阻擊勒索病毒英雄因製作木馬被捕

The British cyber security researcher who helped stop the spread of the WannaCry ransomware has been arrested in the US on charges that he assisted with the creation of malicious software targeting banks.

協助停止“想哭”(WannaCry)勒索軟件傳播的英國網絡安全研究人員在美國被捕，被指控爲製作針對銀行的惡意軟件提供了幫助。

Marcus Hutchins, who goes by the name “Malwaretech” online, was arrested on six counts on Wednesday as he tried to fly home from Las Vegas, where he was attending the cyber security conferences Black Hat and Def Con.

週三，網名爲“Malwaretech”的馬庫斯?哈欽斯(Marcus Hutchins)正要從拉斯維加斯乘飛機回家時，因六項指控遭逮捕。此前，他在拉斯維加斯參加“黑帽”(black hat)和Def Con兩場網絡安全會議。

In the indictment, the US Department of Justice said Mr Hutchins created the Kronos banking Trojan, malicious software used in cyber attacks, and conspired with another defendant to sell the malware on internet forums for $2,000-$3,000. The indictment claims the malware was created and sold in 2014 and 2015.

美國司法部(DoJ)在起訴書中稱，哈欽斯製作了Kronos銀行木馬——用於網絡攻擊的惡意軟件——並與另一名被告共謀在網絡論壇上以2000至3000美元的價格出售該軟件。起訴書稱，該軟件是在2014年至2015年被製作和出售的。

Kronos is a banking Trojan, a kind of malware disguised as legitimate software that is designed to gain access to confidential information stored or processed through online banking systems. Kronos was configured to take user credentials in countries including Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Kronos銀行木馬是一種僞裝成合法軟件的惡意軟件，爲的是獲取通過在線銀行系統存儲或處理的機密信息。使用Kronos可以拿到加拿大、德國和英國等國家的用戶憑據。

Mr Hutchins was hailed as a hero after he discovered a so-called “kill switch” in the WannaCry ransomware that spread through multinationals and the UK’s National Health Service in May. This stopped the spread of the malicious software, which was rendering computers unusable until victims paid a ransom.

在5月發現了在跨國公司和英國國家醫療服務體系(NHS)內蔓延的“想哭”勒索軟件的一個所謂“自毀開關(kill switch)”之後，阻止了該軟件的蔓延，哈欽斯也被稱爲英雄。這款勒索軟件會鎖住電腦中的文件，直至機主繳納贖金。

Additional reporting by Aliya Ram in London

阿莉婭?拉姆(Aliya Ram)倫敦補充報道