Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US

[wraggster]

When UK hacker and Asperger's sufferer Gray McKinnon lost the judicial review of his case it seemed likely that he would be extradited to the US to face charges of hacking almost a hundred systems causing $700,000 worth of damage. Today the UK home secretary rejected his last-ditch attempt to avoid extradition adding that 'his extradition to the United States must proceed forthwith.' McKinnon's relatives are expressing concerns for his health, with his lawyer going so far as to claim that extradition would make the 43-year-old's death 'virtually certain.'

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/26/2129212/Hacker-McKinnon-To-Be-Extradited-To-US

[DCergo]

Yet again the Brits bend over for the US.

I guess embarassing the US army for exposing their pathetic security (he only GUESSED passwords, no real hacking) is a crime, the americans need to save face somehow.