p2pnet.net News:- UK hacker Gary McKinnon, 39, wanted in the US for allegedly carrying out “the biggest military computer hack of all time,” is slated for an extradition hearing at Bow Street Magistrates Court on July 27.

McKinnon, an unemployed systems administrator, was arrested in November 2002 by Britain`s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, part of the National Crime Squad.

Using software available online, he`s said to have hacked into 92 separate networks operated by the US Army, Navy, Air Force and the Pentagon.

The US government estimated the cost of tracking and correcting the alleged problems to be about $1 million (£570,000), says the NHTCU, adding:

McKinnon was indicted in 2002 by a US grand jury on eight counts of computer-related crimes in 14 different states and was arrested yesterday (8 June) by the Metropolitan Police’s Extradition Unit.

The US indictment said he hacked into an Army computer at Fort Myer, Virginia, obtained administrator privileges and transmitted codes, information and commands before deleting about about 1,300 user accounts.

It alleged he also `deleted critical system files` on the computer, copied a file containing usernames and encrypted passwords for the computer and installed tools to gain unauthorised access to other machines.

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See:-
NHTCU – UK COMPUTER HACKER FACING EXTRADITION CHARGES TO USA, June 8, 2005

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