I'd like to know on what grounds?
I guess not everyone was happy that he stopped Wannacry. US agencies in particular.
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
#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 over
BetaMonkey/TouchMe was in fact the person I was referring to who was providing support for his botnet drone builder until he dissapeared with no trace at a later date. Just could not recall the nick at the time of making my original post.
I always assumed the two to be different people. The log shows the two of them talking at the same time, and I remember the two of them having very different attitudes in general.
I know TouchMe is malwaretech but would be inclined to assume that BetaMonkey isn't.
TouchMe was still a malware developer though, and apparently used to run voidptr before handing it over to BetaMonkey.
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#94I'm curious what charges are being brought against him. For all we know, this detention is completely unrelated to WannaCry. We shall see.
> For all we know, this detention is completely unrelated to WannaCry.
No everyone has already determined 'wow he did a good deed' and 'us law enforcement bad'.
The fact is he is linked to this event and a person of interest who they want to get more info from. As such it makes total sense they would detain him for some questioning searches and so on.
If you are someone who stops a crime you will also get questioned by the police. For all they know you are covering your own tracks and had a role in the crime. This is almost a cliche in movies and tv.
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#95Why in heaven's name did he travel to the US?
It's not clear to me why he should've expected arrest. He didn't write the virus, he shut it down. The arrest makes no sense. It's not a reasonable thing to have expected. I was at DEF CON too, for what it's worth.
There's almost zero chance that he was arrested for stopping Wannacry. I'd guess a 23-year old in that business has a history of "less-than-white-hat" activities...
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#96I'd like to know on what grounds?
EDIT: Here's the indictment: https://www.scribd.com/document/355466286/Kronos-Indictment-...
> for "his role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking Trojan," according to a spokesperson from the U.S. Department of Justice.
> The charges relate to alleged conduct occurring between July 2014 and July 2015.
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They are awfully quiet about the charges.
> It is not clear why Hutchins has been arrested or if he will face charges in the US. The US Marshals office confirmed it was the FBI who arrested Hutchins.
Source: OP
and on motherboard.vice.com
> The friend told Motherboard they "tried to visit him as soon as the detention centre opened but he had already been transferred out." Motherboard granted the source anonymity due to privacy concerns.
> "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."
Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywp8k5/researcher...
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#97Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#98Why in heaven's name did he travel to the US?
He was here for DEFCON
> It's now been reported that Hutchins, after attending the DEF CON hacker event in Las Vegas, has been arrested.
Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywp8k5/researcher...
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#99> "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…
Where have you been? In the US, they can do whatever they want to you.
Re: Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
#100Why in heaven's name did he travel to the US?
removed, misunderstood parent.
> Since we're all speculating,
No we are not. He was here for Black Hat and DEFCON
> Shortly before his arrest, Hutchins was in Las Vegas during Black Hat and Def Con, two annual hacking conferences.
Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywp8k5/researcher...