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| Bail of $30,000 set for UK cyber expert Marcus Hutchins | Bail of $30,000 set for UK cyber expert Marcus Hutchins |
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| A judge in the US state of Nevada has recommended the release on $30,000 (£23,000) bail of a UK computer expert. | A judge in the US state of Nevada has recommended the release on $30,000 (£23,000) bail of a UK computer expert. |
| Prosecutors told the court that Marcus Hutchins had admitted to writing and selling malware code designed to steal banking details. | Prosecutors told the court that Marcus Hutchins had admitted to writing and selling malware code designed to steal banking details. |
| His lawyer said he denied those and all other charges against him. | His lawyer said he denied those and all other charges against him. |
| Mr Hutchins 23, from Ilfracombe in Devon, came to prominence after he stalled the WannaCry cyber-attack that hit the NHS in May. | Mr Hutchins 23, from Ilfracombe in Devon, came to prominence after he stalled the WannaCry cyber-attack that hit the NHS in May. |
| Federal judge Nancy Kobbe ordered Mr Hutchins' release on bail pending his next appearance in Wisconsin on 8 August subject to a lengthy list of conditions including the surrender of his passport and monitoring by GPS. | Federal judge Nancy Kobbe ordered Mr Hutchins' release on bail pending his next appearance in Wisconsin on 8 August subject to a lengthy list of conditions including the surrender of his passport and monitoring by GPS. |
| He confirmed to court on Friday that he understood he was being released under those conditions. | He confirmed to court on Friday that he understood he was being released under those conditions. |
| As he left the courtroom Mr Hutchins was ordered to walk with his hands behind his back but he was not shackled. | As he left the courtroom Mr Hutchins was ordered to walk with his hands behind his back but he was not shackled. |
| No members of his family were present but defence lawyer Adrian Lobo presented the judge with a bundle of letters. | |
| She said they were from friends and relatives showing support for a client who had never been in trouble with the law in the US or the UK. | |
| At the scene | At the scene |
| By James Cook, BBC North America correspondent | By James Cook, BBC North America correspondent |
| There was no missing Marcus Hutchins as he was brought into courtroom 3C of the US District Court in Las Vegas. | There was no missing Marcus Hutchins as he was brought into courtroom 3C of the US District Court in Las Vegas. |
| The "surfer who saved the world" was wearing a bright yellow custody-issue T-shirt and trousers along with luminous orange socks and sandals. | The "surfer who saved the world" was wearing a bright yellow custody-issue T-shirt and trousers along with luminous orange socks and sandals. |
| Judge Nancy Kobbe was sympathetic to the defendant's plea to be released on bail, waving away a claim from a government lawyer that the cyber-security expert posed a risk to the public because he had gone shooting on a gun range popular with tourists. | Judge Nancy Kobbe was sympathetic to the defendant's plea to be released on bail, waving away a claim from a government lawyer that the cyber-security expert posed a risk to the public because he had gone shooting on a gun range popular with tourists. |
| Mr Hutchins was so softly spoken that several times Ms Kobbe had to ask him to raise his voice. | Mr Hutchins was so softly spoken that several times Ms Kobbe had to ask him to raise his voice. |
| Mr Hutchins was arrested at Las Vegas airport minutes before he was due to fly home from a week of partying in the desert city | Mr Hutchins was arrested at Las Vegas airport minutes before he was due to fly home from a week of partying in the desert city |
| He had been attending a cyber-security conference. | He had been attending a cyber-security conference. |
| Among his fellow computer experts he is regarded as a hero for his role in stopping the so-called WannaCry virus that hit the NHS before spreading to 150 countries. | Among his fellow computer experts he is regarded as a hero for his role in stopping the so-called WannaCry virus that hit the NHS before spreading to 150 countries. |
| Mr Hutchins has been accused of involvement with Kronos - a piece of malware used to steal banking logins from victims' computers. | |
| The FBI arrested him on Wednesday. | |
| WannaCry spread rapidly through computer systems around the world, in an unprecedented outbreak that began on 12 May. | |
| Shortly afterwards, Mr Hutchins was thrust into the limelight after he found a way to stop it from spreading. | |
| He had been in Las Vegas attending the Black Hat and Def Con cyber-security conferences but activity on his Twitter feed - usually highly active - ceased two days ago. | |
| The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said in a statement: "Marcus Hutchins... a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, was arrested in the United States on 2 August, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin returned a six-count indictment against Hutchins for his role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking Trojan. | |
| "The charges against Hutchins, and for which he was arrested, relate to alleged conduct that occurred between in or around July 2014 and July 2015." | |
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