They also state:
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Chmelar described Hutchins' alleged crimes as "historic," in an apparent admission that Hutchins does not represent a threat anymore.So 1 guy, acting alone beat out the worldwide cyberdefense community in fighting one of the biggest malware attacks in its day, infecting, according to Wikipedia - 230,000 computers in 150 countries.
Then, when traveling to DEFCON, he's arrested for writing some software that someone else used in a virus. Oh and "firing a weapon" which was going to a shooting gallery with friends. In Vegas. Where prostitution is legal.
In court, prosecutor Dan Cowhig said that Hutchins had been identified as part of an undercover law enforcement operation aimed at the darknet marketplace AlphaBay after officers purchased malware from him and an unnamed co-defendant, Sky News reports.Oh and according to the same article, he donated a $10,000 bug bounty to charity, but did keep a pizza reward.
In court on Friday, Cowhig argued that Hutchins posed a danger to the public because he'd attended a gun range and fired a number of weapons while visiting Las Vegas. He said that it's illegal for foreign nationals to use a firearm on U.S. soil.
Humorously, and I submit ironically, according to Motherboard:
"the only restriction is he will no longer be allowed to access the 'sinkhole' he used to stop the outbreak of the WannaCry ransomware."
DO these people have any sense or shame? At all?
