British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not face charges here in the UK, the director of public prosecutions has confirmed. McKinnon, who is still wanted for trial in the US, had his extradition halted by home secretary Theresa May ...
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The mother of hacker Gary McKinnon marked the end of a traumatic chapter of their lives when she give thanks to all those who helped their 10-year campaign against a US order for his extradition to face charges for hacking federal ...
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New Zealand's prime minister called on Monday for an inquiry into illegal spying on individuals connected with the now defunct file-sharing site Megaupload by one of the country's intelligence services. Prime Minister John Key said Monday ...
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Wikipedia was out of action again on Monday, but not intentionally, out of protest, as it has been in the past. This time, the user-generated online encyclopaedia was knocked offline because two fibre cables connecting its datacentres in ...
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U.S. officials today expressed dismay over the U.K. government's refusal to extradite British hacker Gary McKinnon, but insisted the broader extradition relationship between the two countries is as strong as ever. In separate statements, ...
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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom appeared in Auckland High Court Wednesday as part of a judicial review of the police raid on his rented Coatesville mansion in January. This followed a ruling last month that the search and seizure operation ...
New Zealand's High Court ruled on Wednesday that Megaupload can take out a $4.8 million loan to pay its legal bills and rent for founder Kim Dotcom. The advance will be secured against $10 million in New Zealand government bonds held by ...
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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's lawyers have appeared in Auckland High Court this morning, seeking relief and reparation from the government over what has been deemed an illegal search and seizure of Dotcom's property. Last week chief ...
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The US has indicted UK suspected LulzSec member Ryan Cleary in connection with the hacking of the Fox and PBS television networks and Sony's film and TV studio. The move comes two months after LulzSec member Cody Kretsinger pleaded guilty ...
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Hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for outages to several government websites last night. Various Twitter accounts that belong to the group were awash with the claims yesterday,including Anonymous Operations,an account ...
The UK government's decision to enable self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon to avoid extradition to face trial for breaking into US government and military computers could set a dangerous precedent. Home secretary Theresa May said in a ...
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British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US after the move was blocked by Home Secretary Theresa May. McKinnon admits accessing American government computers in 2002, but says he just was looking for evidence ...
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Home secretary Theresa May has issued a statement, which has effectively blocked the extradition of hacker Gary McKinnon. In September, May told Parliament that the coalition agreement committing the government to reviewing the UK's ...
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Anonymous, the hacking collective, has ended its association with Wikileaks after Julian Assange's whistleblowing website erected a 'selective paywall' to help increase public donations to Wikileaks. Clicking to access a number of the ...
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The U.K.'s Home Office will decide by Oct. 16 whether to block the extradition to the U.S. of Gary McKinnon, who has admitted to hacking into U.S. government computers, McKinnon's attorney said on Thursday. McKinnon, 46, of north London, ...
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