Surfer who stopped WannaCry attack braces for next wave
Given frequency of such attacks, govts and corporations are prepared to pay big bucks for those with skills like his
Washington
THE 23-year-old who saved the world from a devastating cyberattack in May was asleep in his bed in the English seaside town of Ilfracombe after a night of partying when another online extortion campaign spread across the globe.
Around 6pm on June 27, Marcus Hutchins, a self-taught computer-security researcher and avid surfer, was awakened by a phone call from a colleague telling him another attack was under way.
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