Marcus Hutchins, 25, sentenced to time served and one year of supervised released. He pleaded guilty in April to creating and distributing the Kronos banking malware. Hutchins helped stop the spread of the WannaCry ransomware outbreak in May 2017. He was arrested in August 2017, charged with creating the malware and selling it on dark net forums. A U.S. District Judge J. P. Stadtmueller sentenced Hutchins to one year supervised released, not 10 years in prison.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/marcus-hutchins-spared-prison-time-in-malware-case-a-12842