BBC Lands Drama On Gary McKinnon, A Scottish Hacker Who Broke Into NASA & Pentagon Systems [1]

EXCLUSIVE: It was described by U.S. authorities as the “biggest military computer hack of all time,” and now the BBC [2] is making a feature-length drama about the man behind the keyboard.

The BBC has greenlit The People v Gary McKinnon [3], which will tell the story of a Scottish computer hacker who broke into NASA and Pentagon military systems but avoided being extradited to the U.S.

The 90-minute single will be produced by Wall to Wall [4] and is based on a script by Peter Harness, a writer who has worked on Doctor Who and Wallander. Lucky Number Slevin director Paul McGuigan is expected to be attached to direct.

https://deadline.com/2023/11/bbc-gary-mckinnon-computer-hacker-drama-123... [5]