WannaCry researcher arrested by FBI for his role in Kronos malware campaign
A noted security researcher has been arrested by the FBI, as first reported by Motherboard. Marcus Hutchins (better known as MalwareTech) appears to have been stopped by the FBI yesterday afternoon as he prepared to board a flight from Las Vegas back to his home in London. Hutchins was in the US for the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences, although he did not present any research.
According to CNN and The Guardian, Hutchins was arrested for his role in “creating and distributing the Kronos banking trojan,” a malware program that harvested online banking credentials and credit card data. Hutchins is charged with six hacking-related charges, alongside an unnamed co-defendent.
According to friends, the first clues came when Hutchins…
