Security News > 2017 > August > FBI Arrests Researcher Who Found 'Kill-Switch' to Stop Wannacry Ransomware (The Hackers News)
2017-08-03 10:42
The 22-year-old British security researcher who gained fame for discovering the "kill switch" that stopped the outbreak of the WannaCry ransomware—has been reportedly arrested in the United States after attending the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas. Marcus Hutchins, operates under the alias MalwareTech on Twitter, was detained by the FBI in the state of Nevada, a friend of Hutchins
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