Comments on: Should the U.S. hire the hacker that broke into the Pentagon?

By: 70 YEARS?

70 YEARS? — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:39:00 +0000

US Military – “Mom, Solo looked in my Diary!”

Judiciary Branch “Solo, you know not to invade your sister’s privacy.”

US Military – “That’s it? Doesn’t this call for life imprisonment?”

Judiciary Branch – “Are you retarded?”

Solo – “Ya bitch, der.”

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By: Paul Youhanna

Paul Youhanna — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:22:00 +0000

Put to use on a constant HIGH supervision. This way he works, and doesn’t stray

By: Jenny K

Jenny K — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:04:10 +0000

personally I think this man is a fraud and an attention seeker most probably for $$$, that will probably surface in the future.

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Chris - LG Blog UK — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:58:22 +0000

Can’t help thinking you should set a thief to catch a thief.

By: Anton

Anton — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:37:01 +0000

1 vote for giving him a job; the US government has hired hackers who breached their systems before, no reason why not to do it today as well;

By: More Bits « ModernityBlog

More Bits « ModernityBlog — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:26:52 +0000

[...] Gary McKinnon is being served up by HMG as an offering to the US. Instead of being punished McKinnon should be congratulated for finding weaknesses in US government computers. Still, the lazy managers of those systems won’t admit fault (or they’d lose their jobs) and so Gary McKinnon will be used as the sacrificial lamb to placate North American incompetence. Even some North Americans agree. [...]

By: anon

anon — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:28:44 +0000

The USA needs to be exposed. There is so much conspiracy related to their one country and it needs to be investigated.

If the USA do not admit to the 1000′s of world domination and alien technology accusations. Then they should be acted upon. Boot them out of world leader meetings. They don’t share anything with us, so why should we share anything with them.

They are a neo-nazi terrorist cult. Not the american population. But the people behind the acts of leading to conspiracy theories.

Expose them now, before its too late.

By: Deniz

Deniz — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:44:34 +0000

Hacking is not a defensible act — most of the defense boils down to “I found out how to unlock your door — so I came in and made a mess in your house, and stole your private documents.. you should have had a better lock on, I’m just showing you how stupid you are for having a lock I could open”.

Well, yes, you can open it Mr. Clever, but most people have much better things to do with their lives than to worry about perfect locks professional locksmiths cannot open.

Many government buildings are not fully secure either — that is just life, and if you break into them, you’re going to jail, and “oh, i cut through the window, the glass was too soft!” is not a valid defense either.

It’s like justifying rape because someone wasn’t wearing pants.

By: kenyantykoon

kenyantykoon — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:32:57 +0000

i think that they should hire him but put him on a tight leash because someone who cam compromise the security of a super power should not be taken lightly and also a mind like that should not be wasted. they use kevin mitnick didnt they?- and he was a blackhat hacker and not a sick person. He just needs some medical attention and he will be as good as new

By: Mute Spectator

Mute Spectator — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:00:22 +0000

I personally don’t believe he should be tried in court – especially in an US court. The government will do anything to lock him up – after all this is a government that keeps ‘people’ in order by scaring them. It was so at till least a few months back when Mr. Bush was in charge. Can’t say how it is now. Now, I am not sure how much this ‘disorder’ Gary had was to blame but if he could read and understand, then I am sure he would have come across a warning (during his hacking and cracking process) that access to such and such computer is a crime and what not. So, technically (that’s a tough word) – he knew what he was doing was wrong, if he could read and understand. I do feel sorry for him though and hope he doesn’t get tried. However – the guys at the FBI who set up network security – got to be fired and tried – that’d be fun. The defence budget allocated to these fools are atrocious and it’s so damn silly that they can’t protect their networks.

By: Omnibus

Omnibus — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:27:04 +0000

Hacking is not a skill, it is an action, and needs to be punished. The action shows a lack of judgement, we don’t need anyone like this near security responsibilities. The reason for existing mediocre government labor is due to PC affirmative action BS in our government and educational institutions. Opportunity should go to the most qualified, not the somewhat qualified and needy.

By: micea71

micea71 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:15:33 +0000

that halfwits that set upped the unsecure system should be fired..and that poor guy SHOULD replace him..

By: Duane Jackson

Duane Jackson — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:05:01 +0000

Unlike his lawyers, I think his Aspergers has sod all to do with why he should or shouldn’t be extradited.

The treaty is one-sided (See reasonable suspicion/probable cause comment above)

The treaty was never even debated in parliament before being signed

The treaty was meant to deal with terrorist subjects. HTF is he a terrorist??

The other interesting questions, to me anyway, is: where was the crime commited? In the US or the UK?

I’ve been interested in this case for a while and tried (unsuccessfully) to drum up some high-level support for him – http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-charles-holds-his-tongue-over-scottish-hacker-1750105.html

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:13:29 +0000

LOL, the government should hire me. I can do dictionary attacks and find default passwords, too. I bet that I could teach a lot to people about creating strong passwords.

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:30:49 +0000

Gary McKinnon is a lunatic. His lawyers argued that he would be placed in prison for 70 years in Guantanamo Bay, when in reality he would face 6 months to a year in U.S. custody, then be transferred to the U.K. where he would be put on parole.

Also, McKinnon was a script kiddie at the very least. He accessed systems via a very popular VNC exploit which allowed him remote access to computers that were inadequately protected.

By: drivin98

drivin98 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:53:24 +0000

Is it not worth mentioning that he claims to have found evidence of extraterrestrials in their computers?

By: Morten

Morten — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:46:24 +0000

Hire him! Just make sure he doesn’t sign the contract as SOLO!

By: Claudio J. Lacayo

Claudio J. Lacayo — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:14:38 +0000

I’m quite tired of hearing “Hire the criminal hacker.” There’s jobs available to those who want to become security professionals. However, Mckinnon is not one, he is a criminal, and so he should be prosecuted like one. He has no real skills to contribute to the security field. Organizational security and controls at these levels of government are lax, that is known. This should spur the idea of revising such security policies, but that is not left to Mckinnon to expose and decide.

By: Claudio J. Lacayo

Claudio J. Lacayo — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:13:37 +0000

I’m quite tired of hearing “Hire the criminal hacker.” There’s jobs available to those who want to become security professionals. However, Mckinnon is not one, he is a criminal, and so he should be prosecuted like one. He has no real skills to contribute to the security field. Organizational security and controls at these levels of government are laxed, that is known. This should spur the idea of revising such security policies, but that is not left to Mckinnon to expose and decide.

By: Balaji Cuttackam

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:11:15 +0000

I would vote for hiring him… When he can hack into the system, he must also be knowing how to protect it. Hire him!

By: Jono

Jono — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:32:18 +0000

He doesn’t know a thing about hacking, he doesn’t even claim to be a hacker. All he did was search for blank passwords. They only want him in the states because they can put him in jail.

It’s funny how they are wanting to put this guy away for 70 years+ and yet pedos and rapists/murders get 14 years max.

Jono