(TT & VH) -- During two years, Gary McKinnon, an unemployed British armed with only a few cans of beer, a computer and internet intruders has low speed, stick the new computer system at the U.S. Army before when British police arrested. Since action on, Gary was the U.S. government as "the world's most dangerous hacker". On 30/7 past, simple leaves against extradition to the U.S. Gary has been denied, making him at risk of long-term exploitation calendar notorious Guantanamo prison in the United States.
"The biggest attack" ...
The world's most dangerous hacker Gary McKinnon
Gary McKinnon was born in Glasgow in 1966. Operating computer networks penetrate the U.S. military was conducting him during the period from 2001 - 2002, in the bedroom of his girlfriend. Gary spent a day out to 8 hours just to try to penetrate the U.S. military computer networks.
After address some machines in parts of the climate for the U.S. Army, Gary took advantage of security holes to penetrate these machines. Once successful control of machines, he installed the software drivers, remote administration called RemotelyAnywhere, and use this software to find information nose.
From parts logistics, Gary continues to penetrate other important parts of the U.S. military computer networks. According to authorities, Gary has successfully penetrated into 53 computer Army, including the server for security operations and defensive national computer 26 Navy, including your responsible provide ammunition, necessities for the Atlantic fleet. He was also accused of computer intrusion 16 aerospace agency NASA, a computer in the Department of Defense.
Gary was the total for the probe was 73,000 U.S. government computers, stealing 950 passwords, delete important files in multiple management stations Earle naval weapons, the state of New Jersey. There was Gary stopped operating the entire computer network of the military in Washington in 24 hours, making it the capital of the United States is not protected throughout the day.
The damage caused by Gary estimated at more than $ 1 million. The U.S. regarded the attack of his is calculated to threaten the U.S. government. At the time we announced the accusations with Gary, the U.S. prosecutor Paul McNulty reviews he has caused "the attack was the largest military machine in history.
Derived from UFO ...
All the above is the damage derived from curiosity about the unknown flying objects (UFO) of Gary. He had joined Bufora - UFO Research Association of England, at the age of 15. After the WarGames, the movie is about a teenager nearly caused World War when held in hand the secrets of the Department of Defense, Gary began to be obsessed about the U.S. military is secretly hide related to UFOs and the desire to break the U.S. military computer network to find this information is hidden.
The computer in the Johnson Space Center
Gary has been with the NASA visit
In an interview with sheets Guardian in 2005, Gary said that efforts were meeting house, he saw things looking for. It is a document entitled Disclosure Project (Project exposed bare truth) with the testimony of 400 witnesses different UFO. Gary also downloaded a picture resolution of a low character look cigars and cigarettes are not built by humans.
In one attempt to download the image a UFO, Gary has been detected. Later he acknowledged that the zone should forget the control computer is controlled and the owner of it is still working. In 2002, Gary was arrested at his girlfriend while surfing the internet. They have to investigate that some commercial software he used for intrusion purchased by e-mail account of this basic.
"Dan in" about a hacker?
With extradited to the U.S., Gary will likely was sentenced to prison very seriously, up to 70 years, and sanctioned financial hundreds of thousands of dollars. He may be considered "enemies of the United States" and was taken to custody as thought in Guantanamo Bay. Some experts believe that Gary has become a "scapegoat" by the U.S. authorities, through the processing by him heavily, Washington broadcast message is clear: "Do not joke with security and the U.S..
Gary also said that the main judgments for themselves is not fair. He pointed out that U.S. computer networks ever suffer much more serious attacks such as feedback in May 2001, when a series of hackers breaking into a server containing the software control of U.S. satellite. Although the perpetrators were identified as Sweden, no arrests are carried out. Or as feedback in 2007, three Israeli hackers were arrested for offenses into the system server Pentagon. Instead of being extradited to the U.S. as Gary, they have only local court hearing the case with gently. Gary is currently considering plans to protest plans to the European Court of Human Rights. Americans will surely follow closely one of the oldest and Gary will not be easy to ignore all the talk when he is not punished anything
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