Hacker suspect to fight extradition to U.S.

Hacker suspect to fight extradition to U.S.
Ted Bridis, The Associated Press 2002-11-13

An unemployed British computer administrator will fight U.S. efforts to extradite him to face criminal charges in what U.S. authorities are calling the largest ever successful hacking effort against American military networks, his lawyer said Wednesday.

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Hacker suspect to fight extradition to U.S. 2002-11-13
Anonymous (2 replies)

Looks like the government was asleep at the wheel again. For many years now if you leave a system unprotected open to the internet its like a sitting duck. It's a wonder why they haven't had more problems. How stupid does a company or government have to be to run microsoft software on publicly acces...

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Hacker suspect to fight extradition to U.S. 2002-11-13
Precise

I still am confused that installations like these do not employ strict security practices. They are, by nature, instant targets for hackers, crackers and the like to simple "have a go" at. Things like guessed passwords and unapplied security patches should not happen, but time and time again they ...

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Hacker suspect to fight extradition to U.S. 2002-11-15
Anonymous

I agree, its complete ignorance to punish others for the flaws in a system someone was able to exploit, if you are going to have publicly accessible systems, aka nearly ever computer connected to the internet, at least have the sense to secure it and maintain that security, otherwise when you "fall ...

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Hacker suspect to fight extradition to U.S. 2002-11-14
Anonymous

All this hype makes me wonder exactly what he got into, I think the us gov is trying to use the media to help them get this guy over here on us land. This guy has been actively hacking for years, do a search on google for so1o spelled with a one(thats how he spelled it). If your intrested in seeing ...

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Hacker suspect to fight extradition to U.S. 2002-11-14
Anonymous

Ok, again maybe completely off base, but;

The US military should be thanking this individual, he obviously had access, by their own statements and he did nothing more then explore and he made them aware that they were open.

Is what he did wrong? yes, but the blame isn't his alone, surely the milit...

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Hacker suspect to fight extradition to U.S. 2006-12-13
Anonymous

US government is rubbish! Since this talent is a British citizen as well as native while British, no one has authority to extradite him from Great Britain to USA. The UK's name is Great Britain, but it seems in recent years it is not great any more under Tony Blair's administration. The UK looks lik...

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