"The unemployed man could face life in jail if convicted of accessing 97 US military and Nasa computers.

It alleges that between February 2001 and March 2002, he hacked into dozens of US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Department of Defense computers, as well as 16 Nasa computers.

Prosecutors say he altered and deleted files at a naval air station not long after the 11 September attacks in 2001, rendering critical systems inoperable."

Yes of course, people who are just looking for UFO's [sic], always delete files on the systems they hack, don't they?

Sorry folks, but if it were your bank account, or your medical records, you'd be more than a little bit peeved.

Hackers are bad news.



JM