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Nasa hacker legal team awaits prosecution decision
News Karen Todner, the solicitor for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon, has confirmed the director of public prosecutions is set to make a decision on whether to prosecute McKinnon in the UK within four weeks. She talks to ZDNet UK about McKinnon's prospects of...
[January 16, 2009, 12:25]
Nasa hacker gains judicial review
Blog Self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon has won a judicial review of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's October decision to carry on with his extradition to the US, even after McKinnon's diagnosis with Asperger's syndrome.
[January 23, 2009, 12:29]
Nasa hacker fight heads to Europe
News Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon has lost a high-court bid to have his case taken to the new UK Supreme Court, paving the way for his extradition to the US on hacking charges. He has admitted breaking into 97 computers belonging to the US Army, US Navy...
[October 9, 2009, 11:17]
Nasa hacker: Whistleblower or menace?
News If he does, the "NASA hacker" will find a wide diversity of opinions. McKinnon] broke into government and NASA computers. Bevan was himself charged with hacking in 1997, but avoided imprisonment and has now set himself up as an "ethical hacker".
[May 12, 2006, 12:35]
Nasa hacker loses last-ditch appeal
Blog Self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith against extradition to the US. In an email sent to ZDNet.co.uk on Monday, McKinnon's solicitor Karen Todner said that McKinnon's legal team would now...
[October 13, 2008, 18:03]
Nasa hacker: I'll plead guilty in the UK
News McKinnon has been accused by US prosecutors of "the biggest military hack of all time", after entering Nasa and Pentagon systems. McKinnon has never denied accessing the US army, navy, airforce and Nasa computers, but denies causing extensive damage.
[January 12, 2009, 16:56]
Nasa hacker petition presented to Number 10
Blog Sting's wife Trudie Styler and Janis Sharp have presented a petition to Number 10 calling for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon not to be extradited to the US. Styler, and Sharp, who is McKinnon's mother, presented the petition to Sarah Brown, the Prime...
[July 3, 2009, 17:27]
Nasa hacker legal team awaits prosecution decision
Video Karen Todner, the solicitor for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon, talks to ZDNet UK about McKinnon's prospects of avoiding extradition to the US by confessing to UK computer crimes
[January 16, 2009, 12:19]
NASA hacker is no Neo
Leader Hopefully, justice will be served in this case and he will be allowed to have his case heard in the UK where hopefully headlines such as 'World's biggest hacker' or 'Biggest military computer hack of all time' will eventually be superseded by...
[June 10, 2005, 14:30]
Nasa hacker to wait longer for prosecution decision
Blog The Crown Prosecution Service has said that self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon will have to wait to find out whether he will be prosecuted in the UK. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer is currently considering whether to...
[February 16, 2009, 12:46]
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. US prosecutors claim that between 2001 and 2002, McKinnon accessed over 73,000 army, navy, air force and Nasa...
[January 16, 2009, 12:45]
Nasa hacker appeal set for New Year
News After months of waiting, Gary McKinnon, the so-called "Nasa hacker", has learned that his latest attempt to avoid extradition to America will be heard in the High Court on 13 February, 2007. McKinnon has been waiting for this date to be confirmed...
[December 11, 2006, 11:45]
Nasa hacker judicial review date set
News A date has been set for a High Court judicial review of Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon's case. The US authorities allege that McKinnon caused $700,000 (£500,000) of damage, and disabled systems and military equipment, by hacking into US military...
[February 27, 2009, 17:03]
NASA hacker ready for a long battle
News The US authorities first moved to have the so-called "NASA hacker" extradited in November 2002. While awaiting the decision, McKinnon appeared at the Infosecurity 2006 show last Thursday, where he shared a panel with penetration tester Ivan Ristic...
[May 2, 2006, 12:45]
Nasa hacker's fate hangs in balance
News The fate of Gary McKinnon, known as the "Nasa hacker", is still hanging in the balance after his appeal against extradition to the US was adjourned at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday evening. McKinnon's future is as uncertain as ever, following...
[February 16, 2007, 12:30]
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. US prosecutors allege that McKinnon was politically motivated in his hacking attack on...
[February 26, 2009, 16:36]
NASA hacker debate rages on
News Security experts are divided over whether Gary McKinnon, the alleged NASA hacker, should stand trial in the US. He's presented himself as an old-fashioned, idealistic hacker. McKinnon was told last week he would be sent to the US after Home...
[July 14, 2006, 12:50]
Nasa hacker 'more hopeful'
Blog Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon is still under pressure, but is becoming more hopeful that he may avoid extradition due to growing support from celebrities, politicians, and the press. Bob Geldof is the latest celebrity to pledge support for McKinnon...
[July 14, 2009, 18:15]
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 loses Lords appeal against extradition
News Gary McKinnon, the so-called 'Nasa hacker', has lost his appeal to the House of Lords and now faces deportation to the US. McKinnon's only hope of avoiding having to go to the US to face trial there now rests with the European Court of Human Rights.
[July 30, 2008, 15:02]
