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Nasa hacker to fight US extradition on Monday
News Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa systems, is due to fight his extradition to the US in the House of Lords on Monday. McKinnon stands accused of hacking into a series of sites belonging to the US Army, Air Force...
[June 13, 2008, 12:01]
MPs call for Nasa hacker to serve UK sentence
News The US has accused McKinnon of hacking into 97 US military and Nasa computers and causing over $700,000 (£430,000) of damage by deleting files. McKinnon has never denied hacking into US army, navy, airforce and Nasa systems, but denies causing...
[November 3, 2008, 12:10]
US lawyers 'threatened' Nasa hacker, court hears
News The Briton has admitted hacking into Nasa systems, and an order to extradite him to face charges in the US was signed in July 2005. US lawyers tried to pressure 'Nasa hacker' Gary McKinnon into agreeing to extradition, the Law Lords heard on Monday.
[June 16, 2008, 18:08]
NASA hacker to speak at security show
News The NASA hacker is currently fighting extradition to the US in what has been a protracted trial. He is charged with gaining unauthorised access to 97 US government computers, including machines belonging to NASA and the US Department of Defense.
[April 13, 2006, 18:05]
Nasa hacker has 'shut down', say protesters
News A peaceful protest took place on Tuesday outside the Home Office on Marsham Street in London against the extradition of self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon to the US. McKinnon was accused of one of the biggest military hacks ever, after he...
[September 3, 2008, 18:32]
Nasa hacker closer to extradition after CPS refusal
News US prosecutors allege that McKinnon was politically motivated in his hacking attack on US army, navy, airforce and Nasa systems in 2001. The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not prosecute self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon in the...
[February 26, 2009, 16:36]
Nasa hacker judicial review date set
News The US authorities allege that McKinnon caused $700,000 (£500,000) of damage, and disabled systems and military equipment, by hacking into US military computers at the Pentagon, at Nasa, and at US military installations in 2001.
[February 27, 2009, 17:03]
Cameron: 'No compassion' in hacker decision
News McKinnon stands accused of hacking US army, navy, airforce and Nasa systems in 2001 and 2002, causing $700,000 damage by deleting files. Tory leader David Cameron on Friday said there was "no compassion" in the law, following a high court decision...
[July 31, 2009, 17:34]
Another 'Nasa hacker' faces extradition
News In Sweden, a teen suspected of hacking into systems belonging to the US military, Nasa and networking giant Cisco Systems was charged recently. Computers that were compromised included machines at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Goddard Space...
[December 4, 2006, 9:25]
Parliamentary support builds for Nasa hacker
News Support is building in parliament and from legal experts for self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon to be tried in the UK. US prosecutors claim McKinnon was politically motivated to access the US army, navy, airforce and Nasa systems.
[February 25, 2009, 15:38]
Roundup: The summer of hacking
News Thu, 13 Jul Raymond Torricelli allegedly hosted hacking chat rooms on computer in NASA laboratory Man arrested for breaking into NASA computers Mon, 17 Jul Publisher of top hacking magazine 2600, Eric Corley, is to stand trial for spreading a DVD...
[July 13, 2000, 14:26]
Kevin Mitnick: The great pretender
News ZDNet UK caught up with the ex-cracker, ahead of his keynote speech on the "art of deception" at the MIS CISO Executive Summit in Barcelona, to discuss developments in social engineering, new US laws monitoring telephone systems, and alleged "NASA...
[June 14, 2006, 11:40]
The NASA hacker: Scapegoat or public enemy?
Talkback This sounds very familiar, stories such as Kevin Mitnick, North California University, Cisco, and NASA. Imagine back then you type in AOL to bring up the main AOL website in a search engine only to find nothing but a secret project deemed "The new...
[April 13, 2006, 20:39]
Nasa hacker loses final legal challenge
News Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military installations. McKinnon has admitted hacking into the US systems, but has always maintained he was searching for UFOs.
[August 28, 2008, 13:17]
Nasa hacker granted Lords appeal
News Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa's computer systems, has been given leave to appeal against extradition to the US. The US government wishes to try McKinnon on charges of unauthorised access to Nasa's systems.
[October 15, 2007, 17:51]
Date set for McKinnon extradition judicial review
Blog Gary McKinnon, the man accused of hacking Nasa and Pentagon computers, will have his oral judicial review hearing on 20 Jan, according to the Free Gary McKinnon website. The judicial review will decide whether to overturn Jacqui Smith's decision...
[December 2, 2008, 17:22]
Swedish teenager quizzed over NASA hack
News The FBI is questioning a teenager in Sweden in connection with a hacking attack on a number of high security computer systems that include the US military and NASA. Police have traced the attacks to a university which the 16-year-old was charged...
[May 11, 2005, 15:25]
Brit faces US extradition for hacking
News A British man suspected of hacking into 53 Nasa (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and US military networks is facing extradition today. McKinnon, known as 'Solo' in the hacking world, is appearing in custody today at Bow Street...
[June 8, 2005, 15:25]
Nasa hacker loses extradition appeal
News Gary McKinnon, the man accused of hacking into the computer systems of Nasa and other US governmental organisations, has lost his appeal against extradition to the US, but according to his lawyers the judges in the appeal court "definitely left...
[April 3, 2007, 14:16]
Nasa hacker loses second Home Office appeal
News The US has accused McKinnon of hacking into 97 US army, navy, air force and Nasa computers, and causing damage costing hundreds of thousands of dollars by deleting files. McKinnon's recent diagnosis with Asperger's Syndrome, a condition on the...
[October 14, 2008, 12:14]
