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Friday, July 20, 2012

Hackers -- on the Autism Spectrum

McKinnon's supporters claim the Home Office-appointed expert, Professor Thomas Fahy, has no experience in uncovering suicidal tendencies in Asperger syndrome patients.
He has already been assessed on "at least six different occasions by six independent specialists", they said.
Ms Sharp said: "Gary's ordeal has gone on for far too long.
"The Home Office should accept the very clear and incontrovertible evidence provided by the country's leading psychiatric experts in this field.
"It's time to make the right decision and end Gary's torment of extradition.

Hacker Gary McKinnon refuses further medical tests as he fights extradition - The Daily Record



A 19-year-old charged with hacking the website of the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a court has heard ...
BBC News - Hacking suspect Ryan Cleary 'has Asperger's syndrome'

Asperger's and Hacking: Is There a Connection? | Blogs ...

Posted by Don Tennant May 28, 2010 1:05:22 AM

Infamous British computer hacker Gary McKinnon last week managed to stave off extradition to the United States to be tried on charges that he broke into U.S. military and other government computers in 2001 and 2002. Key to his defense: He is a victim of Asperger’s Syndrome.
Individuals diagnosed with Asperger’s, a relatively mild form of autism, generally have difficulty engaging in social interaction and often exhibit excessive, ultra-focused behavior. The disorder is so commonly found among people in computer-related fields that it’s also known as “geek syndrome.” But are these traits that might steer people toward computers responsible for steering some of them toward hacking?
Albert Gonzalez, the 2009 TJX credit card hacker, piggybacked on McKinnon’s contention that they do. But another infamous hacker with Asperger’s says that’s a crock.
According to a report last week in Wired, Adrian Lamo, who gained notoriety after pleading guilty to hacking into New York Times databases in 2004, was finally diagnosed with Asperger’s just this month. Lamo is scornful of the suggestion that his wrongdoing could be blamed on his diagnosis:


Related articles


Browning, A. and Caulfield, L. (2011). 'The prevalence and treatment of people with Asperger's syndrome in the criminal justice system'. Criminal Justice and Criminology, 11, 2. Pp.165-180. 
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http://lboro.academia.edu/AnnBrowning PhD 

  1. Teen Hacking Suspect 'Has Asperger's' - Yahoo! News UK

    Aspergers or not, this guy hacked into the site which begs the question, how does a 19yr ... People with Asperger's need more protection from a world which doesn't ...
    uk.news.yahoo.com/teen-hacking-suspect-aspergers...

  2. Aspergers Does Not Make Computer Hacking Acceptable

    McKinnon Allegedly hacked into the Pentagon’s computer system disabling and ... can understand what your trying to say, the fact that you don’t want people with asperger ...
    aspieweb.net/aspergers-does-not-make-computer-hacking...

  3. Did Asperger’s Make Him Do It? | Here & Now

    Hacking into computers, where they know they don’t belong, seems to go against ... I have read much here about how Asperger people just cannot break rules and therefore ...
    hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/08/24/aspergers-criminal-defense

  4. Famous People With Asperger Syndrome

    Famous People with Asperger Syndrome or S imilar A utistic Tr aits. The following people have or ... The computer networks he is accused of hacking include networks owned by NASA ...
    www.asperger-syndrome.me.uk/people.htm

  5. Ex-Hacker Adrian Lamo Institutionalized, Diagnosed with ...

    There are no reliable figures on how many people have Asperger ... Asperger’s might help explain his success in hacking, but not his willingness to do it, he says.
    www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/lamo

  6. List of people with autism spectrum disorders - Wikipedia ...

    This is a list of notable people known or speculated to have been diagnosed or misdiagnosed with autism, Asperger syndrome (AS), or another condition on the autism ...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_the_autistic...

  7. My Aspergers Child: Asperger's Syndrome & Criminal Behavior

    While noting the relatively few people with ASPERGERS identified among ... others) the overlap of traits of people with ASPERGERS and of people prone to computer hacking.
    www.myaspergerschild.com/2009/07/aspergers-syndrome...

