Hacking into the Pentagon
Updated on 10 April 2006
We speak to the British man who now faces the prospect of 60 years in jail after breaking into the Pentagon's computers.
Britain's Gary Mckinnon arrives for extradition hearing at Bow Street magistrates court in London. (Reuters)
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He's admitted breaking into computer systems belonging to the Pentagon - American military networks - including the Air Force and the Navy - and the space agency NASA.
But Briton Gary McKinnon is now vigorously contesting his extradition to the US - claiming he's already been branded a terrorist and won't get a fair trial.
Mr McKinnon was arrested four years ago - after what the Americans called "the biggest hack into military computers ever detected."
However he insists he's no computer expert and was surprised by how easy it was to get access.
We spoke to Gary McKinnon and asked him how he managed to get into networks which were supposed to be highly confidential and secure?
