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The Sudden Arrest Of Marcus Hutchens AKA MalwareTech

In the Las Vegas airport on Wednesday the 3rd, Marcus Hutches was arrested before boarding a plane back to his home in London. Hutchens, also known as MalwareTech, is a very prominent security researcher from the UK who recently made headlines after he discovered a "killswitch" in the Wanna Cry ransomware that crippled 75,000 computers worldwide, including major sections of the British National Health System in May. He was arrested on his way back from attending the Black Hat and Def Con hacking conventions and although he did not present anything, he was still celebrated for his role in stopping the ransomware attack. He is currently being charged with creating and updating the Kronos trojanware  that stole approximately tens of thousands of dollars from bank accounts in 2014 and 2015.  The problem with these allegations is that the Kronos trojanware was created out of parts of many other programs, and it is unclear what parts he is being charged with creating. Why Did Th