Nasa hacker: I'll plead guilty in the UK
News Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon has told UK prosecutors he will plead guilty to charges in the UK, a move that could help him avoid extradition to the US. The self-confessed hacker, who was also known as 'Solo', is accused by the US government...
[January 12, 2009, 16:56]
Nasa hacker closer to extradition after CPS refusal
News In December, McKinnon's legal team sent a letter to the CPS in which he confessed to offences under section 2 of the Computer Misuse Act, in an attempt to be prosecuted in the UK rather than the US. The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will...
[February 26, 2009, 16:36]
Deadline set for Nasa-hacker prosecution decision
News However, a prosecution in the UK by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would mean the self-confessed hacker would not be extradited to the US, McKinnon's solicitor Karen Todner told ZDNet UK on Thursday.
[January 15, 2009, 15:39]
Amazon accused of breaking data protection laws
News As an Amazon visitor myself, I received the email alerting me to the fact that they can sell my private information, which I'm very unhappy about," Stevens confessed. An open letter from independent action group Privacy International condemns the...
[September 19, 2000, 7:02]
Nasa hacker loses second Home Office appeal
News McKinnon's recent diagnosis with Asperger's Syndrome, a condition on the autistic spectrum, had not changed home secretary Jacqui Smith's decision that the self-confessed Nasa hacker be extradited, said McKinnon's solicitor Karen Todner on Monday.
[October 14, 2008, 12:14]
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. Lord Carlile is also one of an increasing number of legal experts calling for UK prosecution for the self-confessed hacker.
[February 25, 2009, 15:38]
Nasa hacker appeals to Bush for pardon
News Self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon is appealing to outgoing US president George W Bush to halt McKinnon's extradition to the US. In the confession letter McKinnon gave assurances that he would plead guilty to offences under section 2 of the...
[January 16, 2009, 12:45]
Nasa hacker: I'm safe until prosecution decision
News At the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday, McKinnon told ZDNet UK that home secretary Jacqui Smith had decided not to extradite the self-confessed hacker to the US to face charges of hacking military networks until Keir Starmer, the director of...
[January 21, 2009, 11:03]
McKinnon suffered breakdown, says hacker's mother
Blog Wilson Sharp, McKinnon's stepfather, said that the decision by two high court judges had deeply affected the self-confessed hacker. The American Civil Liberties Union also sent a letter to foreign secretary David Miliband requesting that...
[August 28, 2009, 17:59]
MPs call for Nasa hacker to serve UK sentence
News The self-confessed hacker currently faces extradition to the US on charges of hacking 97 US military computers. The Conservative MP introduced the early-day motion after receiving a letter from security minister Admiral Lord West of Spithead, which...
[November 3, 2008, 12:10]
Nasa hacker loses bid to avoid extradition
News I have today sent a letter to President Barack Obama signed by 40 members of a cross-parliamentary group of MPs asking him to step in to bring this shameful episode to an end," Todner said in a statement on Friday.
[July 31, 2009, 15:20]
