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Extradition likely for Brit who Hacked NASA & U.S. Military Computers in 2001
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4715612.stm
Submitted by SearchEngines 62 months, 3 weeks, 1 day, 7 hours ago
I found out that the US military use Windows," said Mr McKinnon in that BBC interview. "And having realised this, I assumed it would probably be an easy hack if they hadn't secured it properly." Using commercially available software, Mr McKinnon probed dozens of US military and government networks. He found many machines without adequate password or firewall protection. So, he simply hacked into them
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