Paul Stanway Jr
07-20-2005, 07:52 PM
Alleged hacker: U.S. defense sites poorly secured
By Colin Barker
ZDNet (UK)
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.
Read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/4678893.stm
By Colin Barker
ZDNet (UK)
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.
Read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/4678893.stm