Mastermind behind WannaCry " Marcus Hutchins " arrested by FBI







When the WannaCry cyber attack had unfolded, there was chaos in many countries but one cyber-expert named Marcus Hutchins was hailed as a hero. Hutchins managed to find a kill switch for the dreaded cyber attack. But now Hutchins has been arrested by the FBI for his role in creating and spreading a malware named Kronos, which was used to attack banking websites. So what has happened in this case? Here’s a quick look at everything you need to know.
Who is Marcus Hutchins? How did he stop WannaCry cyberattack? 
Marcus Hutchins has been blogging under the name MalwareTech, and he has a Twitter handle as well. Till the time of the WannaCry cyber attack, he had remained anonymous, but eventually had given interviews to the media. Hutchins had risen to fame in May 2017 after he helped stop the WannaCry cyber attack, which crippled the National Health Services (NHS) in the UK and many other enterprises, governments across the world. Others on the list included: FedEx, Nissan Motor company, Renault. India too was impacted by the ransomware attack. Over 300,000 computers were infected by the WannaCry ransomware globally, which had encrypted people’s data on infected computers. Users would have to pay a ransom of $300 bitcoins to get back the data. Many people were locked out of their computers, and could not retrieve important data.
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