US hacker sentenced to 20 years jail...

IN WHAT MUST BE bad news for Gary McKinnon's defence team a US court has dismissed Asperger's syndrome as a hacking defence and thrown the book at Albert Gonzalez.

Gonzalez, 28, made millions hacking into major US retailers. Before that he was acting as an informant for the US Secret Service and turned rogue on his employers.

However Gonzalez blamed the fact he stole millions of consumers' account details on his Asperger's syndrome and the fact he was addicted to the world wide web. More...

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