DEFENDANT RECORD
Marcus Hutchins
sentenced
Aliases: MalwareTech
Security researcher who halted WannaCry; pleaded guilty to early malware development; sentenced to time served.
Key Facts
Status
SENTENCED
Current legal state
Sentence
N/A
Pending / None
Restitution
$0
Mandatory restitution
Cases
1
Federal dockets
- Legal Disposition: sentenced.
- Nationality: United Kingdom.
- Total Imprisonment: Pending / None.
- Court Restitution: None ordered.
Prosecution Matters Involving This Defendant
sentenced 2017-07-12
U.S. v. Marcus Hutchins (Kronos Banking Malware)
British malware researcher who previously halted the global WannaCry ransomware outbreak charged with authoring the Kronos banking trojan and UPAS kit years earlier as a teenager.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
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