Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into NASA systems, is due to fight his extradition to the US in the House of Lords on Monday.
Accused hacker Gary McKinnon has lost a crucial battle in his fight to avoid prosecution in the United States after a British judge ordered his extradition to America.
A British former systems administrator who faces extradition to the US if convicted of hacking American military computers will learn his fate next month.
Waiting for the decision on his extradition hearing, expected on 10 May, Gary McKinnon has steeled himself for the possibility that the suspense may last much longer than a mere week and a half.
Gary McKinnon, the UK citizen accused of hacking into computer systems run by NASA and the US military, will not be extradited across the Atlantic to face trial unless the US can guarantee he won't be treated as a terrorist.
Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.
Hackers are increasingly targeting Web servers based on the Linux operating system, while the number of successful attacks on Windows systems decreases, according to a new report from a systems integrator.
A call for online vandals to take part in a Web site defacement contest has some companies warning clients to beware over the US holiday weekend.
Attacks on corporate networks have gone down, but cyber-vandals now have a much larger pool of software vulnerabilities to attack, a report has warned.
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