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Who Is Marcus Hutchins?
- brudgers 9y agoKrebs research suggests that Hutchins may have been engaged in the malware industry five to eight years ago. Eight years ago, Hutchins was a teenager. Five years ago Hutchins was a teenager. Teenagers tend to do stupid things. Maybe Krebs was a statistical outlier in his teenage years and only made the most prudent choices. A bit of self reflective exposition might add some context for his unempathetic perspective. Krebs finds no evidence that to support the governments allegations. The idictment [1] is based on a sting operation involving $2000 back in 2014. Basically, beer money. Not a even a MacBook Pro. [1]: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3912524-Kronos-Indictment-R.html https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3912524-Kronos-Indic...
- chatmasta 9y agoWas it really necessary for Krebs to dox this Gupta guy, an innocent grad student who posted on a hacking forum when he was a teenager? Or for him to dox any of the other people, most of whom were minors at the time of activity, and are not currently charged with any crimes?
- okket 9y agoFor some definition of innocent.
- chatmasta 9y agoHe was under 18 at the time of all evidence of illegal activity presented by Krebs, yet Krebs included his name. Normally in legal indictments, the public documents redact names of any minors. Krebs is acting in a journalist capacity here, but he's accusing people of crimes. Shouldn't we hold him to the same standards as the justice system? Isn't this the basis of libel law? IANAL but looks like Gupta could have legal standing for libel against Krebs. Granted, he may have skeletons in the closet preventing him from pursuing that avenue...
- brudgers 9y agoBased on his body of work as a journalist, my suspicion is that Krebs has (at least) an informal relationship with US federal law enforcement organs. The editorial tone of this piece in light of the weakness of the Hutchins Indictment are consistent with my suspicion.