British cyber expert pleads guilty to creating malware


  • TECH
  • Friday, 03 May 2019

Hutchins pleaded guilty to developing malware to steal banking information.

A British cybersecurity researcher credited with stopping a worldwide computer virus in 2017 has pleaded guilty in Wisconsin federal court to developing malware to steal banking information.

Marcus Hutchins appeared in court Thursday after he agreed last month to plead guilty to developing a malware called Kronos and conspiring to distribute it from 2012 to 2015.

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