Marcus Hutchins: UK ransomware ‘hero’ pleads guilty to US hacking charges | Cybercrime | #computerhacking | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #hacker

A British computer security researcher once hailed as a “hero” for helping stem a ransomware outbreak and later accused of creating malware to attack the banking system said on Friday he had pleaded guilty to US criminal charges. Marcus Hutchins, whose arrest in 2017 stunned the computer security community, acknowledged…