World’s Dumbest Hacker Threatens Suicide if He’s Extradited

The world’s stupidest hacker, gary McKinnon, who is self-diagnosed as having Assburgers syndrome, a made-up disease to explain why stupid people do stupid things, is now saying he will kill himself if he has to fly to the US to stand trial for damaging DoD systems after September 11th.

From the BBC here:

Hacker ‘too fragile’ to extradite

A British computer hacker who targeted Nasa should be tried in the UK not the US because his mental state is so fragile, the High Court has heard. Lawyers for Gary McKinnon say there is “clear, uncontradicted expert evidence” that the stress of extradition could result in psychosis and suicide.

He has Asperger’s syndrome and claims he was looking for details of UFOs.

Mr McKinnon hacked into 97 government computers belonging to organisations including the US Navy and Nasa during 2001 and 2002. The US government says this caused damage costing $800,000 (£500,000) at a time of heightened security in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks.

But he disputes the amount of damage the US alleges he caused to its computer systems and says he did not employ any complicated techniques. He said: “I’m not, you know, a master hacker. I didn’t write my own programmes or anything. I used commercially off-the-shelf available software.”

Mr McKinnon’s lawyer told the High Court on Tuesday that the home secretary had “underestimated the gravity” of the threat to his client’s mental health. He said Mr McKinnon was “an eccentric person who has passionate views about UFOs” – not a malicious hacker – and extradition was “unnecessary, avoidable and disproportionate”.

Mr McKinnon earlier told the BBC that the last seven years since his arrest had taken a considerable toll on him, both personally and financially, as he is unable to work in IT.

His solicitor Karen Todner said being sent to the US would be very difficult for Mr McKinnon. She said: “One of the problems with Asperger’s is that you need to have your family and support network around you and Gary would be completely denied that.”

This asshat is unable to work in IT because he can’t be trusted not to hack into the systems, not because of stress due to prosecution.  And to better understand Assburgers, you should click here.  I have been writing about this idiot almost since my blog has been online.  To find all stories, click here.