Gary McKinnon Gary McKinnon Gary McKinnon (born 10 February 1966) is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time," although McKinnon himself states that he was merely looking for evidence of free energy suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other technologies potentially useful to the public. On 16 October 2012, after a series of legal proceedings in Britain, Home Secretary Theresa May withdrew her extradition order to the United States. McKinnon was accused of hacking into 97 United States military and NASA computers over a 13-month period
Government hacking plants in 2010.This attack was carried out by Stuxnet, which infects systems from a windows crash. Stuxnet has so far attacked only devices from Siemens. Government attacks on security can occur in different ways, including: This government hacking technique involves sending malware over the Internet to search computers remotely, usually for information that is transmitted or stored on anonymous target computers. Malware can have complete control over a computer's operating system, giving investigators enormous power. Due to the great autonomy that this virus can provide to those who generated and distributed it, the courts should not grant this type of