Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con

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I feel that Marcus is innocent, and the FBI/DOJ just wants a scapegoat to show how competent they are at arresting cyber “criminals”

Comments I noticed

  • The comments saying that the US gov is doing this to get him to work for the gov to pay off the sentence seems pretty interesting.
  • The comments mentioning that hacker events are probably not going to be hosted in the US.
  • The comments mentioning that the DOJ/FBI arrested him to get info for the underworld also seems plausible

edit
just noticed that this was already posted in the lounge

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This is only mentioned in one sentence in the article, but it should be noted that he wasn’t arrested for anything having to do with WannaCry. He was arrested because he allegedly created the Kronos malware.

The charges apparently are rather vague and there are some doubts if it even holds ground. For one thing in 2014 he posted this:

Which is either a) a clever trick to create the impression he didn’t create it or b) he’s just doing his job as a security researcher. I don’t know why but I lean towards b.

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The President holds up a piece of paper
"Marcus this is a pardon"
The President points to a stack of newspapers
"Those are leaks"
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Gotta Love It!

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Will ad US to my list of places to never visit.