A London man described as the 'worlds biggest computer hacker' has been
arrested.

Gary Mckinnon, 39, was seized by the Met's extradition unit at his Wood Green home.

The unemployed former computer engineer is accused of causing the US Government $1 billion of damage by breaking into its most secure computers
at the Pentagon and NASA. He is likely to be extradited to America to face eight counts of computer crime in 14 states and could be jailed for 70 years.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-19164714-details/World's+biggest+hacker+held/article.do

That it the correct link-it aint coming up-:(

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-19164714-details/World%27s+biggest+hacker+held/article.do

How did you do that ?

Do you use Internet Explorer, paul?

No-I just google :)

I mean your browser.

I know.

No Im pretty lazy to be honest.

Even tho the original link is a bit out of date, I came across some interesting sites.

One about German hackers who took 2 weeks to crack the RFId passports use by the United States.

Another one where ya can get validated US social security numbers.

Not totally sure of the implications of that, but ya know.

It seems that anything and everything can be cloned on the net these days.

Must be a security nightmare.

the more you over think the plumbing the easier it is to stop up the sink.

A London man described as the 'worlds biggest computer hacker' has been
arrested.

Gary Mckinnon, 39, was seized by the Met's extradition unit at his Wood Green home.

The unemployed former computer engineer is accused of causing the US Government $1 billion of damage by breaking into its most secure computers
at the Pentagon and NASA. He is likely to be extradited to America to face eight counts of computer crime in 14 states and could be jailed for 70 years.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-19164714-details/World's+biggest+hacker+held/article.do

:banana: good! the more hooligans that get busted, the higher up on the list i get:D

not that i'd try my shenanigans here:comphit:

I mean your browser.
thanks for the reminder-Netscape Navigator is dead.:(

That it the correct link-it aint coming up-:(That link you first posted works for me (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-19164714-details/World's+biggest+hacker+held/article.do)

Using IE6

they should hire the mother fucker so nobody else can do what he did.

That's what the U.S. government does. Anyone who gets close to being able to hack the FBI mainframe (I believe that no one has actually done it before) gets recruited into working for the government in exchange for not having to go to jail...

That's what the U.S. government does. Anyone who gets close to being able to hack the FBI mainframe (I believe that no one has actually done it before) gets recruited into working for the government in exchange for not having to go to jail...
good deal for both!

So what about the new US passports,and the validated SS numbers ?