Corey Doctorow, BoingBoing: After DEFCON, the FBI arrested the UK national who stopped Wannacry
Was the FBI not aware of his reputation and his role? Or did he disrupt somebody’s sting? Or somebody’s cyberattack?
The worst part of it is that it could be either, and we continue to consider ourselves a democratic society.
The first requires explanation to people who respect him.
The second is a hazard of stings.
The third is probably a situation that governments would not have to admit.
Brave new world, just because someone asked what malevolent can I do with programming. Yet another technology to ask nations to forgo for the sake of normal life.
