<story><title>Malware researcher Marcus Hutchins, known as ’MalwareTech’, pleads guilty</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/19/malwaretech-legal-case-over/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jlgaddis</author><text>A few friends and myself chipped in some money for his legal defense, taking hin at his word when he said he was innocent.&lt;p&gt;Lesson learned, I suppose.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>meowface</author><text>I directly knew, from being in some IRC channels he and I frequented ages ago, that he was absolutely guilty of the charge. But I also knew (as far as I could tell) that he genuinely turned over a new leaf a while ago, left that life behind, and is trying to do good now. This is a pretty common story for whitehats; many of their hats weren&amp;#x27;t quite so white in their pasts, whether people around them are aware or not.&lt;p&gt;People make mistakes, and people can change. Don&amp;#x27;t feel too bad for contributing to his defense. He fucked up and is trying to make up for the damage he caused by sincerely helping people.</text></comment>
<story><title>Malware researcher Marcus Hutchins, known as ’MalwareTech’, pleads guilty</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/19/malwaretech-legal-case-over/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jlgaddis</author><text>A few friends and myself chipped in some money for his legal defense, taking hin at his word when he said he was innocent.&lt;p&gt;Lesson learned, I suppose.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mchannon</author><text>I wouldn&amp;#x27;t hold it against him that he pled guilty. The government has unlimited resources, and he didn&amp;#x27;t. Innocent people plead guilty every day.</text></comment>