CRIME: Man who thwarted cyberattack arrested

Marcus Hutchins, a young British researcher credited with derailing a global cyberattack in May, has been arrested on allegations of creating and distributing malicious software designed to collect bank account passwords, U.S. authorities said Thursday. Hutchins was detained in Las Vegas on his way back to Britain from an annual gathering of hackers and IT security gurus. A grand jury indictment handed down in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin charged Hutchins with creating and distributing malware known as the Kronos banking Trojan. The indictment, which was initially handed down under seal, does not provide any information as to why the case was presented to a grand jury in Wisconsin. News of Hutchins’ detention came as a shock to the cybersecurity community. Many had rallied behind the researcher whose quick thinking helped control the spread of the WannaCry attack that crippled thousands of computers in May.