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Hacking 'hero' Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty to US malware charges
BBC ^ | 19 April 2019

Posted on 04/20/2019 7:57:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin

A British man hailed as a hero for stopping a global cyber-attack that was threatening the NHS has pleaded guilty to US malware charges.

Marcus Hutchins, 24, has pleaded guilty to two charges related to writing malware - or malicious software - court documents show.

Writing on his website, Hutchins said he regretted his actions and accepted "full responsibility for my mistakes".

Hutchins has been held in the US since he was arrested by the FBI in 2017.

"As you may be aware, I've pleaded guilty to two charges related to writing malware in the years prior to my career in security," he wrote on his website.

"I regret these actions and accept full responsibility for my mistakes."

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: guilty; hacking; malware; marcushutchins

1 posted on 04/20/2019 7:57:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Execute him. Anyone who releases malware or viruses should simply be executed. They cost society too much money and aggravation.


2 posted on 04/20/2019 8:21:52 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like it was stopping the attacks that put him on the radar of investigators. Not sure if that’s the best lesson to teach hackers.


3 posted on 04/20/2019 8:23:39 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: BenLurkin

Execute him.

Execute anyone who does this crap.


4 posted on 04/20/2019 8:24:56 AM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: DesertRhino

Our Government has released, planted, doctored, code on computers of foreign powers-this work wasn’t performed by “everyday” folks. Roy Rogers didn’t write code. I say put his ass to work, for a long time.


5 posted on 04/20/2019 8:27:39 AM PDT by orlop9
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>Our Government has released, planted, doctored, code on computers >of foreign powers-this work wasn’t performed by “everyday” folks.

It helped during the first gulf war.


6 posted on 04/20/2019 8:59:53 AM PDT by ConsCA
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To: aynrandfreak

Actually the GCHQ (British version of the NSA) knew he would be arrested if he went to America but let him go anyway so they wouldn’t have to deal with him in the British Courts, nor have to deal with any USA extradition problems.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/21/gchq_knew_marcus_hutchins_risked_arrest_fbi/


7 posted on 04/20/2019 7:41:10 PM PDT by sloanrb
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