KCN Internet rescuer Marcus Hutchins arrested by FBI

in #bitcoin7 years ago

Internet-saviour who halted the Wannacry malware attack, is arrested. As reported by BBC, Marcus Hutchins, 23-year-old UK’s National Health Service security researcher, who had stopped WannaCry malware from spreading, was arrested by FBI in Las-Vegas. According to press-released statement of US Department of Justice, he is accused of being involved with Kronos banking malware creation and distribution. Let us remind that Kronos firstly appeared in July 2014 and was stealing banking data.

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