‘Best hacker’ faces years in US jail

Posted on July 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm to Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories

GARY McKinnon, who broke into US military computers from his bedroom, says he was looking for information on aliens.

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