August 3, 2017 10:23 am PDT
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After Defcon, the FBI arrested the UK national who stopped Wannacry
Marcus Hutchins is the 23 year old security researcher behind the @MalwareTechBlog Twitter account; he's the guy who figured out that the Wannacry worm had an accidental killswitch built in and then triggered it, stopping the ransomware epidemic in its tracks. (more…)
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