Malware researcher Marcus Hutchins, known as ’MalwareTech’, pleads guilty

Malware researcher Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty, ending his legal researcher Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to two counts of creating and selling a powerful banking malware, ending a long and protracted battle with U.S. prosecutors. Hutchins, a British national who goes by the online handle MalwareTech, was arrested in August 2017 as he was due to fly back to the U.K. following the Def Con security conference in Las Vegas. Hutchins rose to prominence after he stopped the spread of the WannaCry ransomware attack in May 2017, months before his arrest.

Source: techcrunch.com