written constitution, so things change all the time. In the US, citizens simply cannot be extradited if the crime is committed on US soil. The same should be the case in the UK.

70°

NASA radar images show stadium-sized asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby

The asteroid zoomed by Earth at a perfectly safe distance of around 1.8 million miles (2.9 kilometers).

Create Report !X

Add Report

Reports

+ Updates (1)- Updates (1)

Updates

Changed from Pending to Approved
Community45d ago
70°

Odysseus mission to be cut short after moon lander's sideways touchdown

Engineers expect to lose contact with the private US moon lander Odysseus on Tuesday, cutting short the mission after its sideways touchdown last week.

Read Full Story >>
news.sky.com
Create Report !X

Add Report

Reports

+ Updates (3)- Updates (3)

Updates

Changed from Pending to Approved
Community48d ago
Changed from Approved to Pending
sonicwrecks48d ago
Changed from Pending to Approved
sonicwrecks48d ago
60°

NASA: Despite lost contact, there is still hope for the $32.7 million Capstone spacecraft

NASA announced Tuesday that a $32.7 million Capstone spacecraft intended to try out a skewed lunar orbit had lost contact, but agency engineers are confident

Read Full Story >>
techacrobat.com
Create Report !X

Add Report

Reports

+ Updates (1)- Updates (1)

Updates

Changed from Pending to Approved
Community649d ago