UK 'hacker' fights US extradition

Thursday, 28 July 2005, 2:12 AM EST

The extradition hearing of a British man accused of hacking into the US military computer system has begun.

Gary McKinnon, 39, is accused of hacking into 97 US government computers between February 2001 and March 2002, causing damage estimated at £370,000.

At the BBC.

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