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Marcus Hutchins is 22-year-old who stopped ransomware malware
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06:33 PM May, 16 2017 سودانيز اون لاين Hassan Farah-جمهورية استونيا مكتبتى رابط مختصر EXCLUSIVE: Hero surfer who beat the virus that wreaked havoc across the globe reveals he is working with spooks to thwart a ZOMBIE cyber attack today and fears for his safety but has been inundated with job offers Marcus Hutchins, 22, is a keen surfer who lives in an English seaside town Tech whiz prevented more than 100,000 computers from being infected While on holiday from his computing job, he searched for a weakness in the hack He is now working with the government to prevent a new strain of the virus His bosses have rewarded him with an all-expenses paid trip to Los Angeles But Hutchins fears he could face future revenge from the hackers he has exposed after his name was posted on the internet By SCOTT CAMPBELL FOR MAILONLINE and EMINE SINMAZ FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 23:52 BST, 14 May 2017 | UPDATED: 11:09 BST, 15 May 2017 Marcus Hutchins, pictured, prevented more than 100,000 computers across the globe from being infected by registering a website domain name that unexpectedly stopped the spread of the virus Marcus Hutchins, a keen surfer who lives in an English seaside town, prevented more than 100,000 computers across the globe from being infected by registering a website domain name that unexpectedly stopped the spread of the ransomware. He is now working with the government's National Cyber Security Centre to prevent a new strain of the malicious software from emerging on Monday - but says he has no plans to leave his current job at US-based 'private intel threat firm' Kryptos Logic. Although his bosses have rewarded him with an all-expenses paid trip to Los Angeles for his valiant efforts, Hutchins fears he could face future revenge from the hackers he has exposed after his name was posted on the internet. The cyber expert, who lives at home in England with his parents and younger brother, told MailOnline: 'In future someone might want to retaliate - they could find my identity within seconds. 'If they know where I live, they could really do anything. 'A security blogger had people send heroin to his house and try to frame him after his identity was leaked and he even had death threats. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2017/may/16/marcus-hutchins-man-who-halted-global-cyber-attack-im-no-hero-video
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