Cyber attack hero due in US court over software to harvest bank details

The British computer expert who helped shut down a world-wide cyber attack that crippled the NHS was due to appear in a US court charged with creating software that harvested banking details.

Marcus Hutchins, from Ilfracombe, Devon, was due to appear before a judge in Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon accused of six counts of creating and distributing the malware known as Kronos, the US department of justice said.