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The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet (archive)
At 22, he single-handedly put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story.
[...] For the next few minutes, the agents struck a friendly tone, asking Hutchins about his education and Kryptos Logic, the security firm where he worked. For those minutes, Hutchins allowed himself to believe that perhaps the agents wanted only to learn more about his work on WannaCry, that this was just a particularly aggressive way to get his cooperation into their investigation of that world-shaking cyberattack. Then, 11 minutes into the interview, his interrogators asked him about a program called Kronos.
"Kronos," Hutchins said. "I know that name." And it began to dawn on him, with a sort of numbness, that he was not going home after all.
[...] Despite his sentence of time served, his legal case forced him to overstay his visa, and he's soon likely to be deported back to England. As we walk into Santa Monica, past rows of expensive beach homes, he says his goal is to eventually get back here to LA, which now feels more like home than Devon. "Someday I'd like to be able to live in a house by the ocean like this," he says, "Where I can look out the window and if the waves are good, go right out and surf."
A long, but interesting read.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Arik on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:35PM (7 children)
You want to speak with Mohammed? Do you mean Mohammed Abu Mohammed? Mohammed Abu Ibrahim? Ibrahim Ibn Mohammed? Mohammed Abu Saif? Saif Ibn Mohammed? Perhaps Abdullah Mohammed Ibn Abdullah al-Faraj Ibn Salim?
They may all be named Mohammed but it's not that hard to distinguish between them. How many people are named John Smith, or Jesus Garcia?
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:44PM (5 children)
The difference is John Smith doesn't think he's getting 72 virgins if he triggers a suicide vest next to you.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Arik on Thursday May 14 2020, @10:09PM (2 children)
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @10:46PM
GP has been assimilated into the Mohammed hive-mind! He's one of them! Aaaa!
(Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday May 17 2020, @12:08PM
Not the most interesting discussion in the universe, but I can make pretty solid assumptions about german people who have been named Adolf in the past decades, so why shouldn't it work for Mohameds.
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @02:12AM (1 child)
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @06:07AM
Better he's getting 72 followers on Twitter.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @02:09AM
My text is formatted so beautifully. I am like a golden rose with the sweetest scent.