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    FBI arrests WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins in Las Vegas person security telegraph.co.uk
    Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con person security motherboard.vice.com lattera avatar via lattera 5 years ago
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    jcs avatar jcs edited 5 years ago | link

    From CNN:

    The charges relate to alleged conduct occurring between July 2014 and July 2015.

    The indictment

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      JohnCarter avatar JohnCarter 5 years ago | link

      Ok, a bit weird, why did they redact the name of his co-conspirator?

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        spinda avatar spinda 5 years ago | link

        Perhaps they acted as an informant?

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        kghose avatar kghose edited 5 years ago | link

        I don’t know how much damage (i.e. the total of the thievery) the people who used Kronos caused but $2000 seems to be a pitiful sum. I’m just surprised at this number. In my mind malware would be something you’d be selling for like $50000 or $100000.

        From http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/03/technology/wannacry-bitcoin-ransom-moved/index.html I see the total take looks like $140000, which I guess is a high return for the investment ($2000) and who ever sold Kronos didn’t want to deal with the risk of the actual crime. It’s just such small potatoes to say other ventures.

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          spinda avatar spinda 5 years ago | link

          WanaCry isn’t derived from Kronos, and that sale has nothing to do with it.

          I read elsewhere that Kronos “licenses” used to sell for $5000-$7000.

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        nh avatar nh 5 years ago | link

        He seems to have been found: https://twitter.com/MabbsSec/status/893166585736724481

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          JohnCarter avatar JohnCarter 5 years ago | link

          https://securityintelligence.com/the-father-of-zeus-kronos-malware-discovered/

          http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/08/03/fbi-arrests-wannacry-hero-marcus-hutchins-las-vegas-reports/

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          friendlysock avatar friendlysock 5 years ago | link | on: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con

          News spam, light on details. This might be interesting in a few months when more is known, but right now breahtless Vice pieces are just clutter.

          Please don’t feed the news monster.

          1. river avatar river 5 years ago | link

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              mulander avatar mulander 5 years ago | link

              Was there a duplicate? I did a search and did hit any. Guess we can call in a mod and ask for merging but link to the other story.

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                friendlysock avatar friendlysock 5 years ago | link

                Not much more info, my same grumping carries.

                News spam is still news spam.