  8. BBC News - Hacking suspect Ryan Cleary 'has Asperger's syndrome'

    A 19-year-old man charged with hacking the website of ... Crime Agency has been diagnosed with Asperger's ... but has difficulty interacting with other people.
    www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13916090

  9. Hacking Suspect Diagnosed with Autism, Refused Bail | Care2 ...

    ... probe by Scotland Yard and the FBI about the hacking ... said that his client has been diagnosed with Asperger's ... and has difficulty interacting with other people.”
    www.care2.com/causes/hacking-suspect-diagnosed-with...

about Gary McKinnon

  1. Gary McKinnon | World news | The Guardian

    Latest news and comment on Gary McKinnon from guardian.co.uk

  2. British UFO Hacker Gary Mckinnon: What did He Find at NASA ...

    Gary Mckinnon wanted to know what the US government knows about UFOs. He also had a suspicion that the US had advanced energy systems that could be used to help ...

  3. Hacker Gary McKinnon refuses further medical tests as he ...

    COMPUTER hacker Gary McKinnon has refused to undergo further medical tests by a Home Office-appointed expert as he fights extradition to the United States, his mother ...

  4. Judges try to speed up Gary McKinnon extradition case - Telegraph

    Judges try to speed up Gary McKinnon extradition case The High Court expressed concern today over the length of time it is taking the long-running case of computer ...

  5. Free Gary McKinnon - or at least try him in the UK

    Free Gary McKinnon support blog http://FreeGary.org.uk. Free Gary McKinnon support blog This page should meta re-fresh to take you to the: Free Gary McKinnon support blog

  6. BBC News - Gary McKinnon 'no choice' but to refuse medical test

    Computer hacker Gary McKinnon "has no choice" but to refuse a medical test to see if he is fit to be extradited to the US, his mother has said. Janis Sharp ...

  7. BBC NEWS | Technology | Profile: Gary McKinnon

    To hear the US government tell it, Gary McKinnon is a dangerous man, and should be extradited back to America to stand trial in a Virginia courtroom. One US ...

  8. Gary McKinnon's mother Janis Sharp tells Nick Clegg to keep ...

    Gary McKinnon’s mother is demanding a meeting with Nick Clegg to urge him to ‘do the right thing’ and stop her son’s extradition. Before he became Deputy ...

  9. Gary McKinnon

    by Jerry Pippin (April 12, 2012)-Theresa May, Home Secretary, seems to be igniting the sentiment of key elected officials in the UK and going ahead with extradition ...



about Albert Gonzalez


  • Albert Gonzalez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Albert Gonzalez (born 1981) is a computer hacker and computer criminal who is accused of masterminding the combined credit card theft and subsequent reselling of more ...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez

  • Catching 'Soupnazi': Who Is Hacker Albert Gonzalez? - TIME

    If your credit-card information was stolen recently, there's a decent chance it fell into the hands of Albert Gonzalez. The infamous computer hacker was indicted ...
    www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1917345,00.html

  • Albert Gonzalez co-conspirator sentenced to 7 years in prison ...

    You are here: Home / Breach Incidents / Albert Gonzalez co-conspirator sentenced to 7 years in prison for Dave & Buster’s hack and other crimes
    www.databreaches.net/?p=24810

  • In Surprise Appeal, TJX Hacker Claims U.S. Authorized His ...

    Albert Gonzalez, the hacker who masterminded the largest credit card heists in U.S. history, is asking a federal judge to throw out his earlier guilty ...
    www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/gonzalez-plea-withdrawal

  • The Retail Store Hacker Albert Gonzalez Now Faces Prison Time

    From conviction of credit card fraud to participation with the Secret Service then back to being federally prosecuted again, Albert “Soupnazi” Gonzalez is facing ...
    lawvibe.com/the-retail-store-hacker-albert-gonzalez-now...

