Security News > 2019 > April > WannaCry Stopper Pleads Guilty to Writing Banking Malware
2019-04-22 10:48
Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTech, Says He Regrets Coding, Distributing 'Kronos'Marcus Hutchins, the British security researcher who helped stop the massive WannaCry ransomware outbreak in mid-2017, has pleaded guilty to developing and distributing "Kronos" banking malware when he was younger.
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