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Gary McKinnon

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1814 total appearances

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American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

Yeah.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

It's like PC Anywhere.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

Yeah.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

But I think what they call damage is the time it took them to take them offline, so the machines are unusable for a while, investigate them, so it's, you know... You know what?

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

I...

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

It feels like kind of white hack hacking to me because you didn't actually end up using any of the files in a way to hurt the U.S.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

Again, you can say what you will about Snowden or Assange or any of these guys.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

There's nothing you did to knock the U.S.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

down a leg.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

No, not at all.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

Their tactical ability to like, you know, do things.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

So it's almost like a white hat hack because the costs they incurred to take the stuff down and reset them, they would have needed to do anyways.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

That would have been, what if like a malicious person had like, you know, penetrated all these servers?

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

That's what I'm saying.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

So they're actually extremely lucky.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

$5,000?

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

Where are you buying your PCs from?

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

No, they should, I mean, literally white hat hackers get paid.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

So like, I think they should pay you.

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Man That Hacked NASA and Found UFOs [Interview w/ Gary McKinnon]

All right.