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Accept and closeJail forever or a free man?
Stuck in the US, free on bail, Marcus Hutchins considers his options and decides to plead guilty. He faces up to 10 years in jail.
From the web:
Marcus "MalwareTech" Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Writing, Selling Banking Malware
Marcus Hutchins spared US jail sentence over malware charges
A star is born - and soon arrested
His random act of heroism makes security researcher Marcus Hutchins famous overnight. Being celebrated by media around the world, he spends a week in Las Vegas. When he wants to leave, the FBI arrests him. They suspect him of creating malware.
From the Web:
FBI arrest of Marcus Hutchins (@MalwareTechBlog) has chilling effect
Bad news for WannaCry slayer Marcus Hutchins
What Happens When a Hacker Hero is Arrested by the FBI? | Freethink Coded
How WannaCry hit the world and how it suddenly stopped
One day in May 2017, computers all around the world suddenly shut down. A malware called WannaCry asks for ransom. The epidemic suddenly stops, because a young, British researcher found a killswitch, by accident.
From the Web:
What is WannaCry ransomware, how does it infect, and who was responsible?
WannaCry cyber attack cost the NHS £92m as 19,000 appointments cancelled
hacker:HUNTER Cashing In, Episode Two
The Carbanak Group attacks a bank in Taiwan and sends 22 money mules into the country. What they didn't anticipate: within a few hours the Taiwanese police publish surveillance pictures of all the money mules. The hunt begins.
hacker:HUNTER "Cashing In" Episode Three
19 money mules flee Taiwan, the rest are left in Taipei with several million dollars. The police get closer and closer.
hacker:HUNTER Cashing In: Episode Four
The Taiwanese police finds clues to the whereabouts of the head of the Carbanak group and coordinates with Europol. Can the group be stopped?
hacker:HUNTER Cashing In, Episode One
"ATMs hold cash, and that makes them attractive for criminals." The opening statement of this episode sums up what the whole mini-series is about. While criminals around the world try to get to the money in cash-machines with hammers, explosives, excavators or other heavy gear, the Carbanak gang found a more elegant and stealth way. They would hack into bank networks and monitor the activities there until they understood how to trigger the machines remotely to spill out all the money.
Episode 1 explains how security researchers were alerted to it, how they brought international police forces into the investigation and why the method of attacking ATMs is called Jackpotting after a researcher named Barnaby Jack.
