Expert who beat WannaCry cyber attack: I’m not a hero

A young British computer expert credited with cracking the WannaCry cyber attack has said he does not consider himself a hero but fights malware because "it’s the right thing to do".

A young British computer expert credited with cracking the WannaCry cyber attack has said he does not consider himself a hero but fights malware because "it’s the right thing to do".

In his first face-to-face interview, Marcus Hutchins, who works for Los Angeles-based Kryptos Logic, said that hundreds of computer experts worked throughout the weekend to fight the virus, which paralysed computers in some 150 countries.