Comments on: Autistic UK hacker loses latest appeal

By: Mark Harai

Mark Harai — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:58:36 +0000

RT @tweetmeme Autistic UK hacker to be extradited to The USA | The Tech News Blog http://bit.ly/2rmLHb

By: Bradley

Bradley — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:20:46 +0000

Excellent point Sean.

By: Bradley

Bradley — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:20:14 +0000

Sorry, with your fake name and such, I assumed you were just joking.

Seems you are serious. If you are that screwed up theres no point trying to debate with you.

By: gooods

gooods — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:21:04 +0000

He wasn’t diagnosed until after he was caught.. With the world full of online I.D. theifs from Eastern Europe and full blown Scam artists from Nigeria!! A precedent needs to be set, sorry for his mental abilities, but he will be the first of many!!

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:02:17 +0000

Yeah, let’s send this guy to prison for 60 years, fine him $250,000 (seriously, how do you get that back when the person is in prison?) and let him die. Uggg, It would seem that the more utilitarian approach would be to ask him for his input regarding our security systems and to use his feedback to make the system more secure. This is why the ‘hackers’ will always be ahead of the corporations/government. Instead of getting over their ego, acknowledging the persons skill, and asking for their input…they instead pump their chest, engage in a size contest, and state they win because they have the power to prosecute and fine.

I hope this comes back to bite the U.S. government right in the butt. Maybe in a couple years another hacker with actual wicked intent will exploit the DoD system in a way that could have been prevented had they worked with McKinnon to properly secure the system.

Luckily now that Obama holds the Nobel Peace Prize he could not in good conscience let this person go to jail.

By: Bradley

Bradley — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:53:31 +0000

You are joking, right?

The guy sent the DoD his email address so they could contact him, that’s how covert he was.

How come some guy with mental issues was able to break into our country’s system so easily and only get caught, when he emailed them with questions?

The question aint what damage could he have done had he not handed himself in. It’s why couldn’t our top guys secure a system from some crackpot.

Hes probably made our DoD systems (and the FBI’s) more secure after explaining what he did to them.

You think 60 years prison, for a mentally ill guy who was looking for aliens is fair?

By: Tony Lamm

Tony Lamm — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:51:47 +0000

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By: gooods

gooods — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:16:19 +0000

So where were all these supporters while this man was constantly hacking into DoD computers!?! Justice must be served and if the U.S has to reach across the pond to serve justice so be it!! Computers can’t tell he’s autistic and who knows what harm he would have caused if he penetrated deeper..

By: Andrei Oghină

Andrei Oghină — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:55:20 +0000

$1mil in damages? Cmon! RT @ashalynd: What a shame! RT @thetechnewsblog: Autistic UK hacker to be extradited to The USA http://bit.ly/2rmLHb

By: allonym

allonym — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:35:19 +0000

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