Security researcher who found kill-switch for WannaCry and stayed anonymous gets doxxed by tabloids

[turke]

Doubt anything will happen to the tabloids either

[DrTaxi]

[QUOTE=phygon;52237338]If that were the case, is there any reason that they wouldn't make it check for an invalid domain that wouldn't be possible to actually register?[/QUOTE]

No, and the usual way to do it is to generate a random name at runtime. The theory says that the malware authors just didn't think this through right.

[Headhumpy]

UK tabloids are the worst, I wouldn't even use the paper they're printed on to wipe my shit for fear of getting my ass dirty.

[usenet]

[QUOTE=scratch (nl);52235248]why not let him have his privacy and refer to him with the name he already uses in public on the internet.[/QUOTE]

this implies DailyMail's editor has any sense of respect for others in the first place

[SAULSBASHWALL]

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;52237246]Holy shit, do they [I]want[/I] this guy to get fucking murdered?

I cannot wrap my head around this.[/QUOTE]

No skin off their backs, the fuck do they care?

Seriously, this is how most news organizations operate. It's about them, not about you. If their careless news profiteering means you turn up dead in a river, that's just tomorrow's story.