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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

#51

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

He ran a carding forum in the past, malkit.ws and then malkit.su.

Virustotal passive DNS shows that it was hosted for a time on the same server as his old irc, irc.voidptr.cz

https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/188.190.99.148/info...

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

#52
post #39
post #7

As 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 domai…

>> this sounds very much like something the US will do. As an American this sounds very much like something many, many, many countries around the world would do.

Many, many countries are brutal, totalitarian dictatorships. Doesn't mean we have an excuse to sink to their level.

I couldn't imagine this story coming from, say, Germany or Sweden.

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

#53
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And if the FBI won't say either? https://twitter.com/MabbsSec/status/893146424753500163

I consider that a huge issue. No justifiable reason for that.

The license to for such illegal actions became legal after 9/11. This is nothing new. Police abductions happen in the pretty USA too.

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

#54
post #32

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 could call his attorney have him release a statement right?

How many people traveling to the US from the UK, just to attend a conference, have an attorney they can call in the US?

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

#55
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?

No. Defcon Toronto

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

#56

This reminds me of Kevin Mitnick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#Arrest.2C_convic... Do we need to create some "Free Marcus" bumper stickers?

Met Mitnick in Chicago last year at a bank that was paying him to demonstrate hacks for the audience.

His business cards are amazing.

I got stopped by security once because it was in my wallet.

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

#57
post #23
post #7

As 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 domai…

In Iran and NK detention without rights is an institutionalized practice. In US if you deny them a phone call immediately, you just threw away your own case.

The patriot act (amazing name) invalidated that statement. Not sure if it applies in this specific case.

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

#58
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.

ex:

https://twitter.com/malwareunicorn/status/893158921401020416

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

#59
post #39
post #7

As 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 domai…

>> this sounds very much like something the US will do. As an American this sounds very much like something many, many, many countries around the world would do.

Omitting the really bad ones, can you give a few examples so I know where I definitely don't want to live?
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