The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet

https://archive.is/9kKYd

The article keeps automatically reloading as I’m reading, even in reader mode. Every time it reloads, it scrolls back up to the top. After 3 times I gave up, have no idea what Kronos is and why they arrested the guy

For "challenging" sites like this, I use Brave and/or Pi-hole, depending on where I'm at and what resources I have available.

TL;DR: Kronos was a banking trojan that stole people's credentials/money. Marcus wrote part of it. That's why he was eventually arrested, years later.

However, after he'd written it, he started working in the White Hat arena, and just happened to be the guy that figured out the killswitch for WannaCry, which, at that time, was the largest outbreak of malware, evar.

Seriously though, download/install Brave and reload the article. My TL;DR pales in comparison to the details.

Thank you! Will try brave on the phone

That’s one hell of a thing to put on your CV under achievements

2020