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Re:Arrest of WannaCry researcher sends chill through securit... by mehwoot on Saturday August 05, 2017 @01:12AM (#14934336)
White hats have to traffic in

I feel like you're changing the terminology here in order to confuse the pretty clear lines.

Obtaining and analysing != creating and selling.

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Re:Arrest of WannaCry researcher sends chill through securit... by qaq on Saturday August 05, 2017 @08:37AM (#14935414)
Creating and selling is also normal course of operation, penetration testing tools, offensive tools used by various gov. entities, rootkits used by some entertainment conglomerates to "protect their ip" they are routinely created and sold.
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