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The confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who saved the internet (2020)

Posted by ignorabimus
Tags: internet, security.cyber, duplicate post, united kingdom, hacking, hackers, marcus hutchins, malwaretech, cyberattacks, fbi, arrests, profiles, malware, wannacry, usa, author.andy greenberg, source.wired, long read, paywall
https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-marcus-hutchins-hacker-who-saved-the-internet/

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Authors
Andy Greenberg, Julian Chokkattu, Jorge Garay, Matt Kamen, Lauren Goode, Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg and Excerpt, Paris Martineau
Published
May 12 2020
Word count
7106 words

4 comments

  1. XanIves
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    This is a terrifically interesting read. I hope Hutchins can get some sleep, and I look forward to (hopefully) reading a follow-up in a few years after he’s figured out his next moves.

    This is a terrifically interesting read. I hope Hutchins can get some sleep, and I look forward to (hopefully) reading a follow-up in a few years after he’s figured out his next moves.

    14 votes
  3. Sapholia
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    This was a really good read. Thanks for posting it. I was going to say it sounded like he wanted to fade from the public eye at the end of the article, but I then realized it was written in 2020...

    This was a really good read. Thanks for posting it.

    I was going to say it sounded like he wanted to fade from the public eye at the end of the article, but I then realized it was written in 2020 and so we could answer the "in a few years" question immediately. It looks like his site https://malwaretech.com is still going strong (with eight social media links at the top), he gives talks regularly, and according to his About page at https://marcushutchins.com/about/ he now lives in LA like he wanted. I guessed the wrong vibe then, and good for him.

    9 votes
  4. Habituallytired
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    This is a really interesting story and, honestly, I really appreciated learning from it.

    This is a really interesting story and, honestly, I really appreciated learning from it.

    2 votes