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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 downandout »

FYI, if you've committed any form of cybercrime in the previous 3 years (edit: the statute of limitations is 5 years for most federal computer crimes, as pointed out below), you should avoid such conferences in the US for exactly this reason. You probably aren't as smart as you think, and there may be a sealed arrest warrant for you.

The FBI waits for these kinds of conferences to do exactly what they did here. Another Las Vegas DEF CON victim was Dmitry Sklyarov [1]. They won't bother with all of the problems associated with international arrest warrants and extradition if they know you're coming to them.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Elcom_Ltd.

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

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Post by maxerickson »

samwillis wrote: post #134

The Guardian has more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/03/researche... He may have a shady past: According to an indictment released by the US Department of Justice, Hutchins is accused of having helped to spread and maintain the banking trojan Kronos between 2014 and 2015"

Indictment:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3912520-Marcus-Hutch...

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

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Post by jdright »

rapind wrote: post #80
mankash666 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. Defcon Toronto

At least then we don't have to worry about the FBI... just Bell and Rogers. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14911330

This is surreal, no other words. Like NK.

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

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Post by idlewords »

bitJericho wrote: post #99
jstanley wrote: post #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 s…

Where have you been? In the US, they can do whatever they want to you.

This is by all appearances a lawful and routine arrest.

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

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Post by sah2ed »

mankash666 wrote: post #55
893helios wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean like Defcon Beijing?

No. Defcon Toronto

Moving Defcon to Canada doesn't solve the issue if attendees have to get there via US airspace.

Deplaning [0] is a real possibility.

[0] https://news.vice.com/story/somali-canadian-forced-off-fligh...

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

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Post by bitJericho »

idlewords wrote: post #155
bitJericho wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where have you been? In the US, they can do whatever they want to you.

This is by all appearances a lawful and routine arrest.

That's besides the point. In the US the police can do anything they like to you.

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

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Post by ajarmst »

jstanley wrote: post #12
rndmwlk wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They would need to ask the FBI, not the Marshals.

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

There is no law or procedure that would compel the FBI to report on whom they have in custody to journalists, friends or random bloggers.

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

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Post by BenjiWiebe »

dsl wrote: post #137
danesparza wrote: post #22

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?

Mitnick was actually a criminal. He was living off stolen credit cards.

Do you have a reference?
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