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Maybe I'm missing something about the MalwareTech story, but I don't think it's surprising people celebrate him. When I read some large feature on him (I'm sorr
by 6AA4FD 6y ago
Maybe I'm missing something about the MalwareTech story, but I don't think it's surprising people celebrate him. When I read some large feature on him (I'm sorry, I don't remember where) my impression was that he had royally screwed up as a young person, but that he was trying to turn his life around and did a serious good deed for the internet as a whole with his contribution to the wannacry thing. Many people make mistakes at any phase of life, and it's not surprising to me that people might celebrate people who try to move past that and do good.
edit: I believe [0] was the feature I read.
[0]: https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-marcus-hutchins-hacker-who-saved-the-internet/ https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-marcus-hutchins-hack...
- busterarm 6y agoHe lied to investigators when he was arrested and continued to do so until they laid out all the evidence that they had against him. The timeline of his turnaround is also absurdly short (he continued to sell his malware until a couple of months before he "turned hero") and the malware he took down was literally his competition. What you posted is a good story to tell though. Turning your life around after doing dumb shit in your real name and getting caught is plenty convenient but not worthy of hero worship. The only reason MalwareTech served no time is because Ollam and his wife used their influence, political connections and their bank accounts to lobby aggressively on his behalf.
- ryanlol 6y ago> but that he was trying to turn his life around He realized that he sucked at making money by developing malware and decided to pivot to working for other people.