The boy behind stopping the massive cyberattack that crippled computers around the world, uh, has been arrested by the Americans. According to authorities, Â Marcus Hutchins, was arrested for apparently going to a previous security conference in the United States. Police say he is also accused of creating a banking-style malware using Kronos between 2014 and 2015.
Hutchins, was arrested by Las Vegas authorities on Wednesday on apparent (unconfirmed) federal charges. Â Authorities did say that Hutchins is “unrelated to the Wannacry malware that nearly brought the world’s computer(s) systems to its knees.