two years ago, marcus hutchins was a hero. health service. the so—called wannacry ransomware exploited weaknesses in computer systems, locking up data and demanding money for it back. the malware hit around a third of nhs trusts in england, leading to appointments and operations been cancelled. in fact, wannacry, linked north korea, hit tens of thousands of computers in dozens of countries right around the world. and it was marcus hutchins who discovered a kill switch which stopped the virus from spreading. he talks about it in an interview at the time. i checked the message board. there were maybe 16, 17 reports of different nhs organisations being hit. and that was at the point where i decided my holiday‘s over i‘ve got to look into this. but while attending a hackers‘ conference in las vegas shortly afterwards, marcus hutchins was arrested by the fbi as he waited for his flight home. in a case unrelated to wannacry, the us said hutchins had previously written and sold computer code known as kronos that enabled criminals to

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after two years on bail, marcus hutchins is now free. i'm glad it is over. to a judge who was full of praise for hutchins's talents. they wa nt to praise for hutchins's talents. they want to thank everyone who supported me and the judge for his incredible leniency. -- i want to thank the two yea rs leniency. -- i want to thank the two years ago leniency. -- i want to thank the two yea rs ago marcus leniency. -- i want to thank the two years ago marcus hutchins was a hero. he had been credited with stopping the biggest ever cyber—attack to ever hit the national health service. the ra nsomwa re national health service. the ransomware exploit the weaknesses in computer systems, locking up data and demanding money for it back. the malware hit around one third of nhs trusts in england, leading to appointments and operations been cancelled. in fact, appointments and operations been cancelled. infact, links appointments and operations been cancelled. in fact, links north korea, it hit tens of thousands of computers in dozens of countries right around the world. and

marcus hutchins was once celebrated as a hero hacker.es and the uk's national health service were among the victims, who found they were locked out of their networks until they paid a ransom. but hutchins was able to find a flaw in the code, that shut down the notorious wannacry attack. i checked the message board, there were maybe 16, 17 reports of different nhs organisations being hit. and that was sort of the point where i decided my holiday is over, i've got to look into this. it made him a celebrity. and two years ago, he travelled to las vegas to attend def con, one of the world's biggest hacking conferences. but as he tried to leave the city, he was arrested by fbi officers who had found evidence of his own involvement in cyber crimes years before. marcus hutchins would later admit to being the man behind malicious software known as kronos. it allowed people to steal login information and financial data from online banking sites. along with an accomplice, he sold the malware online. and it was used to target banks and their custom

the british hacker—turned security expert marcus hutchins has been sentenced to ‘time served' in thed states for writing malicious software. hutchins rose to prominence in the uk two years ago for stopping a cyber attack against the national health service. racing has been stopped in the tour de france after a freak hailstorm and landslide in the alps. frenchman julian ala—phillipe had just lost the yellow jersey to the columbian egan bernal, before the stoppage. at 10pm clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. now it's time for hard drive: the women blazing a trail in the world of motorsport. katherine legge is one of the very best of the very few women racers. this season, for the first time, her team is all female. are you ready? in motorsport, it's a challengejust to make it into the card never mind the front of the grid. katherine legge has proved herself time and time again. i had to fight and claw my way through racing so i had to take every opportunity that was in my way and i have driven my fair share of bad cars as well, to get to where i am and i had

marcus hutchins was convicted of creating malware designed to steal banking information. the judge said he should be spared any further jail time. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the world's biggest bike race — the tour de france — is forced to stop after a hailstorm and a landslide in the mountains. cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why people should wander in and say, you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah. really sweet. yeah, they were cute. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the us supreme court has cleared the way for the trump administration to use pentagon funds to build

marcus hutchins was convicted in the us of creating malware designed to steal banking information. in prison but the judge said he should be spared any further jail time. some of the world's best video gamers are limbering up for the biggest ever e sports tournament, beginning tomorrow in new york. the winner of the fortnite world cup, will pocket nearly £2.5 million, and asjoe tidy reports, some of the competitors, are still teenagers. it's the biggest gathering ever for the biggest game ever. the inaugural fortnite world cup whittled down a0 million wannabes to less than 200 finalists. now it's time for the cream of the crop to fight for the titles. some of the favourites are british, including kyle jackson, known online as mongrel. it's a lot more serious than people think. it's not just playing a game for fun. you have to play consecutive months, a lot every day. you don'tjust get here three chance. another contender is 15—year—old benji fish from middlesex. him and his team—mate have both qualified as a duo and individually, meaning they are guaranteed $100,000 each before a s

marcus hutchins pleaded guilty to two charges of making malicious software, or malware, and faced a maximumstop a major hack which affected the nhs and many other organisations around the world in 2017. moscow has warned you can working in russia they could face consequences after the uk media regulatorfind a russia today, £200,000 for breaching impartiality rules. it was during its coverage of the poisoning of former spy and his daughter in the conflict in syria. regulators say they broadcasted setting programmes over a period of months which it failed to preserve do it —— do impartiality in response, they said that fine was inappropriate and disproportionate. the retailer, sports direct, has published its delayed financial results, and reported a fall in earnings, following its takeover of house of fraser. sports direct‘s owner mike ashley described the problems with the department store chain, which it bought last august, as ‘nothing short of terminal,‘ and said turning the business around wouldn't be quick or easy. 0ur reporter nina nanji is with me now... what's been happening because