A British man hailed as a hero for stopping a global cyber-attack that was threatening the NHS has pleaded guilty to US malware charges.<\/p>\n
Marcus Hutchins, 24, has pleaded guilty to two charges related to writing malware – or malicious software –\u00a0court documents show<\/a>.<\/p>\n Writing on his website<\/a>, Hutchins said he regretted his actions and accepted “full responsibility for my mistakes”.<\/p>\n Hutchins has been held in the US since he was arrested by the FBI in 2017.<\/p>\n “As you may be aware, I’ve pleaded guilty to two charges related to writing malware in the years prior to my career in security,” he wrote on his website.<\/p>\n “I regret these actions and accept full responsibility for my mistakes.<\/p>\n “Having grown up, I’ve since been using the same skills that I misused several years ago for constructive purposes. I will continue to devote my time to keeping people safe from malware attacks.”<\/p>\n Hutchins, from Ilfracombe in Devon, was\u00a0credited with stopping the WannaCry malware<\/a>\u00a0which was threatening the NHS and other organisations in May 2017.<\/p>\n But he was arrested by FBI agents on 2 August 2017 at Las Vegas’s McCarran International Airport.<\/p>\n He had been attending the Def Con conference – one of the world’s biggest hacking and security gatherings.<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"