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MalwareTech, the Security Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware, Gets No Prison Time for Hacking Crimes

07.26.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

‘WannaCry Hero’ Marcus Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Making Banking Malware

04.19.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Why Is the FBI Really Going After the Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry?

09.07.17

By Marcy Wheeler
Tech

Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Pleads Not Guilty to Creating Banking Malware

08.14.17

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

WannaCry Researcher Indicted for Allegedly Creating Banking Malware

08.03.17

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con

08.03.17

By Joseph Cox
News

Meet the 22-year-old who saved thousands of people from the global ransomware hack

05.16.17

By Noah Kulwin

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