Nasa hacker closer to extradition after CPS refusal
News The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not prosecute self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon in the UK, edging him closer to extradition to the US. McKinnon's diagnosis with Asperger's syndrome, a condition on the autistic spectrum, had...
[February 26, 2009, 16:36]
Deadline set for Nasa-hacker prosecution decision
News The Crown Prosecution Service will give a decision in the next four weeks as to whether it will prosecute Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. However, a prosecution in the UK by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would mean the self-confessed hacker would...
[January 15, 2009, 15:39]
UK failed to protect privacy over Phorm, says EC
News The Commission launched the infringement proceedings against the UK in April 2009, after the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK government, the UK police and the Crown Prosecution Service said BT had not infringed UK law by performing the...
[October 29, 2009, 16:54]
DPP McKinnon decision may be delayed
Blog That four weeks almost being up, I decided to give the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) a ring. On 15 January McKinnon's solicitor, Karen Todner, told me that she had received a fax from the director of public prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer saying...
[February 11, 2009, 16:41]
Parliamentary support builds for Nasa hacker
News We'd hope to make a decision soon," a Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Tuesday. Lord Carlile told The Guardian on Monday that he had sent a letter to home secretary Jacqui Smith pressing for UK prosecution for McKinnon.
[February 25, 2009, 15:38]
Users face prosecution if email is illegal
News A case, presently under review by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), illustrates that users could face prosecution for possession of illegal data on computers, even if they are oblivious to its existence, or have not been involved in its creation.
[November 27, 1998, 14:32]
Nasa hacker: I'll plead guilty in the UK
News The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) told ZDNet UK on Monday that it had received Todner's letter. We can confirm we received the correspondence, and are considering that correspondence," said a CPS spokesperson, who added that no timescale could be...
[January 12, 2009, 16:56]
