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Marcus Hutchins, who became popular when he helped stop the WannaCry attack two years ago, just saved his ass from going to jail for his infamous malware (created separately). He has been granted a supervised release for one year after he pleaded guilty. Announced by Presiding Judge J. P. Stadtmueller during a court hearing in […]
Marcus Hutchins, the hero behind the switch of the WannaCry virus, faces new accusations regarding the separate malware that the security investigator allegedly created. Hutchins, a British citizen, was detained in the United States since August last year, after attending various information security conferences in Las Vegas. He was arrested at the airport on his […]
Short Bytes: UK-based hacker Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTech, has been arrested by the FBI. He was visiting the US to take part in the annual DefCon and Blackhat conference in Las Vegas. According to the reports, this arrest has been made due to his alleged involvement in the creation and spreading of banking trojan Kronos. Notably, Hutchins found WannaCry […]
Marcus Hutchins has been credited with preventing the WannaCry ransomware malware assault from spreading across the globe with the aid of by accident triggering a “kill transfer”. The self-taught 22 years old took only some hours of time to forestall the breach, which had already unfold to greater than 200,000 sufferers – including the NHS […]