British hacker Gary McKinnon is warning the like-minded: Don’t be like me.
McKinnon is facing extradition to the U.S. and a possible Bernie Ebbers x 3 prison term for poking around more than 50 American military computer networks.
“Believe you me my current position is wholly unexciting and very, very serious. I would like to say to all aspiring young hackers, do not do it,” he says.
In 2000-2001, McKinnon says he became obsessed with trying to prove “a technology called ‘anti-gravity’ had been developed by the U.S. and was being kept secret so the U.S. could exploit it rather than releasing it for the good of the world.” His obsession led him to rummaging around U.S. military networks and now he’s in deep and seriously remorseful.
“I was just looking. I did not think about the legal side of things and now I am facing the prospect of extreme violence in some U.S. jail,” he says. The poor man must be watching “Oz.”
The very interesting interview can be found here.
Via The Register
