Marcus Hutchins is 22-year-old who stopped ransomware malware

06:33 PM May, 16 2017

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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

حقيقة صادمة عن الشاب الذي أحبط أكبر هجوم إلكتروني بالتاريخ


05-16-2017 02:38 AM

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رغم شراسة "هجوم الفدية" الإلكتروني، الذي ضرب ما لا يقل عن 200 ألف هدف في 150 دولة بالعالم، فإن من نجح في إيقافه والتصدي له هو مراهق لم يتجاوز عمره الـ 22 عاما.

وذكرت صحيفة تلغراف البريطانية أن ماركوس هاتشينز هو من أنقذ هيئة الصحة الوطنية البريطانية من الهجوم الإلكتروني الذي تعرضت له، لافتا إلى أنه يعمل الآن مع الاتصالات الحكومية البريطانية لمواجهة هجوم آخر.

وكان هاتشينز قد أوقف انتشار الفيروس الإلكتروني الشرس عن طريق الصدفة، من خلال شرائه نطاقا لموقع إنترنت لا يتجاوز سعره الـ 8 جنيهات إسترلينية، وإعادة توجيهه لموقع آخر.

والحقيقة الصادمة هي أن ذلك المراهق ليس طالبا جامعيا، وإنما يمارس هوايته (حب الكمبيوتر والإنترنت) ويتقاضى المال مقابلها.

وأشارت الصحيفة في الوقت ذاته إلى أن هاتشينز "مدمن ركوب الأمواج" لا يعمل لدى شركة معينة، موضحة أنه عمل على التصدي للفيروس في غرفة مع أصدقائه بينما كانوا يتناولون البيتزا ويحتسون المشروبات.
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