Gary McKinnon

And I started making direct connections instead of jumping through various IP addresses.

So I was making direct connections to, you know, the target.

And I was using like free AOL signup CDs.

So I wasn't being at all like a professional hacker.

I was just

I thought I could just do it.

I thought, oh, these guys don't even know, don't even have passwords.

They wouldn't even know I've been here.

But yeah, eventually, obviously when that guy right-clicked the LAN icon and disconnected me, that was NASA.

And they reported to BT, British Telecom, which is my internet service provider at the time.

and said, who's this IP at this time?

And they said it was, in fact, they didn't have my name at first.

I don't know if my internet account was my girlfriend's name or if we were using their aunt's internet or something.

But the horrible thing was when they came with the national high-tech crime unit, they came to arrest me.

The warrant was for the whole house.

And they came early in the morning, arrested me, my girlfriend, my girlfriend's aunt's daughter, who was only like 12 or something at the time.

So it was quite a horrible experience for the extended family and all my fault.

Why are they arrest a 12 year old?

Well, just to question.

Not arrest on this.