Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con

Re:Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US... by danesparza on Thursday August 03, 2017 @01:10PM (#14921465)

This reminds me of Kevin Mitnick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#Arrest.2C_convic...

Do we need to create some "Free Marcus" bumper stickers?

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Re:Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US... by godzillabrennus on Thursday August 03, 2017 @01:39PM (#14921777)

Met Mitnick in Chicago last year at a bank that was paying him to demonstrate hacks for the audience.

His business cards are amazing.

I got stopped by security once because it was in my wallet.

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Re:Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US... by CaptSpify on Thursday August 03, 2017 @02:16PM (#14922184)

https://www.mitnicksecurity.com/shopping/kevin-mitnick-lock-...

In case anyone else was wondering

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Re:Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US... by dsl on Thursday August 03, 2017 @02:37PM (#14922411)

Mitnick was actually a criminal. He was living off stolen credit cards.

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Re:Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US... by danesparza on Friday August 04, 2017 @07:55AM (#14927993)

I completely agree with you. I'm pretty sure Marcus isn't either from the sound of it. Just a bit freaked out by our government's tactics and sharing a memory.

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Re:Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US... by BenjiWiebe on Thursday August 03, 2017 @03:03PM (#14922670)

Do you have a reference?

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Re:Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US... by dijit on Thursday August 03, 2017 @03:18PM (#14922843)

I mean. He he wrote a book about it. About how he used the identities of children who died while living across state lines because no record of death goes back to the originating state.

And how he used those identities and stole credit cards to survive being chased by the FBI.

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Re:Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US... by scrapbird on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:41PM (#14926160)

..do you not know who Mitnick is or something?

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