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The 22-year-old Brit who stopped the global cyberattack is donating his $10,000 reward to charity

LONDON â The 22-year-old Brit who "accidentally" halted Friday's devastating global cyberattack says he plans to give his $10,000 (Â£7,700) reward to charity.

In doing so, he inadvertently triggered a "kill switch" â and he continued to host the website when he realised what he had done.

He has now been offered a $10,000 reward for his efforts â but he says he doesn't want it.

HackerOne is a platform that lets security professionals responsibly report potential security issues in software, often in return for a cash reward (a "bug bounty").

"The rest will go to buying books/resources for people looking to get into infosec [information security] who can't afford them.".

By education I mean I plan to purchase infosec based book to give to students who cannot afford them themsleves.

MalwareTech has since been offered another reward for his work â a year's worth of free pizza, courtesy of food delivery firm Just Eat. »

Breaking: Pro-Erdogan Group Attacks Peaceful Protesters in D.C.

Authored by armenianweekly.com

“This is the very type of intolerance that has come to predominate in Turkey and it has now been exported here,” he added.

It’s one thing for the Turkish government to do that to its own citizens—[which is] a terrible thing.

The Armenian Weekly will be following this story and provide updates as they become available. »

Colbert gives CBS its longest late-night winning streak in 7 years

Authored by nypost.com

The average Colbert viewership during the week ended May 12 was 3.07 million — compared with 2.68 million for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”.

The CBS late-night winning streak is the longest in more than seven years — since the week ended Jan. 15, 2010.

Fallon’s 3.182 million average nightly viewers is just ahead of the 3.174 million who tune in for the fast-closing Colbert. »

Snowden on ransomware attack: 'It's hard being right in the worst possible way'

Authored by thehill.com

Edward Snowden called the continuing "ransomware" scourge "a perfect storm of all the problems everyone has been warning about" at a privacy issues conference Monday.

Snowden has also spoken out against the more focused NSA hacking operations.

"It's hard being right in the worst possible ways," Snowden said at the K(NO)W Identity conference in Washington, D.C., via video conference. »

Trump asked Comey to end investigation of Michael Flynn: source

Authored by reuters.com

FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L), on February 28, 2017, White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (C), February 13, 2017 and James Comey in Washington U.S. on July 7, 2016.

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end the agency's investigation into ties between former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia, according to a source who has seen a memo written by Comey.

“I hope you can let this go,” Trump told Comey, according to a source familiar with the contents of the memo. »