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He's at the FBI field office in Las Vegas:

https://twitter.com/MabbsSec/status/893166585736724481




Indicted:

"Hutchins, who is indicted with another un-named co-defendant, stands accused of six counts of hacking-related crimes as a result of his alleged involvement with Kronos. “Defendent Marcus Hutchins created the Kronos malware,”"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/03/researche...


Just to make this all stranger:

   @MalwareTechBlog
   Anyone got a kronos sample?
   10:26 AM - 13 Jul 2014

https://twitter.com/MalwareTechBlog/status/48837379416825446...

edit:

Weird, read the Indictment. This day is specifically called out (although not this post).

edit #2:

The video mentioned in the indictment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZPzMzK78tc&feature=youtu.be


The video has been removed, here's one that seems to be the same though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgjklWxiCzY



Given that the name is censored, I think that's probably referring to his supposed co-conspirator whose name is censored throughout the document.


According to people on Twitter, the EFF is getting involved.


Excellent. Glad to hear he hasn't been disappeared.




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