Why is the FBI going after WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins (@MalwareTechBlog)? @emptywheel has an interesting theory.https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yww85w/malwaretech-marcus-hutchins-wannacry-kronos-legal-explainer …
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You DO know that the FBI routinely arrests people to coerce them for information unrelated to charge at hand?
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MWT was already providing them with info before arrest. Are you implying that he was involved in Kelihos somehow or what?
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No... You DID read this right?
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I'm suggesting that looking at "WannaCry sinkhole" w/stuff they had on MWT is different than "Kronos" w/stuff they had on him.
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So is the theory that he was involved with WannaCry? Or that when they looked him up then, they found something Kronos-related?
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No. One possibility: 1) They look at stuff to see IF he is involved. 2) IN THAT CONTEXT they see Kronos + Kelihos.
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3) Kronos + Kelihos (RU criminal hackers tied to some other shit) + WannaCry looks vastly different that Kronos AlphaBay purchase
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That said, I also point out that they may be interested in him for stuff that's not in the indictment at all, but which came up.
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Not suggesting anything; asking. I spent significant time to read this article and didn't learn anything I didn't already know.
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The arrest was not because of the Kronos allegations, bc they would have arrested him in 2016. They're looking at something else.
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