Gary McKinnon “the most dangerous hacker of all time”. You sure about that?
Government prosecuters in the USA allege that Gary McKinnon caused $700,000 worth of damage to the computer systems of the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Defense and NASA during his “hacking spree” between February 2001 and March 2002.
Given this, the mind boggles at the likely cost of the damage caused by the alleged activity described here. The costs incurred by this activity, if indeed it has really occurred, must go far beyond any damage to the systems and networks themselves for it must also involve incalculable costs both to US national security and in terms of illicit technology transfer. If these claims are true they presumably render the effects of Gary McKinnon’s activity a drop in the ocean in comparison.
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The fuss over Gary McKinnon is like the TSA tazering and hauling away a mother for smuggling a bottle of milk onto an aircraft for her baby, while each day thousands of unchecked containers pass into the US through its sea ports.