LOS ANGELES http://www.cheapmlbwhitesoxjerseys.com/Luis-Aparicio/ , Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Marcus Hutchins, a young British computer researcher who helped shut down the WannaCry ransomware attack in May, still remained in custody in Nevada, as his supporters try to raise funds to bail him out.
The hacker community, cybersecurity researchers, and other supporters so far have raised more than 12,000 U.S. dollars for Hutchins http://www.cheapmlbwhitesoxjerseys.com/Ron-Santo/ , who was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The judge at Las Vegas court ruled on Friday that Hutchins could be released on a 30,000 U.S. dollar bail, saying the defendant wasn't a danger to the community nor a flight risk, though the judge ordered him to remain in the United States with GPS monitoring.
However, the 23-year-old British cybersecurity researcher was unable to pay the 30,000 U.S. dollar bail and was still being held Monday at a lockup in Nevada http://www.cheapmlbwhitesoxjerseys.com/Jeff-Keppinger/ , a day before he's due to face charges in federal court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to Business Insider.
Hutchins remains at the Southern Nevada Detention Center, about 100 km outside Las Vegas, local media cited Kayla Gieni, a spokeswoman of the facility, as saying.
""Unfortunately their desk closed at 4 p.m. on Friday so it wasn't possible in the short 30 minute window http://www.cheapmlbwhitesoxjerseys.com/Luke-Appling/ ,"" Andrew Mabbitt, Hutchins' friend and founder of a cyber security company Fidus Security, tweeted on Monday.
Mabbitt and security researcher and hacker Tarah Wheeler have set up a funding page to pay for his defence, and Wheeler tweeted that donors had contributed more than 12,000 U.S. dollars.
The computer expert is scheduled to appear Tuesday morning in federal court in Milwaukee on six counts of hacking-related charges from the U.S.Department of Justice, including conspiracy to commit computer fraud in 2014 and 2015.
He is accused of creating, distributing and selling malicious software called Kronos http://www.cheapmlbwhitesoxjerseys.com/Harold-Baines/ , was commonly referred to as a ""banking Trojan,"" according to the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Hutchins was arrested by the FBI on Aug. 2 after attending the Def Con, a hacking conference last week in Las Vegas, according to the website MotherBoard.
If found guilty, Hutchins could face a maximum of roughly 40 years in jail in the United States for writing and spreading a malicious software that targeted bank accounts, according to local media.