Independent journalist Marcy Wheeler has written a summary of the current state of the case against Marcus Hutchins. Marcus is also known online as MalwareTech and came into the spotlight last year for stopping another global outbreak of more Microsoft Windows malware.
In short, she covers the following five points about the case:
Marcus was arrested last year after attending a security conference inside the US.
Earlier on SN:
Marcus Hutchins, WannaCry-Killer, Hit With Four New Charges by the FBI (2018)
Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con (2017)
"Biggest Ransomware Attack in History" Hits Around 100 Countries, Disrupts UK's NHS (2017)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @05:05PM (1 child)
So the government is moving the goalposts while trying to redefine the rules and the charges? Sounds about right :-/
(Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Monday July 30 2018, @05:36PM
No good deed goes unpunished.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford