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Old 08-04-2008, 01:29 AM
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Default The biggest military hacker of all times did his work over 56k modem

Gary McKinnon, a British computer expert, claims he's just fascinated with UFOs. Using his home computer and a modem — how WarGames! — he infiltrated military networks and accessed thousands of computers trying to find evidence of alien contact. Now caught and having lost an appeal with the British courts, he's awaiting extradition to the United States to stand trial, accused of the "biggest military hack of all time." The full list of his computer-exploiting prowess:
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Old 08-04-2008, 01:34 AM
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Gary McKinnon, a British computer expert, claims he's just fascinated with UFOs. Using his home computer and a modem — how WarGames! — he infiltrated military networks and accessed thousands of computers trying to find evidence of alien contact. Now caught and having lost an appeal with the British courts, he's awaiting extradition to the United States to stand trial, accused of the "biggest military hack of all time." The full list of his computer-exploiting prowess:
The biggest military hacker of all times did his work over 56k modem | War On You
GO GARY!!!

Pity he wasted his talent on UFO hunts.
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Old 08-04-2008, 04:55 PM
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This shouldn't be all that surprising. Broadband connections are most useful for things like denial of service attacks. For using a text based terminal interface, you don't need broadband.
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