Gary McKinnon is one of the richest Programmer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gary McKinnon's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
US authorities said he had deleted important data from his operating systems. This caused the shutdown of the US Army’s Military District of Washington network of 2000 computers for 24 hours. McKinnon also published a statement on the website of the military: “Your security is crap”. Following 9/11, McKinnon was a suspect. 11 terrorist attacks of 2001 McKinnon deleted records of weapons at Earle Naval Weapons Station. Earle Naval Weapons Station, making its 300 computers unusable, and also halting supplies for munitions to United States Navy’s Atlantic Fleet. McKinnon has also been accused of copying passwords and account files to his own computer. US authorities claimed that the expense of tracking him and rectifying the damage he caused was more than $700,000.
McKinnon has stated in numerous declarations that he had illegal access to computers within the United States including those mentioned in the United States indictment. The motive that stems from a declaration that was made to his appearance at Washington Press Club on 9 May 2001, by “The Disclosure Project”, was to uncover evidence of UFOs and antigravity technology as well as the suppression of “free energy”, all of which he claims to have proven by his actions.
McKinnon was first interviewed by police on 19 March 2002. After this interview, his computer was seized by the authorities. He was interviewed again on 8 August 2002, this time by the UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU).
