Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
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Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
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Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#2yeaaah let us arrest the good guys...
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#3I'm curious what charges are being brought against him. For all we know, this detention is completely unrelated to WannaCry. We shall see.
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#4Bitcoin wallets associated with WannaCry have been emptied: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/wannacry-operator-em...
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#5> "I've spoken to the US Marshals again and they say they have no record of Marcus being in the system. At this point we've been trying to get in contact with Marcus for 18 hours and nobody knows where he's been taken," the person added. "We still don't know why Marcus has been arrested and now we have no idea where in the US he's been taken to and we're extremely concerned for his welfare."
What the hell? How does something like this even happen? Surely they can't just take somebody away and keep it a secret?
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#6> "I've spoken to the US Marshals again and they say they have no record of Marcus being in the system. At this point we've been trying to get in contact with Marcus for 18 hours and nobody knows where he's been taken," the person added. "We still don't know why Marcus has been arrested and now we have no idea where in the US he's been taken to and we're extremely concerned for his welfare." What the hell? How does s…
The next paragraph says it was an FBI arrest.
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#7As much as this article contains very little information,this sounds very much like something the US will do.
Whenever someone has to be the butt of some global joke .....somehow the US has to be the one to step up. Taking someone into custody for 18 hours without giving the family or press any information. How different is this from Iran or North Korea?
Two things could've happened here IMO. They asked for the domain to turned over to them and were politely refused, or they're about to punish an accidental hero for white hat work/previous black hat work not related to WannaCry
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#8> "I've spoken to the US Marshals again and they say they have no record of Marcus being in the system. At this point we've been trying to get in contact with Marcus for 18 hours and nobody knows where he's been taken," the person added. "We still don't know why Marcus has been arrested and now we have no idea where in the US he's been taken to and we're extremely concerned for his welfare." What the hell? How does s…
The next paragraph says it was an FBI arrest.
So where is he? It surely can't be secret, regardless of who arrested him?
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#9Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#10This sends a clear message to the global whitehat security community: travel to the US at your own peril.