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Story: Nasa hacker: I'll plead guilty in the UK

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Posted by: rosman (Friday 16 January 2009, 3:28 PM)

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Maybe they did

It's entirely likely that this prosecution is the result of refusal to cooperate in exactly this way. Of course that offer couldn't be made public without inviting a lot more attempts.

As for securing their systems, I'm sure they are working on that as well, but not pursuning identified hackers is just an invitiation.

Moreover, he's lucky that he did this in the US and not to UK systems where the 'Official Secrets Act' would apply. Key? what Key?

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