> As the domain offswitch ping was obvious Hutchins was seemingly the only competent researcher who read the source code. If iirc it was an accidental discover

> As the domain offswitch ping was obvious Hutchins was seemingly the only competent researcher who read the source code. If iirc it was an accidental discovery of the kill switch. He noticed the pings to the domain, noticed it was un-reg’ed, thought “hmmm if I reg this domain I will be able to see how many other infections and their location when they ping home”. So reg’ed the domain. It was then when he noticed the code would quit out if the domain was in use.