Mr Hutchins - who is known only as Malware Tech - is believed to live in a popular seaside resort on the north Devon coast. His mother and father work in the medical industry and he also has a younger brother.

His social media accounts are peppered with tweets about his love of surfing and views of the waves along the coast. In one tweet, he wrote: "I could move to a city but where in a city would I get this view?"

Around a year ago, he joined a "private intel threat firm" based in Los Angeles. He later made a number of references to travelling to America, including admitting being "super worried" he was "too nerdy" for Las Vegas.