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Alleged hacker: U.S. defense sites poorly secured

Colin Barker writes in C|Net News:

A British man facing possible extradition to the United States says poor security was a major factor in his ability to have wandered through the IT systems of some key defense establishments.

Gary McKinnon, who is accused of hacking and causing damage to federal defense systems, also said that his actions, far from intending to cause harm, all started as an innocent attempt to prove that the U.S. Defense Department knows of the existence of extraterrestrials.

posted by Fergie @ 7/13/2005 10:39:00 AM