Why in heaven's name did he travel to the US?
removed, misunderstood parent.
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
#72As 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.
just say "national security" and all things are permitted.
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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?
What about your free public defender? Can't you tell him to make a statement or to contact someone?
You have to be assigned a free public defender by court, requiring a hearing, before you have one to call. That makes it impractical to use one when you are detained without being brought before a magistrate, even if you have the opportunity to make a phone call.
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#74UK's National Cyber Security Centre on MalwareTech's arrest: "We are aware of the situation. This is a law enforcement matter and it would be inappropriate to comment further." https://twitter.com/josephfcox/status/893160214664445952
Would the UK National Cyber Security Center respond differently if he were detained by law enforcement in Iran?
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#75This 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.
what is a "legit bad reason"
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#76I'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...
Was it him or BetaMonkey running this? If I recall correctly BM owned voidptr but both had admin access there?
EDIT: Ah, found some old logs on google: http://www.exposedbotnets.com/2013/05/hf-elite-coding-team.h...
[08:08] if i still owned this irc
[08:09] i would shut it down and start overRe: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#77Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#78> "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…
He's at the FBI field office in Las Vegas:
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Pretty sure Sweden has a certain Australian that, according to many on this site, they've been very unfair to.
That has been because of US pressure too...
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
You mean like Defcon Beijing?
No. Defcon Toronto
At least then we don't have to worry about the FBI... just Bell and Rogers.