MILWAUKEE — The Latest on the criminal case of a British cybersecurity expert once heralded as a hero for stopping the WannaCry worldwide computer virus (all times local):<\/p>\n
3:25 p.m.<\/p>\n
Attorneys for a British cybersecurity expert credited with stopping a computer virus have been given more time to prepare for arguments on whether to suppress statements he made to the FBI after his arrest on criminal indictment.<\/p>\n
Attorneys for Marcus Hutchins asked for a continuance Thursday because prosecutors alerted them Wednesday night that they planned to present details of jailhouse phone calls they say are incriminating.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors filed charges against 23-year-old Marcus Hutchins last year, alleging he distributed a malicious software called Kronos to steal banking passwords from unsuspecting computer users. Hutchins pleaded not guilty to the charges in August.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say the crimes happened between July 2014 and July 2015, long before Hutchins won acclaim for curbing the outbreak of the WannaCry virus that crippled computers worldwide last year.<\/p>\n
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12:45 p.m.<\/p>\n
A British cybersecurity expert once hailed as a hero for stopping a computer virus will be in federal court in Milwaukee to try to weaken a criminal case against him by having his post-arrest statements tossed.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors filed charges against 23-year-old Marcus Hutchins last year , alleging he distributed a malicious software called Kronos to steal banking passwords from unsuspecting computer users. Hutchins pleaded not guilty to the charges in August.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say the crimes happened between July 2014 and July 2015, long before Hutchins won acclaim for curbing the outbreak of the WannaCry virus that crippled computers worldwide last year.<\/p>\n
Hutchins’ defence is trying to convince a judge Thursday to suppress what prosecutors say are incriminating statements he made to the FBI. The defence argues he was sleep-deprived and he didn’t understand his Miranda warnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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