A British computer hacker who broke into the US Military computer system has lost his battle against extradition to the US.

Gary McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, admits hacking into a military computer system in 2001 and 2002 but denies that his actions had any malicious intent, nor that they caused the claimed $800,000 (£487,000) worth of damage. (more…)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has admitted that he has sympathy for the case of suspected computer hacker Garry McKinnon. (more…)