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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

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Post by 893helios »

mnm1 wrote: post #31

No good deed goes unpunished. But why is DefCon still in the US? I think the creators of the conference might want to seriously think about holding it somewhere that isn't so hostile to pretty much everyone who attends.

You mean like Defcon Beijing?

Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con

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Post by webkike »

abhi3 wrote: post #32
awesomepantsm wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>If no one knows where he is, it's more likely that it's what Marcus wants at the moment rather than what the FBI wants. Oh come on...

He could call his attorney have him release a statement right? Are you saying he is being denied access to a lawyer? Because that's a very serious charge and it would very silly of the FBI. IDK if I were arrested I would pray that the police abuse their power and deny me access to an attorney.

Would you? Would you like them to detain you unjustly for your entire life for example? Personally, I'd prefer the state to act within the bounds of Justice.

Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con

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Post by [deleted] »

abhi3 wrote: post #32
awesomepantsm wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>If no one knows where he is, it's more likely that it's what Marcus wants at the moment rather than what the FBI wants. Oh come on...

He could call his attorney have him release a statement right? Are you saying he is being denied access to a lawyer? Because that's a very serious charge and it would very silly of the FBI. IDK if I were arrested I would pray that the police abuse their power and deny me access to an attorney.

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Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con

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Post by strictnein »

QUFB wrote: post #10

This sends a clear message to the global whitehat security community: travel to the US at your own peril.

Or, maybe, there's a legit good or bad reason that he is unreachable? But let's just jump to the conclusion that he was blackbagged and in a CIA black site.

Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con

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Post by ryanlol »

christina_b wrote: post #18
holtalanm wrote: post #3

I'm curious what charges are being brought against him. For all we know, this detention is completely unrelated to WannaCry. We shall see.

I may be totally off base here but IIRC, before he ran MalwareTech and was a whitehat, he participated (and was an op) in fairly "shady" IRC channels, with his oldest nick I can recall being `Ntoskrnl`, dedicated to malware and malware development which even had a person ( Edit3: As pointed out in this thread, that person was `BetaMonkey/TouchMe`) who was selling a variant of a botnet drone client builder. Edit2: Fro…

I can confirm that christina_b is correct and sbarre can rest easy knowing that nobody is being defamed.

Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con

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Post by rbritton »

abhi3 wrote: post #32
awesomepantsm wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>If no one knows where he is, it's more likely that it's what Marcus wants at the moment rather than what the FBI wants. Oh come on...

He could call his attorney have him release a statement right? Are you saying he is being denied access to a lawyer? Because that's a very serious charge and it would very silly of the FBI. IDK if I were arrested I would pray that the police abuse their power and deny me access to an attorney.

He is not a US citizen -- do those rights extend to him? (no snark, I don't know)

Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con

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Post by traduz »

strictnein wrote: post #33
abhi3 wrote: post #21

Why are people in this thread so outraged without knowing any of the facts? For all we know there might be a legitimate charge on which he was arrested. As per him being untraceable, if he was not read his rights then the FBI just jeopardized their own case. If no one knows where he is, it's more likely that it's what Marcus wants at the moment rather than what the FBI wants.

There's also the possibility that he was the target of some blackhat shenanigans: https://twitter.com/hostshell/status/893155033084252161

Is it fraud if you declare a wrong birthday on your bank account? Don't they get that information from your documents, instead of relying on you to answer it?
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