A grandfather who admitted secretly infecting people's laptops with webcam-activating malware so he could spy on them will not be extradited to the US – thanks in part to the UK's so-called "forum bar".
Christopher Taylor, 57, who "confessed to disguising malware as recognisable and legitimate computer programs", installed Cybergate on more than 770 people's devices, covertly recording "images of people in various stages of undress and involved in sexual activity" as Westminster Magistrates' Court found.
Yet despite an attempt by US prosecutors to extradite him to Georgia, District Judge Michael Fanning refused to give it the green light on Wednesday (9 December). In spite of claims that Taylor's malware-fuelled spree concerned mainly American citizens, close analysis of his seized laptop by an American expert found that just 7 per cent of his victims were located in the US – with the rest being spread between 37 different countries, including the UK.
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