Gary McKinnon

Gary McKinnon, a.k.a. Solo, is a British hacker accused of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time".

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British - Hacker

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The 39-year-old unemployed computer systems administrator is accused of hacking into 97 United States military and NASA computers in 2001 and 2002. The computer networks he is accused of hacking include networks owned by NASA, the US Army, US Navy, Department of Defense and the US Air Force, and also one belonging to The Pentagon. The US estimates claim the costs of tracking and correcting the problems he allegedly caused were around 900,000 USD

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Computer - Systems administrator - United States - NASA - 2001 - 2002 - US Army - US Navy - Department of Defense - US Air Force - The Pentagon - USD

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McKinnon was originally tracked down and arrested under the Computer Misuse Act by the UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) in 2002, but was released with no charges or futher action against him.

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Computer Misuse Act - National Hi-Tech Crime Unit - 2002

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He was arrested again in June 2005, but this time released on bail, with conditions that include his not accessing the internet. If he is extradited to the U.S. and charged, McKinnon faces up to 70 years in jail. He has said that he will fight extradition proceedings, and would rather face trial in the UK, as he has little faith in the US justice system.

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2005 - Bail - Internet - Extradited

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McKinnon claims that he was looking for evidence of UFOs and said that he knows for a fact that the Americans have antigravity technology.

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UFOs - Antigravity

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