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- February 5, 2019
Marcus Hutchins will serve his suspended sentence in Blighty BRITISH WANNACRY KILL-SWITCH HERO MARCUS HUTCHINS has avoided a jail sentence over his links to the Kronos banking Trojan. Hutchins, who was arrested in the US in 2017, was on Friday sentenced to one year of supervised release and ordered to pay $100 for each count listed by prosecutors.
READ MOREMarcus Hutchins may want to celebrate tonight following his relatively light sentence in a Wisconsin court today Marcus Hutchins, the British WannaCry kill-switch hero arrested in the US in 2017 over his links to the Kronos banking Trojan, will be able to fly home soon following his sentencing today. Hutchins was sentenced by Judge Joseph
READ MOREMarcus Hutchins, the British security researcher who shot to fame after successfully halting the Wannacry ransomware epidemic, has pleaded guilty to crafting online bank-account-raiding malware. For nearly two years now, Hutchins, 24, has been under house arrest in the US after being collared at Las Vegas airport by FBI agents acting on a tip-off. The
READ MORERoundup Here’s your weekend rapid-fire roundup of infosec news, ahead of next week’s RSA Conference, beyond what we’ve already covered. Hutchins’ trial date set: After 18 months in legal limbo in America, Brit malware reverse-engineer Marcus Hutchins, who halted the 2017 Wannacry ransomware outbreak, this week learned he will go before a jury in July.
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