Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty to US charges of writing, distributing banking malware

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Hutchins hit the limelight in 2017 after he stopped the spread of the WannaCry malware

Marcus Hutchins, the British cybersecurity researcher who stopped the WannaCry malware, has pleaded guilty to US charges of developing malware to steal users' credentials from banking websites. ...

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