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Cybercrime Alleged computer hacker Gary McKinnon of the United Kingdom has publicly admitted to compromising computer systems belonging to NASA and the Department of Defense. Using information from your classroom, additional materials provided by your instructor, and your own independent research, discuss the impact of these widespread intrusions, and comment on McKinnon’s self-proclaimed motivations. Describe McKinnon in the context of the frameworks and theories of cyber-crime and cyber criminals discussed in the classroom. Are the efforts to extradite McKinnon to the United States simply a political stunt, or are they an important precedent in prosecuting international cyber-crimes? Finally, share what you know about computer security and best practices to make recommendations to prevent similar incidents in the future. Your submission should be a minimum of four pages in length, and it should conform to APA formatting and citation standards.Answer Preview………………..Technological innovations and dependence on interconnected networks have altered the dynamics of how the world functions. Before the advent of extensive computer systems and digital networks

, enterprises kept their confidential information in a physical form such as documents (Imhof, 2010). The risk of illegal access was mitigated as government institutions were more concerned with internal classification schemes and physical security which ensured the information could be accessed by individuals with an authorized entree. Despite this, the modern day world shifted to digital systems to enable easy access to information. While the digital systems facilitate the storage of large chunks of information, they are vulnerable to illegal intrusion by cybercriminals (Imhof, 2010). Federal databases that contain sensitive information have been victims of cyber-attacks in the past. The rate of cyber-attacks in federal digital networks is highlighted by illegal intrusions such as Gary McKinnon’s hacking of both NASA and the Department of Defense. The self-proclaimed hacker compromised the computer systems thereby gaining access to sensitive information from NASA and Pentagon. The paper highlights the impact of McKinnon’s hacking scheme by describing his actions in the context of cyber-crime theories…………………APA 1192 words
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