Wednesday, July 27, 2005

UK 'hacker' fights US extradition

Via the BBC.

The extradition hearing of a British man accused of hacking into the US military computer system has begun.

Gary McKinnon, 39, is accused of hacking into 97 US government computers between February 2001 and March 2002, causing damage estimated at £370,000.

Mr McKinnon, of Wood Green, north London, is also accused of deleting files and logs from computers. He is "vigorously contesting" extradition.

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