\u201cI have a hard time picturing him refusing money for work from me but at the same time taking money for illegal activities.\u201d Williams said \u201cHe\u2019s a good guy. I met him face-to-face for the first time in Vegas last year and he struck me as genuine.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nFuture Malware Work in Jeopardy<\/h2>\n
Despite facing decades in prison if convicted, Hutchins has maintained a sense of humor about his plight. He joked on his Twitter page on Monday about his time at the convention.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings to do during defcon: Attend parties Visit red rock canyon Go shooting Be indicted by the FBI Rent supercars,\u201d he tweeted. “Defcon” refers to one of the two conferences he attended in late July in Las Vegas, the other being Black Hat.<\/p>\n
Some in the cyber security industry have argued that his case presents a serious issue about computer security experts who work with the government. If he is convicted, they will be less eager to provide information or seek out malware, believing it could be used against them later.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy [arresting Hutchins], they\u2019ve made the internet less safe because nobody in their right mind is likely to help the US Government stop attacks now,” American cyber criminal defense attorney\u00a0Tor Ekeland told Britian’s\u00a0Telegraph\u00a0<\/em>news site after the takedown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Hutchins has found out the hard way that what happens in Vegas definitely does not stay in Vegas. After being arrested by FBI agents on August 2nd while waiting for a flight out of McCarran International to go back home to England, the cybersecurity expert, who’d been in Las Vegas attending two major conferences […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":56722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Marcus Hutchins Pleads Not Guilty to Malware Creation Charges<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n