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Meet the Guy Who Accidently Stopped the World's Most Dangerous Ransomware ☠ Ep. 158 MalwareTech

Meet the Guy Who Accidently Stopped the World's Most Dangerous Ransomware ☠ Ep. 158 MalwareTech

Update: 2025-05-06
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MalwareTech was an anonymous young security researcher, until he stumbled upon the command and control server for WannaCry, a Windows exploit developed by the NSA and weaponized by North Korea (probably). When he registered the domain, he inadvertently hit the kill switch for this terrifying ransomware - and exposed his identity to the entire world in the process.

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Meet the Guy Who Accidently Stopped the World's Most Dangerous Ransomware ☠ Ep. 158 MalwareTech

Meet the Guy Who Accidently Stopped the World's Most Dangerous Ransomware ☠ Ep. 158 MalwareTech

Jack Rhysider