  • Albert Gonzalez Seeks Guilty Plea Withdraw - BankInfoSecurity

    In a filing in federal court, Albert Gonzalez seeks to overturn his conviction and 20-year sentence, a record for a computer breach, maintaining he committed his
    www.bankinfosecurity.com/gonzalez-seeks-guilty-plea...



    • about Adrian Lamo


    1. Adrian Lamo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Adrian Lamo is a Colombian-American threat analyst and "grey hat" hacker. He first gained media attention for breaking into several high-profile computer networks ...
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Lamo

    2. Adrian Lamo, Bradley Manning Informant, Defends Role in ...

      We speak with Adrian Lamo, the former hacker who last year informed the U.S. military authorities of his conversations with Army Private Bradley Manning, in which ...
      www.democracynow.org/2011/12/19/adrian_lamo_bradley...

    3. Hacker who betrayed Bradley Manning expresses regret over ...

      Adrian Lamo, the hacker who betrayed the alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning to the US authorities, has said it would be to his "lasting regret" were ...
      www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/15/hacker-adrian-lamo...

    4. Ex-Hacker Adrian Lamo Institutionalized, Diagnosed with ...

      Last month Adrian Lamo, a man once hunted by the FBI, did something contrary to his nature. He says he picked up a payphone outside a Northern California ...
      www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/lamo

    5. Get short, timely messages from Я. Adrian Lamo.

      Get short, timely messages from Я. Adrian Lamo. Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. It's easy to stay updated on an incredibly wide variety of ...
      adrian.adrian.org

    6. Adrian Lamo - Biography

      Boston-born security enthusiast Adrian Lamo has been alternately described as the "most effective and controversial hacker of the 21st century", the "Bobby Fischer ...
      www.imdb.com/name/nm2238804/bio

    7. Adrian Lamo - NNDB: Tracking the entire world

      Adrian Lamo. So-called homeless hacker. Birthplace: Boston, MA. Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Bisexual Occupation: Hacker. Nationality ...
      www.nndb.com/people/471/000026393

    8. Adrián Lamo | LinkedIn

      Adrián Lamo. * Interdicted the largest breach of classified military and government data in American history; identified additional alleged co-conspirators. * Wide ...
      www.linkedin.com/in/error

    9. Adrian Lamo charged with computer crimes - SecurityFocus

      Adrian Lamo charged with computer crimes Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-09-05. FBI agents armed with a federal arrest warrant out of New York were searching for ...
      www.securityfocus.com/news/6888

    10. DyMZWORLD | Adrian Lamo

      Adrian Lamo is a threat analyst, grey hat hacker, and government informant known principally for breaking into a series of high-profile computer networks, and his ...
      dymzworld.com/?p=188


    about Ryan Cleary

    1. Teenager Ryan Cleary charged over LulzSec hacking ...

      Teenager Ryan Cleary charged over LulzSec hacking. Essex 19-year-old charged with five offences after arrest linked to cyber attacks by LulzSec group

    2. Ryan Cleary charged over cyber attack on CIA as LulzSec takes ...

      Cleary is suspected of having ties to the Lulz Security hacking collective, which has recently targeted Sony, the CIA website and the U.S. Senate computer system.

    3. The secret girlfriend of Hacker Ryan Cleary | Mail Online

      When he was arrested last month on suspicion of hacking into the website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, a picture emerged of teenager Ryan Cleary as the ...

    4. Alleged hacker Ryan Cleary out on bail | The Digital Home ...

      Ryan Cleary, the alleged hacker who was arrested last week and subsequently charged in the U.K. with five counts of hacking, has been released from jail ...

    5. Arrest Puts Spotlight on Brazen Hacking Group LulzSec ...LONDON — As suspects go, Ryan Cleary did not look dangerous: a pale 19-year-old who looked five years younger, wearing a white skateboarding T-shirt and ...

    7. LONDON -- British police filed charges Wednesday against a teenager suspected of involvement in cyberattacks on the CIA website. Ryan Cleary, 19, has been ...







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